Hi,
Why don't we simply herd the cross-walking PHBs in a virtuous circle until
they become mashupable or get crowd-sourced?
Regards,
James
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008, Ridge, Mia wrote:
> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:01:43 +0100
> From: "Ridge, Mia" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: [MCG] Let's crowdsource an idea for Showusabetterway?
>
> Nick Poole wrote:
>
>> What it has done is throw into sharp relief the slightly
>> embarrassing fact that most public sectors can get together
>> and publish a coherent collective dataset, but we can't.
>> Whatever the technical solutions and possibilities, we are
>> going to have to find a way of shifting this discourse out of
>> the tech-world and into the head of managers, politicians and funders.
>
> The last MCG conference was a good case in point. Everyone in the room
> has a good idea of what we need to do, we might even argue we have a
> responsibility to open up our collections for cross-sector searching and
> for a virtuous circle of engagement with our audiences. It's lovely
> that we all agree, even if we quibble over the details, but warm fuzzy
> feelings don't translate into action.
>
> How many curators, managers, directors, CEOs were in that room? How
> many of us went back to our institutions and discussed it with the
> people who should have been in that room but weren't? Did any of us
> manage to convince someone higher up to push for change in the metrics
> by which we're judged? Do our directors even know we think the metrics
> should be changed?
>
> Who do we need to talk to, and how do we organise that conversation?
>
> Can we look outside the sector to other public sectors that have managed
> to make that transition?
>
> More immediately, is there any reason why we can't use the MCG list/site
> to share success stories, and the lessons learnt from the failed
> projects?
>
> cheers, Mia
>
>
> Mia Ridge
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