Dear MCG'ers,
I thought you might be interested to know that Google has today
announced the launch of its new Google Cultural Institute platform,
designed to provide cultural institutions with tools to open up
collections online to new audiences. The platform launches with online
exhibits from 17 cultural heritage institutions around the world.
I had the opportunity of doing an email interview with Google Institute
Director Steve Crossan this morning, and you can read the short
interview and the announcement on our website at
http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/googleinstitute/. The post also
contains details of how organisations can register their interest in
participating in the new platform.
The Collections Trust is going to be working with Steve and the team at
the Google Cultural Institute to look at how to ensure that the process
of participating is as smooth and risk-free as possible, so we will post
further updates on this soon.
In the meantime, you can watch Steve Crossan's talk about the Institute
at this year's OpenCulture 2012 conference here
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mz4oC-qJQo> .
All best,
Nick
Nick Poole
CEO
Collections Trust
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