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Wikimedia Australia is a technology partner for the GLAM Peak Digital Access to Collections workshop being held in Hobart, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November 2017.
Wikimedia Australia is a technology partner for the [http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/workshops/locations/hobart GLAM Peak Digital Access to Collections workshop] held at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery], Hobart, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November 2017.


Hashtag #digaccess_tas
This was a free two-day workshop giving attendees the opportunity to participate in training focussed on digitisation and the provision of digital access to collections, Q&A with leading technology providers, and the chance to network with other GLAM organisations.
 
Twitter hashtag [https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23digaccess_tas&src=typd #digaccess_tas]
 
== Who presented the workshop? ==
The workshop was facilitated by Wendy Quihampton and Lucinda Davison from the GLAM Peak project with presentations from
[[File:GLAM_Peak_Tasmania_presenters.jpg|thumb|Lyndall Osborne, Wendy Quihampton and Lucinda Davison]]
 
* Lyndall Osborne, AIATSIS
* Janet Carding, Director of TMAG
* each of the technology partners attending, and
* case studies from two local museums


== Who attended the workshop? ==
== Who attended the workshop? ==
* Arts Tasmania
[[File:Upper_Derwent_United_Hall.jpg|thumb|Upper Derwent United Hall]]
* Bayview Secondary College
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_Tasmania Arts Tasmania]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayview_Secondary_College Bayview Secondary College]
* Bruny Island Historical Society
* Bruny Island Historical Society
[[File:Bushy_Park_Hop_Museum.jpg|thumb|Bushy Park Hop Museum]]
* Channel Museum
* Channel Museum
* COMA
* COMA
* Dover Museum and Art Gallery
* Dover Museum and Art Gallery
* East Coast Heritage Museum Swansea
* East Coast Heritage Museum Swansea
* Guilford Young College
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford_Young_College Guilford Young College]
* Mackillop Catholic College  
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacKillop_College,_Mornington Mackillop Catholic College]
* Mount Carmel College
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel_College,_Sandy_Bay Mount Carmel College]
* Museum of Old and New Art
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Old_and_New_Art Museum of Old and New Art]
* Ogilvie High School
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvie_High_School Ogilvie High School]
* Parliament of Tasmania
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Tasmania Parliament of Tasmania]
* Port Arthur Historic Site Management
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Tasmania Port Arthur Historic Site Management]
* Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Museum_and_Art_Gallery Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery]
* Scouts Tasmania
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting_and_Guiding_in_Tasmania Scouts Tasmania]
* Supreme Court Tasmania
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Tasmania Supreme Court Tasmania]
* Sydney Cove Archaeological Collection
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Cove_(1796_ship) Sydney Cove Archaeological Collection]
* Tasmania Health Service – Wingfield Library
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services_(Tasmania) Tasmania Health Service – Wingfield Library]
* Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Museum_and_Art_Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG)]
* Tasmanian Nursing Collection
* Tasmanian Nursing Collection
* TasTAFE
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TasTAFE TasTAFE]
* The Friends’ School
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends%27_School,_Hobart The Friends’ School]
* The Hutchins School
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchins_School The Hutchins School]
* University of Tasmania
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tasmania University of Tasmania]
* Upper Derwent United Hall
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_Derwent_United_Hall.jpg Upper Derwent United Hall]
* Wireless Institute of Australia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Institute_of_Australia Wireless Institute of Australia]


== What did GLAM participants want to get out of the workshop? ==
== What did GLAM participants want to get out of the workshop? ==


* how to do this properly
* how do we find out what each other has?
* how do we match technology to available resources with workflows?
* how to make the digitised collection accessible?
* how do we make best use of social media, and make it easy for people to use the organisation's own image database in social media
* what are we aiming for as best practice?
* how do we get our organisations on board?
* what is the next step after digitisation?
* how do we manage the extra enquiries coming as we have created this new level of access?
* how do we determine the value of what we digitise - how do we choose what to digitise, is anyone interested?
* how to make our collections more accessible?


* how to do this properly
'''What are the problems that GLAM organisations are seeking to solve?'''
 
* money
* how do we find out what each other has?
* time
 
* volunteers
* how do we match technology to available resources with workflows?
* copyright
 
* privacy - especially for schools
* how to make the digitised collection accessible?
* resourcing
 
* continuity for the sector
* how do we make best use of social media, and make it easy for people to use the organisation's own image database in social media
* interoperability across the sector, right down to spelling
 
* data storage limitations for many - hi-res images take space
* what are we aiming for as best practice?
* digitisation is a buzz word in organisations, but do they really know what it means/entails?
 
* how do we get our organisations on board?


* what is the next step after digitisation?
'''How do GLAMs decide what to digitise first?'''
* what a formal significance assessment has identified as priority
* what people are asking for
* what is at risk of deterioration
* what someone will fund
* what will support an exhibition or major event/anniversary


* how do we manage the extra enquiries coming as we have created this new level of access?


* how do we determine the value of what we digitise - how do we choose what to digitise, is anyone interested?
== Digital Access Plans ==
 
* how to make our collections more accessible?
 
