museums and the uk future space suzanne keene the science museum, london
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Museums and the UK future space
Suzanne Keene
The Science Museum, London
http://www.SuzanneKeene.net
Introduction
Shaping the future space Museums in the future space Conclusions
The emerging space
Political Economic Social Technical Organisational
The political space
UK government supports infosociety
The economic space
Capital investment from government ? income to sustain digital assets
The quarry (for commercial publishers)
The cooperative (AMICO, SCRAN)
Licensing (as individual picture libraries etc)
Charging (emerging e-charging mechanisms)
The social space
Internet spread UK a lead country
Access and museum users tend to have internet access
Information rich / information poor?
The technical space
Broad band not natural for museums?
Digital TV perhaps allows interaction
Integration of databases and webhighly significant in making catalogue material interesting
The organisational space
DNER
Converging content
Converging networks
DNER
The politics of funding
We will give you money …
£50m
£252m
LEARNING CENTRES
£19m
… and we want many dimensions
Academic
authority
Informationprovision
andalsoandalso
Museum dimensions Populist infotainment
Science museums Academic authority
National Maritime Museum: Journal of Maritime Research; PORT
Interactive participationScience Museum, STEM
Information provisionNatural History Museum, Earthlab Datasite
Conclusions
Permanent evolution Pressing issues: targeted funding;
permanent preservation; sustainability Changing the perspective
Interaction and participation
and the future ...
Towards the future
•All our imagination holds!
Contact detailsDr Suzanne Keene
Head of Collections Management
Science Museum, LondonExhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD
http://www.SuzanneKeene.net