COLLECTIONS TRUST, HUBS and the DIGITAL AGENDA
23.09.09
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About the Collections Trust
Digital Priorities
OpenCulture
Culture Grid
About the Collections Trust
Digital Priorities
OpenCulture
Culture Grid
Campaigning for the public right to access and engage with collections by:
•Promoting best practice•Encouraging innovation•Working with the sector
Campaigning for the public right to access and engage with collections by:
•Promoting best practice•Encouraging innovation•Working with the sector
Our role...Our role...
CollectionsCollections LawLaw
CommerceCommerce TechnologyTechnology
KnowledgeKnowledgeConsumersConsumersCollections
Trust
Develop an excellent, sustainable enterpriseDevelop an excellent, sustainable enterpriseCollections Trust
Support & connect the Collections Management community
Support & connect the Collections Management community
Collections Link
Connect People and CollectionsConnect People and CollectionsOpen Culture
Our Digital Priorities...Our Digital Priorities...
Moving from online publishing to broadcast of digital content
From mass digitisation to informed content creation
From funding to Public/Private Partnership
From Copyright to Collective Licensing
From strategy to creativity
Moving from online publishing to broadcast of digital content
From mass digitisation to informed content creation
From funding to Public/Private Partnership
From Copyright to Collective Licensing
From strategy to creativity
OpenCultureOpenCulture
Looking to a future of more open, democratic approaches to Culture
Includes several key projects:
•Culture Grid
•Open Business
•Copyright & Licensing
•Revisiting Collections
Culture GridCulture Grid
Museums, libraries and archives are using technology in a huge variety of creative & innovative ways.
We are increasingly generating content capable of holding its own against the best consumer offerings.
The purpose of the Culture Grid is to advertise this content to mainstream audiences, and to drive them to your sites, by working in partnership with established media providers such as the BBC and Google.
The Culture Grid is just infrastructure – it has no website, mandates no particular standard (although OAI would be nice) and has no view on the quality of the content.
Culture Grid Applications: Hosted Search Culture Grid Applications: Hosted Search
Enabling any user to create their own parameter search (of their own collections, other people’s collections, institution details etc).
Providing a code snippet to embed a high-performance, faceted search into your site or service.
Developing Software Dev Kits for the main Collections Management Systems
Providing Open API to enable you to repurpose the content
Culture Grid Applications: Data Hosting Culture Grid Applications: Data Hosting
Hosting large datasets
Hosting rich media
Working with partners to deliver hosted digital preservation
Developing a low-cost web hosting offer
Working towards Cloud-based hosting solutions
Culture Grid Applications: BBC CenturyShare Culture Grid Applications: BBC CenturyShare
Flash-based interactive timeline
Embedding cultural content alongside BBC Archive footage
Currently an internal BBC pilot for evaluation
Culture Grid and the Hubs Culture Grid and the Hubs
An opportunity to promote your content (both Renaissance-funded and other)
Also contributing to Europeana, which will be a requirement of future EU Digitisation funding
Technical & introductory information:
http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/culturegrid
Also register to receive an email alert when guidance on contributing Grid content is available on Collections Link.
Thank you!Thank you!
Laura WhittonNetworks OfficerCollections Trust
www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukhttp://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/collectiontrust (#collectionstrust)
Laura WhittonNetworks OfficerCollections Trust
www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukhttp://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/collectiontrust (#collectionstrust)