Dear Trevor,
It looks like an excellent website and it's exciting to see EH putting these
collections online.
Can I ask if there are any plans to change copyright and terms of use for
images from the online collections possibly allowing for free use and reuse?
Best wishes,
Colin Hynson
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From: "Reynolds, Trevor" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:25 AM
Subject: [MCG] English Heritage Collections on-line (pilot)
Dear colleagues
Since February 2012 we have been working on a putting the English Heritage
collections on-line. From one perspective we are just about there, however
the recent Government announcement that English Heritage will be split into
two organisations has meant this project has been put on hold while
decisions are made on the design of the web sites for the two new
organisations.
At some point we do hope that we will be able to get further with this
(either with this project or starting again from scratch). With this in
mind we would be grateful for feedback from colleagues on what works (and
what doesn't work) in what we have done so far. You can view the site at:
http://89.206.186.142/MWebcgi/mweb.exe?request=ks
This is on our English Heritage test web server so links which would take
you to other parts of our website don't always work. The website uses Mweb
software from Selago. Apart from the welcome text and the image of the gun,
all of the text and images are derived from our Collections Management
System (MimsyXG), which is transferred by periodic upload across our
firewall.
The objects on the pilot site include the Wernher Collection at Ranger's
House (around 700 objects), our archaeological and architectural collections
from Reivaulx Abbey (around 4000 objects) and a selection of just over 200
objects from our Archetectural Study Collection.
Trevor Reynolds
Collections Registrar, English Heritage
tel: +44 (0) 1904 601905. 37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP
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Portico: your gateway to information on sites in the National Heritage
Collection; have a look and tell us what you think.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/portico/
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