Dear MCG members
I am hoping you can help me connect to the right people for a project I am
working on.
I am the Content Curator for a dementia charity, The Memory Box Network and
we provide an online digital reminiscence therapy tool. My job is to
identify digital content that can be used to help people and their families
affected by Dementia conduct their own reminiscence sessions, which have
been proven to have a radical effect on the wellbeing of all involved.
What makes the system extremely successful is the accessibility to a wide
variety of rich media content and the ability to filter this to suit the
requirements of each individual. In the first instance I am looking for
potential sources of content and partners we can work with, we are already
in conversations with DC Thompsons, The National Archives and Freemantle
Media about their Thames TV pre-1990 catalogue.
We are looking at how museums and archives are managing their digital assets
and finding ways our system can draw content from it - via API or other
metadata route.
The system has undergone a 6 month testing phase and we are looking at
launching at the end of May this year. As the system will be online and free
to individuals we anticipate global reach with rapid growth, so we will no
doubt encounter all kinds of digitisation methods and will have to find a
way of dealing with it and making it conform.
As well as being the biggest resource in the Dementia sector I anticipate it
being a huge archive/public access/ outreach facility with the heritage
sector.
Any advice, pointers, best practice ideas, conversations or suggestions
about collections we should be in touch with etc. would be greatly
appreciated.
If you have a particular interest I am happy to send out further information
about the project.
Best Donna
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Donna Holford-Lovell
Content Curator
The Memory Box Network
17 City Quay
Dundee
DD1 3JA
0845 475 2820
<http://www.memoryboxnetwork.org/> www.memoryboxnetwork.org
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The Memory Box Network is a Registered Scottish Charity - SC042610
Note: I am in the office Tuesdays & Thursdays and will endvour to answer
emails asap
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