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Museum Lives
“The longer you’re here, the thing you realise is that these are not just objects, they’re peoples’ lives.”
Nadja Noel – Natural History Museum
Ben Sullivan – KE Software
The Project… knowledge is leaving the NHM
• Within five years, 24 staff are due to retire• 775 years of experience• Knowledge transfer• World leaders in their scientific fields• Global coverage of expertise• Different collection areas and disciplines• Passion
Stories… Human interest not just science
• Weird and wonderful exhibition displays• Working at the NHM• Key scientific discoveries• Ollie Crimmen and his Speedos• River Thames whale stranding• London Blitz
Timeline and goals… project plan
• Archive-research for humanities academics.• Enriching collections data in EMu• Online resource• Public offer
Structural overview
• Site needed users to browse by individual people, or by theme
• People are related to different themes• Themes are related to different people• NHM extended Narratives to allow multiple children• Allows hierarchies with multiple roots
Managing the narrative content… linking the data
NarrativeNarrative
PeoplePeople
Locations/ SitesLocations/ Sites
EventsEvents
Collection EventsCollection Events CatalogueCatalogue
MultimediaMultimedia
Structure of the digital assets… managing the media created
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Text transcript PDF (Digital Master)
Text transcript PDF Edit (Derivative)
High res MOV Edit (Digital Original)
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Documentation workflows… where do I start?
• Rights• Interview scheduling• Editing• Content authorisation• Asset management• Web publication• Review
Why was EMu used?… because it was there
• Repository for interpretation• No dept-centric boundaries• Familiarity with interface• Close association with specimen/collections
information• Integrated digital asset support
Sustainable documentation… what is created and left behind
• Align project with current procedures• Training• Don’t add a burden for future users• Communicate with technical partners• What happens when things break?• Abstraction between data & presentation
Challenges
• Difficulties of extracting tacit knowledge• Production standards• Managing digital assets-costs!
Contact details
• Nadja Noel - [email protected] History Museum
• Alex Fell – [email protected] Software