dylan edgar ict adviser scottish museums council collection level descriptions in scottish museums
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Dylan Edgar
ICT Adviser
Scottish Museums Council
Collection Level Descriptions in Scottish museums
Strategic context
• Scotland’s National Audit 2002
• A national ICT strategy for Scotland’s museums– Increasing online access to museum
collections– Recognising levels of information about
collections to help achieve this
• A national collections development strategy for Scotland’s museums– CLDs seen as a key mechanism to
support many of the proposed priorities
First steps
• Raising awareness of CLDs in Scotland
• Engaging museums and other stakeholders
• Piloting the development and use of CLDs in museums
The way forward
REQUIREMENTSCAPTURE
CONTENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
List of requirements
Essential Desirable
List of requirements
Essential Desirable
Guidance oncontent creation
Templates Examples Length Tone Audience Terminology…
Guidance oncontent creation
Templates Examples Length Tone Audience Terminology…
Establish infrastructure
Scope Set up User testing Maintain
Establish infrastructure
Scope Set up User testing Maintain
Content creation and maintenance
Continuing advocacy Voluntary scheme Partial completion of location records Coordinating other projects
Content creation and maintenance
Continuing advocacy Voluntary scheme Partial completion of location records Coordinating other projects
CLD pilot project ICT strategy What Clicks? Previous CLD work Other research
