The Digital Future of Heritage

Louise Denoon – Heritage CollectionsAnna Raunik – Client Service and Collections

Grant Collins – Collection Preservation

5 November 2009

Bathers under the Indooroopilly Railway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, ca. 1930. Image 4847

Do it once, well and for the future

Picking pineapples on a plantation in the Glass House Mountains 1956

Collaborate: don’t re-invent! Share and work together

Esplanade at Burleigh, Queensland, Christmas 1932

Access for all!

Diners at the Palms Cafe in Queen Street, Brisbane, in the 1950s

Respect creators and organisations – attribute!

Shared values– Do it once, well and for the future– Collaborate: don’t re-invent! Share and work together – Access for all – Respect creators and organisations – attribute!

Moving forward together…

Measuring successusage vs quantity

200,000 views of 400 images on FLICKR Commons an average 500 views per image

Champion racehorse Bernborough, being ridden by Billy Nielsen, in the early days of his racing career

Measuring successusage vs quantity 50,000 + images on Picture QLD an average of 120 views per image

What is knowledge?

• 11 minutes versus 11 months

Ownership

Aboriginal Corps at Yarrabah

Staff capacity

Contemporary collecting

State election materials

Digitize or discover?

User created content

Image from Wesley Fryer under Creative Commons Attribution, Share-Alike Licensehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/

Interpretation and engagement Growing interest in Queensland’s past

• screen grab of exhibition

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/whats-on/exhibit/online/becoming_qld