Digital Collecting Symposium
11/03/20 16:47
A one-day symposium hosted by the National Museums of Scotland, exploring digital collecting in museums. How do we define a digital object? What do we collect and how? What should we collect and why? A discussion about good practice and opportunities in collecting born-digital objects.
A fascinating day with many interesting speakers. Andrew attended and participated, well aware that there is not an obviously strong case to be made for C&SM having much to do with born-digital assets. The nature of the discourse was wide ranging and the meaning of born-digital was asked from a number of perspectives.
We need to share thinking about what is worthy of collecting and why and how it will be represented in our museum's context. Things which are not of national concern and which may be either of the area or necessary to the context of other assets which are of the area will emerge. Especially if we consider our virtual museum and the scans we make and collect. It is arguable that digital records of oral histories and digital film and photos are born digital. The last speaker of the day, Nicōle Meehan of the University of St. Andrews, came up with a compelling framework. The overarching sense is that museums need a framework.
The chairpeople for each sessions were:
Sarah Rothwell ( NMS )
Sarah Laurenson (NMS )
Sam Alberti ( NMS )
Speakers were:
Sarah Cook - UoGlasgow - Digital Collecting - Art and Science
Corinna Gardner - V&A - Digital Collecting at the V&A
Natalie Kane - V&A - Digital Collecting at the V&A
Sherri Berger - Smithsonian National Museum of American History - "Can We Collect This?" Developing a Digital Archiving Program at the Smithsonian
Leigh Gialanella - Smithsonian National Museum of American History - "Can We Collect This?" Developing a Digital Archiving Program at the Smithsonian
Foteini Aravani - Museum of London - Collecting Video Games + Social Media at Museum of London
Jack Kirby - Science Museum Group - Digital Ecology: How and Why We Collect
Geoff Belknap - Science Museum Group - Digital Ecology: How and Why We Collect
Arran Rees - University of Leeds - #Collecting" Approaches to Collecting with / from Social Media
Nicōle Meehan - University of St. Andrews - The Digital Object: Materiality, Aura and Value
A fascinating day with many interesting speakers. Andrew attended and participated, well aware that there is not an obviously strong case to be made for C&SM having much to do with born-digital assets. The nature of the discourse was wide ranging and the meaning of born-digital was asked from a number of perspectives.
We need to share thinking about what is worthy of collecting and why and how it will be represented in our museum's context. Things which are not of national concern and which may be either of the area or necessary to the context of other assets which are of the area will emerge. Especially if we consider our virtual museum and the scans we make and collect. It is arguable that digital records of oral histories and digital film and photos are born digital. The last speaker of the day, Nicōle Meehan of the University of St. Andrews, came up with a compelling framework. The overarching sense is that museums need a framework.
The chairpeople for each sessions were:
Sarah Rothwell ( NMS )
Sarah Laurenson (NMS )
Sam Alberti ( NMS )
Speakers were:
Sarah Cook - UoGlasgow - Digital Collecting - Art and Science
Corinna Gardner - V&A - Digital Collecting at the V&A
Natalie Kane - V&A - Digital Collecting at the V&A
Sherri Berger - Smithsonian National Museum of American History - "Can We Collect This?" Developing a Digital Archiving Program at the Smithsonian
Leigh Gialanella - Smithsonian National Museum of American History - "Can We Collect This?" Developing a Digital Archiving Program at the Smithsonian
Foteini Aravani - Museum of London - Collecting Video Games + Social Media at Museum of London
Jack Kirby - Science Museum Group - Digital Ecology: How and Why We Collect
Geoff Belknap - Science Museum Group - Digital Ecology: How and Why We Collect
Arran Rees - University of Leeds - #Collecting" Approaches to Collecting with / from Social Media
Nicōle Meehan - University of St. Andrews - The Digital Object: Materiality, Aura and Value