Dear MCG'ers,
As you will be aware, the Collections Trust is responsible for
developing the Culture Grid (http://www.culturegrid.org.uk) as an
aggregation/syndication service for museum, archive and library
metadata.
The Culture Grid serves object and collections metadata, and works
alongside Culture24 as the aggregator of institutional and events data.
Collectively, our aim is to maximise museum audiences by increasing the
profile of the sector's digital output through a variety of mainstream
digital and mobile channels.
We now need to enlist your help to make some choices about the evolution
of the Culture Grid's Application Profile to ensure that the web
services we are offering both increase participation by museums and
enhance the value of the services and connectors we can offer to 3rd
parties.
Neil Smith of Knowledge Integration (the company that designed, built
and now manage the Culture Grid's technical and operational
architecture) has posted a discussion paper on the Museum API Wiki which
outlines a number of possible options. Please go to
http://museum-api.pbworks.com/w/page/Culture-Grid-Profile to read and
respond to his post.
We need to ensure that the Culture Grid continues to evolve and to add
value for museums, so we would hugely value your comments and ideas
about the options we are presenting.
If you are interested in making your content available through the
Culture Grid, please contact the Grid Manager, Phill Purdy at
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the future direction of the Culture Grid, you should join the Culture
Grid Users Network on Collections Link: http://tiny.cc/cguser.
Finally, if you are interested in seeing what you might be able to
create using the Culture Grid data, register for the Culture Grid Hack
day, 3rd December at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle -
http://tiny.cc/cghackday.
Many thanks for your help!
All best,
Nick
Nick Poole
Chief Executive
Collections Trust
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