implementing a national ict strategy for scotland’s museums dylan edgar, ict adviser
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ImplementingA national ICT strategyfor Scotland’s museums
Dylan Edgar, ICT Adviser
Who was involved in the project?
What do we want to achieve?
Increasingusers
Improvingperformance
Buildingcapacity
Drivingup quality
Four areas of priority
We set strategic goals in each priority area…
1. Users
2. Infrastructure
3. Software systems
4. Skills
Implementing the strategy
ICT strategy goals
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Research(‘what’?)
3 year action framework
Consult(‘how’?)
Implement
Actions
20072006200520042003
Outcomes
Increasingusers
Improvingperformance
Buildingcapacity
Drivingup quality
Mapping ICT in the sector
Web
site
Techn
ical s
uppo
rt
Collec
tions
man
agem
ent
Inte
rnet
conn
ectio
n
Acces
s to
traini
ng
Broad
band
0
20
40
60
80
100
% of respondents
Local Authority museums
Independent museums
Investing in skills and infrastructure
• 100% grants to small museums for ICT equipment and training• Around £90,000 in total, distributed between 30 museums
• This has gone towards…
Computers Internet connections Digitisation equipment Collections management software General purpose software Technical support Training
Promoting and celebrating best practice
• Ensuring that technology has a positive impact
• Developing and sharing case studies
• Promoting best practice through SMC grant
programmes
Sharing knowledge about collections
• Recognising levels of information about museum collections
• Piloting Collection Level Descriptions with museums
• Increasing access to collections management systems
• A national collections development strategy for
Scotland’s museums
Promoting standards and building skills
• Guidance and support for museums on implementing technical standards
• Promoting standards through SMC grant aid
• MDA partnership agreement
• A workforce development strategy for the Scottish museums and galleries sector
Supporting learning and access
• A national learning and access strategy for museums and galleries in Scotland
• The SSDN
