Hello Bridget,
By way of suggesting a partial answer to (1) and (2), we have been
cataloguing digitized content in the MICHAEL UK project. So far we have
published records describing digital content from 535 institutions. I
haven't yet broken down this figure by sector or by home country, but
you could do the breakdown. It would give you a starting point for
further research, see: http://www.michael-culture.org.uk or contact me
off list.
MICHAEL is an EU initiative, 19 other countries are also creating
inventories of their digitized content. So if you want to extend your
research into Europe...
If you want to know more about the MICHAEL project, come along to our
conference in London on 23rd May - the details and booking form are
online at: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/michael-may-2008/
With bet wishes,
Kate
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Kate Fernie
ICT Adviser (EU Projects)
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
http://www.mla.gov.uk/
http://www.michael-culture.org.uk/
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Subject: Plea for information - national collections
Hello
I'm wondering if you generous people can help me with some shortcuts to
getting some statistics and views I need.
1) The Netful of Jewels plan set a target of 400 digital museums in the
UK by 2002. Is there any sense of whether this target has been achieved
by now? If we say that a digital museum is one which enables you to
explore a significant proportion (?) of its collections online, have we
achieved it? Roughly?
2) I've been asked if I know the overall percentage of UK publicly
funded cultural collections that have been digitised and put online (in
whatever state). Is that fact known? Do we know it for designated
museums? Do we know it for libraries and archives? Do we know it for
England alone?
3) Several countries have created national portals to their cultural
collections. Does anyone have statistics about their use, and any sense
of who is using them and what they are being used for?
Hoping to hear from you on this ridiculously hot and steamy afternoon in
London.
Best wishes
Bridget
Bridget McKenzie
Director, Flow Associates
441 New Cross Road
London, SE14 6TA
07890 540178
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