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Digitisation done, what now? A case study of a step-by-step project Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator. Museum of Design in Plastics set up in 1988 became a registered museum in 2001 changed its name to the Museum of Design in Plastics in 2007 following year it obtained full Accreditation
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Digitisation done, what now? A case study of a step-by-step project Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator
Museum of Design in Plastics set up in 1988 became a registered museum in 2001 changed its name to the Museum of Design in Plastics in 2007 following year it obtained full Accreditation acknowledged as the UK’s leading resource for the study and interpretation of design in plastics
Arts University College at Bournemouth specialist university college in art, design, media and performance established in 1883 leading provider of teaching, learning and scholarship in its subject areas
+ Worshipful Company of Horners The Collection: MoDiP + Plastics Historical Society
Digitisation done: The JISC Project http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/digitisation/enrichingdigi/modip.aspx
Digitisation done: The JISC Project • The steps: • Digitisation of the collection • Website specification • Website build • Website population • Learning and teaching packages
Digitisation done: The JISC Project • The steps: • Digitisation of the collection • Website specification • Assessing resources • Selecting objects • Cementing partnerships • Finding avenues of dissemination
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Cementing partnerships http://www.plastiquarian.com/
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Cementing partnerships http://www.materials.ac.uk/
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Avenues of dissemination
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Avenues of Dissemination
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Avenues of dissemination http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/index.html
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Unexpected outcomes http://www.horners.org.uk/overview.php
Digitisation done: The JISC Project – Conclusions • break projects down into manageable steps • investigate and understand the limitations of current practices • be prepared to wait for the next lot of funding to address these limitations • be creative in the meantime • do not let the ideas die
Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator E: ldennis@aucb.ac.uk E: modip@aucb.ac.uk T: @modiptalk B: museumofdesigninplastics.blogspot.com/