A quiet couple of weeks on the blog front...handed in my Topic Approval Form for INFO580, but haven't made much progress writing up my research proposal...must not procrastinate hmmmm...
Helpful diversions
I attended the National Digital Forum annual conference which was fun & humbling (so many great projects out there!) Besides many calories (from the free ice-cream), I gained some interesting ideas from the conference, particularly relating to the importance of developing wonderful web access to your projects. A number of presentors demonstrated how they had done this, either by employing a web developer or revamping their digitisation projects (for example, Sustaining Gathering the Jewels and Revitalising the papers past historic newspaper collection.)
One of the standout presentations for me was from Chris Hay who must have one of the coolest jobs at Lumen. He works on tactile digital experiences in museums and other heritage institutions. Check out some of Lumen's work. His work shows the importance of using convergent disciplines to inspire your project - very inspiring stuff! (Hmmm.. I feel another degree coming on...)
Another point I took away from the conference is that specific social groups have very different digital needs or concerns; varying from access, the protection/respect for the heritage object, copyright and intellectual property, metadata/ technical practicalites, permanence...the list is endless - how digitisation professionals navigate and come up with solutions to these issues are really fascinating. Did anyone else go and get inspired?
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