dep art amento de conser v ación y - Fundación César Manrique
dep art amento de conser v ación y - Fundación César Manrique
dep art amento de conser v ación y - Fundación César Manrique
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Cataloguing<br />
Audio-visual<br />
section<br />
Acquisitions<br />
information on the <strong>art</strong>ist at hand in the FCM, and further<br />
information as it is generated. In this vein, the <strong><strong>de</strong>p</strong><strong>art</strong>ment<br />
began to reference and digitise <strong>César</strong> <strong>Manrique</strong>’s personal files<br />
in 2003. The purpose is to guarantee the <strong>conser</strong>vation of<br />
materials either custodied or generated by the FCM itself —<br />
publications, photographs, sli<strong>de</strong>s, vi<strong>de</strong>os, cassettes — or<br />
produced by other institutions or publishers and ensure that<br />
they are available for consultation. At the same time, this<br />
<strong><strong>de</strong>p</strong><strong>art</strong>ment lends its support to the other FCM <strong><strong>de</strong>p</strong><strong>art</strong>ments<br />
to cover their needs for publications, archives and<br />
documentation.<br />
Mechanised cataloguing of the stocks, un<strong>de</strong>rtaken in 1998 with<br />
the purchase of the “Liber-Marc” Library Management System,<br />
was carried forward throughout 2003.<br />
Since the process was begun, 2,050 pieces of the approximately<br />
6,500 on file in the library have been catalogued.<br />
All the audio-visual and graphic materials that comprise the<br />
collection have been generated or received spontaneously as a<br />
result of institutional activities or as project records or<br />
working tools.<br />
Vi<strong>de</strong>os, CDs and cassette tapes: the section has a total of 286<br />
vi<strong>de</strong>o and 206 cassette tapes as well as 173 CDs that<br />
constitute a graphic record of all the institution’s activities.<br />
Moreover, approximately 4,000 sli<strong>de</strong>s have been classified,<br />
including material generated on the occasion of temporary<br />
exhibitions organised in the FCM and pictures of <strong>César</strong><br />
<strong>Manrique</strong>’s spatial work.<br />
Photographs: most of the 5,500 items in the archive are<br />
photographs of the different cultural activities conducted by<br />
the FCM; this material is organised both by subject matter and<br />
in chronological or<strong>de</strong>r.<br />
The <strong><strong>de</strong>p</strong><strong>art</strong>ment continued to purchase material related to the<br />
library’s areas of specialisation. Consequently, material has<br />
been received relating to <strong>César</strong> <strong>Manrique</strong>, contemporary <strong>art</strong>,<br />
environment and ecology (especially relating to the Canary<br />
Islands), museum science and museum affairs and, finally,<br />
environmental education.<br />
Seventy five new works were purchased or received as<br />
donations in 2003.<br />
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