Critical Presentation about the website and catalogue of The Rembrandt Database. (language: English)

1. THE REMBRANDT DATABASE
Corine Jacobs
27-03-2014 – Heritage 2.0
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2. Goal of The Rembrandt Database
“The Rembrandt Database is a sustainable repository
of existing information and documentation that is
made available in a technologically advanced way.
This service does not aim to replace the study of
original objects or consultation among colleagues, but
rather to speed up and facilitate research.”
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3. Catalogue and Search Options
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4. Catalogue and Search Options
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5. Catalogue and Search Options
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6. The Rembrandt Database - A Critical Report 6

7. Quality
Is The Rembrandt Database ‘technologically
advanced’?
• No searchfunction
• No user-interactivity
• Site loads slowly
Quality of the information though is high.
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8. Improvement
• Search function
• User-interactivity
• Community building
Aim to facilitate research by promoting
interdisciplinairy and interinstitutional research.
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9. QUESTIONS ?
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