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Public Catalogue

On the basis of information for internal and administrative use from WatsNext, an English-language Internet version was developed for the public under the title Catalogue. Catalogue uses the data of Watsnext, so changes made in Watsnext are immediately visible in the on-line Catalogue.

Works from the distribution collection are presented in context, provided with descriptions, key words, stills and short fragments. Information on the artists, works from other collections, and also the book collection will be added retrospectively in the future. All works are provided together with a video excerpt, and can be looked up via Internet. Through this justice is done to the nature of video art, by integrating the description directly with the moving images and sound.

The user has access to the most important part of the collection via the website www.montevideo.nl or directly by accessing catalogue.montevideo.nl. The start page offers a selection of randomly generated works from the collection. The catalog of the Netherlands Media Art Institute has a simple but powerful basic search system. One may search using the artist's name, genres, subjects and key words (including scope notes). Other search options are the artist main entry, date, title (or words from a title), description of contents, or a combination of the above.

A list with all matches is given as the search result for each search entry. These provide the basic description, with the artist or artists, title, content description, length, date, and an illustration for the preview.

Users have access to the basic description, and can click through to a comprehensive description or screening of a video fragment in Real Media. Information regarding what formats are available and in what way these should be presented is deliberately not reported at this point. Users now have the information to determine what works can be viewed in the media library. Those wishing to screen a work can contact the distribution department.

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