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    Southeast Asian oil paintings: supports and preparatory layers
    SLOGGETT, R ; TSE, N ; Townsend, J ; Doherty, T ; Heydenreich, G ; Ridge, J (Archetype Books, 2008)
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    Considering Evidence in Art Fraud
    SLOGGETT, R ; Chappell, D ; Hufnagel, S (Routledge - Taylor & Francis, 2016)
    Securing the evidential link between the work and the artist who is purported to have produced it requires a rigorous analytical approach; one that not only accepts particular evidence that may support the assertion of authenticity, but which can also contest evidence that is not correct. Such an approach is by its very nature multidisciplinary, often bringing together knowledge of art history, the art market, cultural materials conservation, chemistry, law and policing. What constitutes evidence of authenticity is generally based on considerations of provenance, art historical context, including facts about the artist and scientific enquiry. Building the chain of evidence for art authentication is a complex and carefully constructed activity that ensures that works can be legitimately, and verifiably, linked to the artist who is purported to be their source.
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    Unmasking Art Forgery: Scientific Approaches
    Sloggett, R ; Hufnagel, S ; Chappell, D (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
    Scientific approaches to art forgery provide the rigorous methodology by which claims made about a work can be tested. A plethora of scientific instrumentation is available for the analysis of artwork but data are only useful when assessed against existing secure points of identification. Verifiability of results, therefore, relies on standardised documentation, defined rules of evidence and ensuring that all processes and findings are reproducible. In building knowledge of what characteristics constitute authentic works, providing effective protocols and rigorous procedures and bringing together multi-disciplinary knowledge to bear on questions of art forgery, science has become an essential part of good curatorial practice, effective conservation procedure and art market diligence.
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    Conservation in Australian museums
    Cook, ; Lyall, ; Pearson, ; Sloggett, RJ ; Griffin, ; Paroissien, (National Museum of Australia, 2011)
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    Crashes along the super highway: the information continuum
    Sloggett, R ; Ormond-Parker, L ; Ormond-Parker, L ; Fforde, C ; Obata, K ; Corn, A ; O'Sullivan, S (AIATSIS Research Publications, 2013)
    When the term ‘information superhighway’ was coined in the mid-1990s, it was a metaphor for both the speed with which information could be transmitted and accessed in electronic form, and the speed with which the technology for this transmission and access was changing. Optimism about increased access to and democratisation of information often belies the complications associated with internet protocol negotiations, commercialised product, rapid and often incompatible developments in hardware and software, and ultimately the transient and ephemeral nature of digitised and born-digital information. Add to this the complex technical issues relating to the digitised world, and it is clear that the speed of information technology (IT) developments along the superhighway can often lead to information fatalities. Part of the reason for such fatalities is the technical complications related to archiving and storing electronic data. However, while those on the ground wait for the IT technocrats to develop integrated guides and standards for the preservation of electronic records, important digital and born-digital records are being jeopardised or lost. While traditional, physical forms of record-keeping — paper, art and objects — may be lost due to poor preservation practices, there are nonetheless guidelines around their care and preservation that are clearly understood. Such guidelines include national and international record-keeping and archival standards, as well as agreed professional practices. More importantly, these guidelines are well documented and readily available, and they provide a good model for effective programs for the preservation of digitised and born-digital material that can be implemented in small organisations and communities. For example, simple conservation practices relating to choice of materials, environmental parameters for handling and storage, filing and record retrieval, and physical care are all relevant for preserving digital content.