A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

UKOLN is supported by:

UKOLN Support for MDOs

Museum Development Officers Briefing Day

Collections Trust

23 Nov 2009 London

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

UKOLN …

• Aims to inform practice and influence policy in: digital libraries, information systems, bibliographic management, and web technologies

• Carries out research with a range of UK and international partners

• Provides network information services, including the Ariadne magazine

• Runs workshops and conferences

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

Cultural Heritage Web Site

• Focus on digital information in the cultural heritage sector– Topics of interest to the sector– Demonstrate use of Web 2.0 tools and services– Resources developed for workshops and

seminars focusing on the sector– Brings together other materials scattered over

main UKOLN web site

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

Meet and Learn Events

• Introduction to Web 2.0 and the Social Web– 1 day Workshop series

• Recent: Preston, Devizes• Dec. 2009: London, Leeds, Leicester• Early 2010: Dulwich, Chelmsford

– Presentations, hands-on time, break-out discussions, networking time

– Develop a personal action plan– Slides and other materials available from event page– Wiki for these workshops

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

IntroBytes

• Concise briefing documents– Web 2.0, blogging, social networks, digital

preservation, legal issues …and more

• 72 to date• Often developed as resources for events• Web page and Word version for A5 double-

sided printing

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

Cultural Heritage Blog

• When– Started Jan. 2009

• Who:– Regular posters: Brian Kelly, Marieke Guy, Ann

Chapman– Guest posts

• What:– News items, reflections– Ideas for using Web 2.0 tools or services– Posts on other Ukoln blogs

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

Web 2.0 in Action

• Bookshelf – using LibraryThing

• Ariadne digest – using Delicious tags

• Blogs Directory examples – using Dipity

• Event location map – using ACME GeoRSS

                                                             

A centre of expertise in digital information management

www.ukoln.ac.uk www.bath.ac.uk

Find out more

• http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/

• http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/events/

• http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/documents/