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E xperience

Curator Historic Photograph Collection November 1998 - to date Macleay Museum,

University of Sydney Managing day to day business; enquiries, copyright fees, customer liaison,

research, database management Digitising the collection for retail, research and reproduction

Accession, de-accession and cataloguing of the collection Exhibition development and curation

Webmaster; design and management of the Macleay Museum web site and creating on-line

content for the Photograph Collection http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/macleay/welcome.htm

Cuator/Co-ordinator REFURBISHMENT OF 21 DISPLAY CASES IN THE MACLEAY

MUSEUM S MAIN GALLEY Co-ordination of the curatorial team, arranging meetings and

advising director of decisions Exhibition design and layout Drafting tender document for design

writing main theme labels selection of natural history specimens, label writing for natural history

themes selection and label writing for photographic material Purchase, design, and

compositing for audio-visual display File management of over 600 objects selected for the

displays Liaison with contracted design team, final edit on graphic and labels

Curator VIRTUAL EMPIRE Jan 2002 - March 2003 Major exhibition Macleay Museum main

gallery Research Exhibition design and layout Writing theme labels Writing object Labels

Digitising images for display panels, creating object labels and writing a 112 page catalogue

Managing promotion, budget & timeline Web design and creation of on-line content for Virtual

Empire launched to coincide with opening of main gallery exhibition

http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/macleay/01VE/vEa1/VEa1b.html

Database Consultant June 2001 Dec 2002 University of Sydney Publications Department

Developing policy and procedure guidelines for management of photographic images within the

publications department Assisting with design and layout of photographic database Digitising a

wide variety of photographic formats and entering data and images

Meta-data Schema Design Assistant Oct 1998 Aug 1999 National Teaching & Learning

Database (NTLD) Assisting Project Manager in constructing a meta-database schema for online

learning. The initial database incorporates both Dublin Core element sets and the Instructional

Management Systems Project (IMS) Schema sets to provide the structure for an online learning

course based on material from the Sydney University Medical Faculty and the Westmead

Hospital

Assistant Curator Jan 1998 - August 1998 "WANDERLUST" Exhibition at the Museum of

Sydney General research, research for historic photographic content Assistance with exhibition

development and loans Assistance object labels and installation

Audio Visual Compositor June - August 1998 "PLANTATION" Wanderlust Exhibition

Museum of Sydney 8 minute video: composited in Adobe Director, photographic work based on

Burns Philp & Co in the Solomon Islands 1908 - c1920

Project Officer December 1997 - 2000 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER

ANCESTERAL REMAINS AND CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT ITEMS HELD IN COLLECTIONS

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Macleay Museum Assisting

Rose Stack, Cultural Heritage Officer at the Macleay with the repatriation of Secret/Sacred

material. Liaising with community groups and packaging, handling, delivery of objects

Assistant Curator October 1997 - April 1998 TREASURES OF LIGHT Permanent

exhibition at the Macleay Museum. Working with curator Louise Davies Research, design and

concept development, selection of objects, scanning images, providing copy for the designer,

writing captions, removal of old exhibition and installation of new exhibition

Digital Photographer June 1997 - December 1997 AUMOL online database photographing

historic photographs in the Macleay Collection May 2000 ATSI (NSW) Photographing artifacts

from the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islands held in Armidale

Animator June 1996 - October 1996 AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL

Creating and compositing in Adobe After Effects one of six, thirty second animations for a short

film '

Splay Lunch' Linda Murdoch

by

Artist 1987 - 1996 EXHIBITING ARTIST Self-employed, creating, installing and publicising

various solo and group exhibitions, writing and publishing catalogues and artists statements

Part-time Taxi Driver 1991 - 1996 SYDNEY Self-employed, meeting and dealing with a

broad section of the community in a wide range of situations

E ducation

Post Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies 1997 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Major

Internship Project: Writing an exhibition brief for the Historical Photographic Collection permanent

display cabinet at the Macleay Museum Favourite subjects: Communication and Public

Programs and Museum Education lectured by Anne Bailey

BA (Hons.) Degree, Major in History 1989- 1991 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Major Thesis:

The Southern United States Response to Integrationist Discourse 1954 -1956 Favourite subject:

Crime and Deviance, historical lectures by Professor Iain Cameron

C onferences

Australian Science History Club Speaker on the geological photographs compiled by T. W. E.

David

Bursting Boundaries 2000 Speaker at the Millennial Conference of the Pacific History

Association held at the Australian National University

S kills

General Research and Development, Collection and Archive Management, Exhibition

Development and Design, Database Management, Policy Development, Database Design and

Development, Desktop Design and Printing, WebDesign and Development, Digital Imaging,

scanning and handling a wide range of historical photographic mediums; Daguerreotypes, Wet

and Dry Collodion Negatives, Silver Gelatin, Glass Plate Negatives, Albumen Prints, Lantern

Slides, Public Speaking

Desktop Publishing Quark Express 4.3 and Adobe Pagemaker 6.5 Digital Photography

Adobe Photoshop 6.0 Digital Cameras Computer Generated Design Fractal Painter 5.0,

Adobe Illustrator 9.0 Compositing Software Power Point 2000 Adobe After Affects 3.1

Adobe Live Motion 2.1 Director 5.0 Web Design Microsoft Front Page 2000 Dreamweaver

3.0 Adobe Go-Live 5.0 Data Base Software Microsoft Excel 2000 Microsoft Access 2000

Filemaker Pro 5.0 CardBox Word Processing W ord Perfect 6.0 Microsoft Word 2000

List Serves Australian Cellulose Acetate Program Australian Museums Online Australian

Library & Information Association Digital Arts Alliance International Federation of Library

Associations and Institutions

Driving Licence Heavy Vehicle Drivers Licence (HR, R) Any rigid vehicle up to 3 or more axles,

Motor Cycle and Public Passenger Vehicle

R eferees

A lan Davies C urator of Photography State Library of New South W ales Ph: Aus (02)

9273 1476 email: *******@*****.***.**

P eter Emmett e x Senior Curator Museum of Sydney Ph: Aus (02) 9818 3137

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ersity of Sydney Managing day to day business; enquiries, copyright fees, customer liaison

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