SUPPORTING MUSEUMS IN THE UK 13.11.09
Jun 26, 2015
SUPPORTING MUSEUMS IN THE UK
13.11.09
The UK sectorThe UK sector
2,500 museums
1,900 ‘Accredited’
53,000 paid and volunteer staff
8 of the 10 most popular domestic & international tourist destinations
Contributes approximately £1bn per annum to the UK economy
More popular than soccer
2,500 museums
1,900 ‘Accredited’
53,000 paid and volunteer staff
8 of the 10 most popular domestic & international tourist destinations
Contributes approximately £1bn per annum to the UK economy
More popular than soccer
Collections Trust campaigns for the public right to access and engage with collections.
We do this by:
•Promoting & sharing best practice•Encouraging innovation•Representing the sector
Collections Trust campaigns for the public right to access and engage with collections.
We do this by:
•Promoting & sharing best practice•Encouraging innovation•Representing the sector
Our Mission...Our Mission...
CollectionsCollections LawLaw
CommerceCommerce TechnologyTechnology
KnowledgeKnowledgeConsumersConsumersCollections
Trust
Collections Trust
Collections Link
Open Culture
Deliver an excellent, sustainable enterpriseDeliver an excellent, sustainable enterprise
Support and Connect the Collections Management CommunitySupport and Connect the Collections Management Community
Connect people with CollectionsConnect people with Collections
What problems do our users have...?What problems do our users have...?
Personal problems
Professional problems
Short-term problems
Long-term problems
Solvable problems
Problems without solutions
Personal problems
Professional problems
Short-term problems
Long-term problems
Solvable problems
Problems without solutions
Personal problems...Personal problems...
Career development Isolation Recognition
of skillset
Limited training
opportunities
Marginalisation in institutions Validation
Professional problems...Professional problems...
Demonstrating impact
Demonstrating public value
Securing resources
Looking after collections
Meeting funder requirements Going Digital
...is in getting people to understand that we are a sector in transition, and that this transition demands a new kind of Collections Management that combines physical and digital at the most basic level and is fundamentally driven by audience.
...is in getting people to understand that we are a sector in transition, and that this transition demands a new kind of Collections Management that combines physical and digital at the most basic level and is fundamentally driven by audience.
The biggest single challenge....The biggest single challenge....
So, what do we do to help...?So, what do we do to help...?
Connecting the Collections Management community
Brokering knowledge & expertise
Drawing in non-sector knowledge
If you have a problem, it’s 99.99% certain that someone else has had it and addressed it. The real problem is finding them.
It’s a professional ‘social network’
Connecting the Collections Management community
Brokering knowledge & expertise
Drawing in non-sector knowledge
If you have a problem, it’s 99.99% certain that someone else has had it and addressed it. The real problem is finding them.
It’s a professional ‘social network’
Collections LinkCollections Link
Events, conferences, meetings, training
Social platforms, web, Twitter
Books, documents, formal externalised
knowledge
‘Emergent’ knowledge, case
studies, disstertations
Consistently the sector’s preferred format for usable practical knowledge
‘Practical Guide’ series:
•Collections Management•Pest Management•Rights Management•Information Management•Digital Content Management
Consistently the sector’s preferred format for usable practical knowledge
‘Practical Guide’ series:
•Collections Management•Pest Management•Rights Management•Information Management•Digital Content Management
Real, actual hard-copy booksReal, actual hard-copy books
Joint British Standards Institution/Collections Trust Code of Practice for Collections Management
A joint definition across museums, archives and libraries
Demonstrating the value & impact of strategic Collections Management as a core part of business planning
Connecting physical and digital
Joint British Standards Institution/Collections Trust Code of Practice for Collections Management
A joint definition across museums, archives and libraries
Demonstrating the value & impact of strategic Collections Management as a core part of business planning
Connecting physical and digital
Collections StandardsCollections Standards
Purpose/Mission of the organisation
Strategic Physical & Digital Collections Management
Collections Development Collections Access/use
Collections Information Collections Care
Systems for review, evaluation & improvement
Connecting cultural content production with mainstream audiences
Brokering relationships with Big Media (Google, BBC, EMI, Wikipedia etc)
‘Unlocking’ digital output
Moving cultural data into the Cloud
Collections Management Saas
The potential of the historical record as #linkeddata
Connecting cultural content production with mainstream audiences
Brokering relationships with Big Media (Google, BBC, EMI, Wikipedia etc)
‘Unlocking’ digital output
Moving cultural data into the Cloud
Collections Management Saas
The potential of the historical record as #linkeddata
Culture GridCulture Grid
Mainstream
Niche
Museums Libraries Archives
CMS DAMS DRMContent layer
RESTful API Repository Registry Aggregation layer
Application layer
Data hosting Hosted search Google
Wikipedia BBC Europeana
EMI WolframAlpha Open reuse
Mainstream
Niche
Museums Libraries Archives
CMS DAMS DRMContent layer
RESTful API Repository Registry Aggregation layer
Application layer
Data hosting Hosted search Google
Wikipedia BBC Europeana
EMI Flickr Commons Open reuse
Plus a TON of other stuff....Plus a TON of other stuff....
SPECTRUM 4.0Managing UGC & rich media in Collections
Collectionslink.tvConveying professional knowledge through web TV
EuropeanaBuilding a pan-European network of Digital people
Museums Digital LicenseBlanket licensing for ‘going Digital’
Digital InclusionReaching the last 10% through museums, archives & libraries
Revisiting CollectionsUser-generated collecting and interpretation
Environmental standardsNew joint BSI/CT/National Archives standard (2010)
Cultural OlympiadCapturing the social media output of the Olympics in 2012
Advising GovernmentOn priorities for funding Collections Management
‘Men work together, I told him from the heart/ Whether they work together, or apart’
Collections Management is a global profession
It is vital in a recessionary economy
We have to find ways of demonstrating the public value/social capital of collecting and managing all this stuff
Networks hold the key to professionalisation and improvement
‘Men work together, I told him from the heart/ Whether they work together, or apart’
Collections Management is a global profession
It is vital in a recessionary economy
We have to find ways of demonstrating the public value/social capital of collecting and managing all this stuff
Networks hold the key to professionalisation and improvement
Takehomes...Takehomes...
Contact...Contact...
Nick PooleChief ExecutiveCollections Trust
http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukwww.culturalpropertyadvice.gov.ukwww.discs-uk.info
Nick PooleChief ExecutiveCollections Trust
http://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukwww.culturalpropertyadvice.gov.ukwww.discs-uk.info