Good morning MCG!

 

I thought you might be interested in the attached release, which the
Collections Trust has issued this morning. The report 'Celebrating UK
Culture Online' to which the release refers is available from
Collections Link at: 
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/sustaining-digital/1332-celeb
rating-uk-culture-online.

 

All best, 

Nick

 

 

Digital pioneer urges museums, archives and libraries to open up their
collections

 

Museums, archives and libraries must join the digital revolution and
open up their collections for reuse, urges Professor Nigel Shadbolt,
Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Southampton University and Open
Data advisor to the UK Government.

In a call to action to EU Culture Ministers at a Europeana Awareness
event in Brussels, Professor Shadbolt said: "Museums, archives and
libraries are sitting on a goldmine of content and knowledge. By
publishing these resources as open data on the web, they can engage new
audiences, build digital literacy and help drive the Digital Economy." 

 

In response to Professor Shadbolt's call-to-arms, the Collections Trust
has published Celebrating UK Culture Online, a new report that
celebrates current innovative digital projects in museums, galleries,
libraries and archives.

Collections Trust CEO Nick Poole comments: "The UK's museums, galleries
libraries and archives have really embraced technology both as a means
of sharing their collections and building new relationships with their
users. This new Report highlights some of the best of the current
generation of digital initiatives and looks ahead to how best we can
meet the challenge laid down by Professor Shadbolt."

 

Celebrating UK Culture Online is available free of charge from 
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk. 

 

ends

 

Further information and Press enquiries

 

Nick Poole, Chief Executive, Collections Trust. Tel 0207 942 6080
e-mail: [log in to unmask]

 

John Woolley, Development Director, Collections Trust. Tel: 0207 942
6084, e-mail [log in to unmask]

 

Collections Trust 

 

The Collections Trust is an independent UK-based organisation working
with museums, libraries, galleries and archives worldwide to improve the
management of their Collections. Its mission is to help museums,
galleries, libraries and archives unlock the potential in their
collections.

 

It does this for the collections community by providing know-how,
developing and promoting excellence, challenging existing practices,
pioneering new ideas, and bringing experts together. The Collections
Trust is also an independent registered charity. It receives funding
from various national partners including Arts Council England and the
national organisations in Scotland and Wales. 

 

 

Nick Poole

CEO

Collections Trust

 

020 7942 6080

 

Correspondence: Collections Trust, WC2 09 Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD

 

 

 

OpenCulture 2012
The Greatest Collections Management Show on Earth!
London, 26th & 27th June 2012
Register online at www.collectionslink.org.uk/events/openculture-2012
<http://www.openculture2011.org.uk> 

 

www.collectionstrust.org.uk <http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/>  

www.collectionslink.org.uk <http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/> 

www.culturegrid.org.uk <http://www.culturegrid.org.uk/> 

 

Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/collectiontrust
<http://www.twitter.com/collectiontrust> 

 

Company Registration No: 1300565 Registered Charity No: 273984

Registered Office: Collections Trust c/o CAN Mezzanine, 49 - 51 East
Road, Old Street, London N1 6AH

 

 

 


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