| Project participants: |
National
Museum of Australia |
| Contact officer/s: |
Judith Cannon, Project Officer (email
j.cannon@nma.gov.au or phone 02 6208
5282) |
| Project
description: The aims of the digitisation project are: 1) to eventually provide
access to key objects and collections held by the National Museum of Australia;
2) to provide raw materials for onsite multimedia exhibits; 3) to provide raw
materials for Web pages and other multimedia products, as well as for PR
purposes; and 4) to fulfil certain preservation needs in cases where digital
methods offer the best option. |
| URL of site: |
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| URL for project
information: |
An early scoping paper (August 1998) can
be downloaded in PDF from
http://www.nma.gov.au/aboutus/products/bigpic.pdf |
| Content: |
The content is varied and includes
surrogates of the Basedow photographic collection, images of Australian
biological specimens, of colonial prints, of Indigenous art (especially bark
paintings), of historical postcards, outback children's drawings, prized rare
books and manuscripts, a collection of sketches, and other assorted objects.
The collection is evergrowing and one aim is to ensure that objects destined
for display at the new Museum will be photographed and digitised beforehand.
Special VR methods have been used for selected objects best shown in animated
form. Includes photographs, handwritten material, typewritten text, 3-D objects
and paintings. |
| Digitisation policy and
priorities: |
The Museum does not have a digitisation
policy. However, it is a priority to develop at least guidelines (policy
information from other organisations will be much valued). |
| Timetable: |
Project underway - anticipated completion
by 30 June 2001. |
| Budget and funding: |
$200,000 all inhouse funding. |
| Staff resources: |
There is a Digitisation Projects Officer
but the actual scanning and any digital photography is done by external
providers. Staff select material for digitisation, prepare batch lists, do
quality control, load images into the image database and enter documentation
into the database, manage the budget. |
| Technical standards: |
Technical details available from Project
Officer, Judith Cannon 02 6208 5282 (email
j.cannon@nma.gov.au). |
| Cataloguing and
indexing: |
To be determined but Dublin Core standards
sought. A printout of the fields used can be obtained from Judith Cannon. |
| Comments: |
Two documents relating to our selection of
digitisation service providers in 1999 are available. The evaluation was
conducted as a two stage process. The selection criteria for the final
evaluation of service providers and an evaluation of the digital photography
process during the trial can be obtained from Judith Cannon (j.cannon@nma.gov.au). |
Last modified: October 20 2009.