On 3 Apr 2014, at 11:15, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I suppose the question is whether smaller institutions should be trying to follow similar models in getting collections online - or whether they're better off doing something different - for instance, focusing on smaller number of objects at a higher quality, or looking much more closely at the visit ("show me what I can see when I come along") experience, and so on..?
I’d like to see smaller institutions creating curated collections - blog style.
e.g. a decent story about their important/interesting objects. maybe one a week, one a month, or whatever is manageable - it’ll soon become a valuable and interesting online resource.
As an Internet user I’d rather see a few detailed and interesting stories than hundreds of images with sparse metadata.
For many the online objective should be to treat the ‘collections’ part of their website as a curated exhibition, with unlimited space to exhibit a few items in great detail.
I think the future is all about stories from the past.
:)
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