Hi Terry,

You might find it interesting to take a look at the Revisiting Collections
project initiated by MLA London in 2005 and since taken further by the MDA
in the museum sector and recently by MLA London in the archives domain. It
addresses a number of issues associated with the gathering of knowledge and
responses to collections by the public. Although it doesn't provide a policy
for online contribution specifically, it does provide a toolkit for
capturing and managing this information in a meaningful way. You'll find
details on the MLA London site at

http://www.mlalondon.org.uk/lmal/index.cfm?ArticleID=1193&NavigationID=102

The information requirements are being incorporated as an extension to
SPECTRUM.

Best wishes,

Alice

Alice Grant Consulting
www.alicegrant.co.uk
Fengate Farm, Fengate Road
West Pinchbeck, Spalding
Lincolnshire PE11 3NE
T: +44(0)1775 640282
F: +44(0)1775 640969
M: 07725 120419

-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Terry
Makewell
Sent: 28 February 2007 15:27
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: User Generated Content for Museums - policies

All,

I'm currently working on a project with a consortium of national
museums and one of the purposes of the project is to explore the
potential of user generated content on partner websites. The need to
ensure correct procedures and policies for the use and control of this
content has become very obvious. 

I was wondering whether anyone might be able to share any issues,
problems and (of course) successes that they have had with UGC. I'd
ideally like to be able to create some type of cross departmental policy
document for the use of UGC and so any particular advice on
statements/policies in this area would be greatly received.

Please feel free to reply to me directly.

Many thanks for any advice,

Terry Makewell


Technical Manager
National Museums Online Learning Project

Email: [log in to unmask] 
Tel: 020 7942 2819




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