wimps worms winchesters….. and the web national museums scotland and collections data
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Wimps Worms Winchesters…..And the Web
National Museums Scotland
And Collections Data
Background to NMS Data
• Wimps, Worms, Winchesters• 4m objects and specimens• 700k records in Collections Management System• 6k digital images attached to Collection Records• Data exists in a multitude of sources• Structure of Collections Management Department
Where are We Now?
• Creation of collections data and images
• Uses of collections data and images
Where are We Going?
• NMS OnLine
• Royal Museum Project
• Management of collections
• Scotland’s Images
Challenges / Issues• Collections Management Systems v Content Management
Systems
• Standardising data to aid searching
• Creation of data / content – who writes it?
• Re-purposing content
• Searching data / images
• Joined up thinking
Wendy Turner
Head of Collections ManagementNational Museums Scotland
Chambers StreetEdinburghEH1 1JF