Disruptive technologies go a bit further than that don't they - they
are of such a general scale they disrupt whole business models and even
industries. Two good articles in Guardian Online / Technology detail
the well known examples for the music and photographic industries:
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1648837,00.html
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1654083,00.html
I am delighted with the way that the academic research 'industry' has
been disrupted - nearly all journals online now. The next interesting
step is for universities to publish academic articles online, bypassing
expensive publishers, which is already on the way.
The question is, is the museum industry vulnerable to disruptive
technologies? If so which functions? I'd like to think they will force
museums to open up their stores and make their collections much more
usable to the outside world.
all best,
suzanne
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Suzanne Keene
UCL etc
http://www.suzannekeene.info
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On 2 Feb 2006, at 10:23, Brian Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:42:02 -0000, Tom Goskar
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 30 January 2006, Brian Kelly wrote:
>
>> "And, in addition to such disruptive technologies emerging from the
>> Web
>> development community, within the UK HE sector JISC are committed to
>> the
>> development of the e-Framework, based on a Service Oriented
>> Architecture
>> (SOA) approach, to support the development of applications of
>> particular
>> relevance to the HE sector such as e-learning, portals, digital
>> repositories, etc."
>>
>> I'm interested in what is meant by "such disruptive technologies". Is
>> that
>> in the sense that these technologies arrive with such speed they upset
>> current strategies / technology frameworks?
>
> Yes, that's what's meant in this context. This happened when the Web
> first
> arrive. The Web then became mainstream and mission critical and
> organisations procured CMSs, developed publishing strategies, etc.
> However
> Web 2.0 may result in similar disruptions - for example, existing
> instituional strategies may be based on a publishing view of the Web,
> which
> may not be applicable to a Web which focusses on colllaboration and
> communication. This is likely to lead to tensions between the early
> adopters and innovators and the service providers.
>
> These issues are being addressed in a workshop on "Initiatives &
> Innovation:
> Managing Disruptive Technologies" which will be held at the University
> of
> Warwick on 24 Feb. Details are available at
>
> <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/ucisa-ukoln-cetis
> -2006/>
>
> This event is aimed at the Higher Education sector. This may be of
> interest
> to some members of this list - but I wonder if something along these
> lines
> may be of interest to the museums sector? Do you, for example, ever
> face
> any tensions over the things you'd like to do and the policies of your
> IT
> Services department?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
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