This document summarizes the digitization of the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery's collection from the perspective of a webmaster at the local council. Key points include: replicating the gallery's database to a DMZ for security, and using a wrapper on the main council website to allow limited access and styling within the collection application. The $20,000 project involved $15,000 for software/configuration and $5,000 for data entry/checking to make the collection available online.

1. Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery’s
Collection digitisation project from
an IT worker’s perspective

2. Setting the scene
• Who am I? The project
• Daniel Loader • Customer: Curator,
• Webmaster, TRC Toowoomba Regional Art
Gallery (Di Baker)
• Information
Management
Branch (Corporate
applications, IT HelpDesk, IT
infrastructure & Records).
• Corporate Services
Department • Brief: Webify gallery
database (TextWorks) using
WebPublisherPro

3. Geeky stuff (infrastructure)

4. Live demo?
• Publically available at:
• http:// www.toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au/trag

5. Canned demo (in case 1)

6. Canned demo (in case 2)

7. Canned demo (in case 3)

8. Canned demo (in case 4)

9. Technical challenges…
1. Issue: Securing data
• Solution: Replicate database to DMZ

10. 1. Solution: replicate database

11. …Technical challenges
1. Issue: Securing data
• Solution: Replicate database to DMZ
2. Issue: Limited access to application - No access to styling
within application.
• Solution: Wrapper from main site.

12. 2. Solution: wrapper

13. Questions?
• FYI - Project cost: $20,000 ($15,000 grant from the Gordon
Darling foundation). Make-up: $15K software & config, $5K data entry/checking.
• Application found at:
• www.toowoombaRC.qld.gov.au/trag