 
'''What are the problems that GLAM organisations are seeking to solve?'''


* money
Organisations discussed questions related to developing a digital access plan.
* How will you provide digital access?
* How will the collection be shared online?
* Will you use social media?
* What is your business model?


* time
== Resources ==
* [http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/toolkit/pdf-version Digital Collections Toolkit]


* volunteers
Indigenous collection items
Lyndall Osborne, Executive Director Collections, AIATSIS


* copyright
* [http://atsilirn.aiatsis.gov.au/protocols.php ATSILIRN Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Services]
* [http://www.digitalcollections.org.au/toolkit/prepare/indigenous-collection-items Toolkit resources]


* privacy - especially for schools


* resourcing
'''Links to Australian collections featured'''
* [http://www.thecollectingbug.com/site/explore The Collecting Bug] hosts collections including [http://www.thecollectingbug.com/australiansoccercards/?9 Australian soccer cards] and [http://www.thecollectingbug.com/iframe.html#/australianjazzmuseum/subcollection/australianjazzmuseum Australian Jazz Museum]
* [https://victoriancollections.net.au/ Victorian Collections]
* [https://www.maxus.net.au/index.php/about/our-clients Collections supported by Maxus]


* continuity for the sector


* interoperability across the sector, right down to spelling
'''Challenges that Wikimedia Australia could engage in'''
* Build awareness of regional GLAM collections
* Actively promote the benefits of Creative Commons licensing for small GLAM collections
* Check out this list of [https://victoriancollections.net.au/organisations collecting organisations in Victoria]


* data storage limitations for many - hi-res images take space


* digitisation is a buzz word in organisations, but do they really know what it means/entails?
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'''Links to some amazing Australian collections that are out there'''
== Editing activity ==
* [http://www.thecollectingbug.com/site/explore The Collecting Bug] hosts collections including [http://www.thecollectingbug.com/australiansoccercards/?9 Australian soccer cards] and [http://www.thecollectingbug.com/iframe.html#/australianjazzmuseum/subcollection/australianjazzmuseum Australian Jazz Museum].


Wikimedia Commons
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_Derwent_United_Hall.jpg Upper Derwent United Hall]
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bushy_Park_Hop_Museum.jpg Bushy Park Hop Museum]


'''Challenges that Wikimedia Australia could engage in?'''
[[Category:Activity reports]]
* Contact small collections and discuss the benefits of Creative Commons licensing
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[[Category:2017]]
[[Category:Events in TAS]]

Latest revision as of 12:56, 28 June 2019

Wikimedia Australia is a technology partner for the GLAM Peak Digital Access to Collections workshop held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November 2017.

This was a free two-day workshop giving attendees the opportunity to participate in training focussed on digitisation and the provision of digital access to collections, Q&A with leading technology providers, and the chance to network with other GLAM organisations.

Twitter hashtag #digaccess_tas

Who presented the workshop?

The workshop was facilitated by Wendy Quihampton and Lucinda Davison from the GLAM Peak project with presentations from

Lyndall Osborne, Wendy Quihampton and Lucinda Davison
  • Lyndall Osborne, AIATSIS
  • Janet Carding, Director of TMAG
  • each of the technology partners attending, and
  • case studies from two local museums

Who attended the workshop?

Upper Derwent United Hall
Bushy Park Hop Museum

What did GLAM participants want to get out of the workshop?

  • how to do this properly
  • how do we find out what each other has?
  • how do we match technology to available resources with workflows?
  • how to make the digitised collection accessible?
  • how do we make best use of social media, and make it easy for people to use the organisation's own image database in social media
  • what are we aiming for as best practice?
  • how do we get our organisations on board?
  • what is the next step after digitisation?
  • how do we manage the extra enquiries coming as we have created this new level of access?
  • how do we determine the value of what we digitise - how do we choose what to digitise, is anyone interested?
  • how to make our collections more accessible?

What are the problems that GLAM organisations are seeking to solve?

  • money
  • time
  • volunteers
  • copyright
  • privacy - especially for schools
  • resourcing
  • continuity for the sector
  • interoperability across the sector, right down to spelling
  • data storage limitations for many - hi-res images take space
  • digitisation is a buzz word in organisations, but do they really know what it means/entails?

How do GLAMs decide what to digitise first?

  • what a formal significance assessment has identified as priority
  • what people are asking for
  • what is at risk of deterioration
  • what someone will fund
  • what will support an exhibition or major event/anniversary


Digital Access Plans

Organisations discussed questions related to developing a digital access plan.

  • How will you provide digital access?
  • How will the collection be shared online?
  • Will you use social media?
  • What is your business model?

Resources

Indigenous collection items Lyndall Osborne, Executive Director Collections, AIATSIS


Links to Australian collections featured


Challenges that Wikimedia Australia could engage in

  • Build awareness of regional GLAM collections
  • Actively promote the benefits of Creative Commons licensing for small GLAM collections
  • Check out this list of collecting organisations in Victoria



Editing activity

Wikimedia Commons

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