Post on 28-Mar-2015
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
E: ldennis@aucb.ac.ukE: modip@aucb.ac.ukT: @modiptalkB: museumofdesigninplastics.blogspot.com/