Climbing up one level at a time of Economic Descent a case study Ana Paula Gordo Biblioteca de Arte, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian EUROLIS 2013 22 November 2013
OUTLINE Introduction Economic crisis and cultural institutions Sponsorship of non-profit institutions Art Library participation in projects Final remarks 2
The economic crisis and the cultural institutions Change of socio economic structure Changes in the normal operation and management of institutions How to keep the sustainability of organizations Are cultural institutions weaker than others? 3
The impact of this question in Southern Europe Small and medium business Low awareness of the importance of social economy Focus centered on social support, rather than cultural Support of large companies focused on their own image rather than on making a real contribution to the public good 4
The impact of this question in Southern Europe Culture is not desirable to patrons / sponsors Within culture, performing arts and exhibitions patronage are the most desirable for visibility Cultural patronage has been growing in Portugal 5
Climbing up one level at a time of Economic Descent I Ana Paula Gordo Strategies for institutions To ensure effectiveness between the impact of iniatives and the resources allocated To widen and to diversify funding sources that complement existing income To develop a strategy on partnerships 6
Non-profit institutions and the patronage Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Institution traditionally regarded as a promoter of cultural and social development 7
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: Vision Charity Art Education Science Promotion of individual development and support for social inclusion Institutional capacity building and mobilization of civil society organizations Increase knowledge and its diffusion Creation of centres of rationality and excellence Active participation in international philanthropic movements Global dissemination of the Portuguese language and culture Sustained Focus on Aid for Development in the Portuguese speaking Countries 8
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: Activities OPERATING ACTIVITIES Activities performed directly by the Foundation structures GRANTMAKING ACTIVITIES Grants awarded to external institutions and individuals in order to develop the projects approved Grants Scholarships PROACTIVE PROJECTS REACTIVE PROJECTS Innovative projects promoting good practices Individual Requests Competitive Bidding 9
Non-profit institutions and the patronage Is it possible to change the paradigm from being almost exclusively a benefactor institution to a beneficiary one? 10
The Art Library 11
The Art Library Private library. Main focus: Fine Arts and Architecture Contributes to the development of research, education and knowledge Supports activities promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Resources / collections - Over 200 000 monograph titles and 3150 periodicals, around 190 subscriptions - Valuable heritage collections and personal archives essential for the study in Arts and Architecture in Portugal 12
Resources / Collections Special collections 220 collections 40 digitized collections, ca 252 000 images Private libraries (Calouste Gulbenkian, Ernesto Soares, José-Augusto França, Reis Santos, Ana Hatherly) 17 collections 13
Resources / Collections Climbing up one level at a time of Economic Descent I Ana Paula Gordo Photograph collections (Photograph studios of Mário and Horácio Novais, Azulejaria portuguesa, A arquitetura gótica em Portugal, A talha em Portugal, Do Estádio Nacional ao Jardim Gulbenkian) 180 collections Over 500 000 photos, ca. 100 000 digitized images 14
Resources / Collections Climbing up one level at a time of Economic Descent I Ana Paula Gordo Private archives of artists and architects (Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Diogo de Macedo, Raul Lino, Cristino da Silva, Manuel Tainha) 23 collections 7 digitized collections, ca 90 000 images 15
Access to collections Specialized public Research studies, thesis Researches of museums, art galleries, universities and publishers, art researchers, art critics and artists: art exhibitions planning and organization, art catalogues publication, specialized publications, online resources information dissemination projects, partnerships with universities in research projects, loan of books to exhibitions General public Online queries on digitized collections (2012) Webopac 97 183 single visitors, 387 278 queries, 3 316 204 searches Art Library website - 41 043 single visitors, 65 884 accesses Flickr 2 023 694 visualizations 16
Project cooperation and cofunding 1) Achieving notoriety / Enhancing visibility to the institution and its resources 2) Sharing costs / Getting funds 3)Testing new products / Developing new services 17
Cooperation and cofunding Facilitating and enhancing scientific knowledge 1) Achieving notoriety / Enhancing visibility (recognition) Network integration: Artlibraries.net: http://artlibraries.net, Europeana: http://www.europeana.eu/,the Commons: http://www.flickr.com/commons 18
Cooperation and cofunding 2) Sharing costs of activities promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Access to European Union specific funding programs for preservation and dissemination of information resources: POSI -Programa Operacional para a Sociedade da Informação, POSC Programa Operacional para a Sociedade do Conhecimento Access to civil society and private funding: Commercial stakeholders / Mecenae / Sponsors 19
Cooperation and cofunding 3) Testing new products / Developing new services a) Information provision and follow up of research studies and projects: Visita Virtual à I Exposição de Artes Plásticas1957: http://expo1957.fcsh.unl.pt/, OPSIS - Base Iconográfica de Teatro em Portugal: http://opsis.fl.ul.pt/ b)partnership in projects and programs: Art Library / other partners Partnerships with academic and scientific institutions: universities, research institutes Access to national specific programs for scientific and technological development (FCT) 20
Cooperation and cofunding Current projects DigiTile Library - Tiles and Ceramics on line ROSSIO - Portuguese research infrastructure for the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities 21
English version biblioteca digital de azulejaria e cerâmica portuguesas O projeto digitile As coleções Os Estudos Ver todos os documentos Pesquisar 22
DIGITILE Funded by FCT (PTDC/EAT-EAT/1173 154/2010) DigiTile Library - Tiles and Ceramics on line Funding source: FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) Application initiative: Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa Partners: Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Instituto de História de Arte da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Centro de História de Além-Mar da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Institut National d Histoire de l Art, Instituto de História de Arte da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa Situation: under development (initiated in 2010) 23
Projeto DIGITILE Objective:To create an online digital library devoted to studies about Tiles and Ceramics. The creation of such a tool arises from the need to analyze, publish and disseminate the unpublished studies undertaken by João Miguel dos Santos Simões (1907-1972) as a complement to the corpus collected in "Tiles in Portugal" published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in the1960s. The researcher carried out a vast work of tiles inventory in Portugal (including Madeira and Azores) and in Brazil. Collaborative feature: Participation of librarians and art historians Dynamic structure: it envisions the addition of new contents ( new collections and new studies) Main activities: Research in History of Art, bibliographic control of patrimonial collections to foster access and dissemination of digitized resources 24
ROSSIO ROSSIO - Portuguese research infrastructure for the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Funding source: FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) Identificação das infraestruturas de investigação científica em Portugal Application initiative: Universidade Nova de Lisboa Partners: Fundação Mário Soares, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Serviço de Música da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, IRHU, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II Situation: on assessment (2013) 25
Projeto ROSSIO Objective: The core mission of ROSSIO will be to aggregate, organize, interrelate, contextualize, enrich and disseminate a unique stock of digital contents provided by research activities, archives, libraries, art collections and data banks. These contents belong to a set of key institutions, joined together in a consortium to fulfill the goals of a common action plan. Contents will be subject to an agreed metadata framework built upon international standards, and enriched by contextual information, timelines and digital maps. Collaborative feature / Dynamic structure 26
Partnerships Secure funds to digitize collections Acquire specific information systems to create new services and to disseminate information resources Gain recognition within the scientific community 27
These strategies can be summarized in the expression Growing with the public and seem to reveal potential to contribute to sustainable growth and eventually to innovation. 28
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Biblioteca de Arte http://www.biblarte.gulbenkian.pt/ 29