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