Digital Access to Collections
Update @ 20 October Initial focus 2 workshops in 2017 - Locations - Venues - Website - Grants program - Marketing - Training content 2
Locations for regional workshops The methodology: Impact Attendance Ease of access Greatest resources available Indigenous inclusion Views of the technology partners
Locations for regional workshops Hobart: Nov 2017 Albury: Nov 2017 Geelong: 2018 Newcastle: 2018 Toowoomba: 2018 Port Adelaide: 2018 Perth: 2018 Broome: 2018 Northern Territory: 2018
Workshops in 2017 Hobart @ Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery 29 enrolments to date 1 grant application received Albury @ Albury Library Museum 14 enrolments to date 5 grant applications received
So what s in the Workshops? Training content, based on the Digital Toolkit Workshopping Case studies GLAM Peak presence Technology partners
PLAN Benefits of digitising Benefits of planning Digital Access Plan Local advice Funding Collaboration What resources - time, money, equipment The Who: personnel & staff
PREPARE Equipment (Hardware) Software Back-up options Copyright; IP & Trademarking Cultural sensitivity with Indigenous collections Creative Commons
DIGITISE Do it once & do it right Formats & how Photographs & documents Maps & plans Books Objects Audio & Audio-visual Metadata Descriptive and Technical Filenaming Archiving hardcopy collection information
SHARE Digital access What does GLAM Peak wish to achieve What does Digital Access mean Discoverability vs Searchability Different forms of digital access Local system/ Local web Hosted system & web Hosted web Aggregators Open repositories for sharing, i.e. Wikimedia Social media Facebook; Flickr; Instagram; Twitter; Historypin; Pinterest
Other content Local content - Case studies - Local avenues for advice & guidance GLAM Peak representation
Technology Partners Hobart IS Technology Victorian Collections Maxus Albury IS Technology Maxus Victorian Collections Telstra Wikimedia Australia Datacom IT Telstra Wikimedia Australia
Technology Partners Collection Management Digitising Services - The Collecting Bug - Datacom IT - IS Technology Digital Inclusion - Maxus - Telstra - Vernon Systems - Victorian Collections Digital Access Digitisation Services - Trove - Panasonic - Wikimedia Australia
Grants program Separate grants process per workshop, to allow participants to: participate in the workshops, or set their organisations to digitise collections Total funding pool per workshop is $4,000.
Marketing Communications to: - GLAM Peak members - State representatives for GLAM Peak bodies - Industry elists - Individual organisations Where / what /who else?
Digital Access to Collections Performance Measures Deliverable : Regional workshops Performance Measures: - Attendance - Survey post workshops - No. of items digitised? - No. of items online? - Discoverable in Trove? - Discoverable via Google? - No. of Case studies
Digital Access to Collections Performance Measures Deliverable : Grants Process Performance Measures: - Grants expended & acquitted - No. of items digitised? - No. of items online? - Discoverable in Trove? - Discoverable via Google? - No. of Case studies
Digital Access to Collections Performance Measures Deliverable : Education material online / Website Performance Measures - Web page views/downloads - Anecdotal comments
Digital Access to Collections Performance Measures Deliverable : Technology Partners Performance Measures: Survey - Satisfaction of participants with advice & expertise offered by Technology partners - Satisfaction of Technology partners with involvement in workshops/project
Thank you! Wendy Quihampton wendy.quihampton@museumsaustralia.org.au Lucinda Davison lucinda.davison@museumsaustralia.org.au