Digitisation done, what now? A case study of a step-by-step project Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator.

Digitisation done, what now?A case study of a step-by-step project

Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator

Museum of Design in Plastics

set up in 1988

became a registered museum in 2001

changed its name to the Museum of Design in Plastics in 2007

following year it obtained full Accreditation

acknowledged as the UK’s leading resource for the study and interpretation of design in plastics

Arts University College at Bournemouth

specialist university college in art, design, media and performance

established in 1883

leading provider of teaching, learning and scholarship in its subject areas

The Collection: MoDiP + Plastics Historical Society + Worshipful Company of Horners

Digitisation done: The JISC Project

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/enrichingdigi/modip.aspx

Digitisation done: The JISC Project

Digitisation done: The JISC Project

Digitisation done: The JISC Project

The steps:

o Digitisation of the collection

o Website specification

o Website build

o Website population

o Learning and teaching packages

Digitisation done: The JISC Project

The steps:

o Digitisation of the collection

o Website specification

o Assessing resources

o Selecting objects

o Cementing partnerships

o Finding avenues of dissemination

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Assessing resources

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Assessing resources

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Selecting objects

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Cementing partnerships

http://www.plastiquarian.com/

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Cementing partnerships

http://www.materials.ac.uk/

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Avenues of dissemination

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Avenues of Dissemination

http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/index.html

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Avenues of dissemination

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Unexpected outcomes

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Unexpected outcomes

http://www.horners.org.uk/overview.php

Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Conclusions

break projects down into manageable steps

investigate and understand the limitations of current practices

be prepared to wait for the next lot of funding to address these limitations

be creative in the meantime

do not let the ideas die

Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator

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