Collections in the Digital Age: Exciting Times for Preservation and Access
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Collections in the Digital Age: Exciting Times for Preservation and Access Kaia Landon Director Brigham City Museum
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Presentation at the 2011 Utah Museums Association Conference.
Transcript of Collections in the Digital Age: Exciting Times for Preservation and Access
Collections in the Digital Age: Exciting Times for
Preservation and Access
Kaia LandonDirector
Brigham City Museum
Issues to Consider
What’s the Point?
• Involve/engage public?• Aid researchers?• Altruistic (share the collection)?• Minimize staff time on requests?• Gain publicity?• Image rights/reproductions sales?• Increase donations?• ???
Project Design: Funding
Grants Regular budget Donations Sponsors
Project Design: Labor
Regular Staff Volunteers Interns Temporary Staff
What to Digitize? What about Copyright?
Historical Collections (photos and text): Public domain (1922) No known copyright Smaller images online only
Art No 3D objects Oral Histories Fair Use & DMCA
Digitizing Audio
Tools needed: Cassette Player Appropriate cable Computer Software (Audacity) Time
OR $$$$
Choices for online access
All?Some
Watermarks?Image size?
Members only?Part of a consortium?
Web hosting considerations
PastPerfect
Collective Access
Collection Space
Mimsy XG
KE Emu
eHive
Omeka
Pachyderm
OpenExhibits
All the Rest
QUESTIONS?
