welcome to the spectrum community!
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Presentation setting out how the international SPECTRUM community works, what it is and what role you can play in helping to build and share best practice in collections management!TRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to the SPECTRUM Community!
June 2013
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What is SPECTRUM?
• SPECTRUM is an open, and freely-available standard which defines and promotes best practice in the management and use of collections in museums, archives, galleries and similar cultural organisations.
• Now in its 4th edition, SPECTRUM is used by more than 7,600 museums in 40 countries worldwide to improve the management, sustainability and use of their Collections.
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The core elements of SPECTRUM
• SPECTRUM Standard including translations/ localisations, SPECTRUM Digital Asset Management, the SPECTRUM Schema and the Archive of previous versions of SPECTRUM
• SPECTRUM Labs, including new ideas and potential applications of the SPECTRUM Standard
• SPECTRUM Resources which support the application of the standard
• SPECTRUM Community which includes anyone who uses the standard nationally or internationally
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STANDARD
WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY (7,600)
COMPLIANCE(23,000)
GUIDANCEPDF/XML/PRINT+ SCHEMA
NEW IDEAS
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SPECTRUM Mission
• Our mission as the international community responsible for the development, localisation, promotion and support of SPECTRUM worldwide is to ensure that wherever collections are, they are managed accountably, professionally and with due regard to public interest.
• SPECTRUM is an open standard, developed by, with and for the international cultural community on behalf of the audiences we serve.
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The SPECTRUM Community
The development, localisation, promotion and support of SPECTRUM is the responsibility of an international network of partners, each of whom have a role to play, depending on their relationship to the standard.
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SPECTRUM National Partners• Publicly or state-funded organisations with a
charitable or public-benefit remit
• In a position to sign the SPECTRUM National Partners Agreement on behalf of their Community
• In a position to support the development of SPECTRUM on an ongoing basis
• In a position to promote SPECTRUM to their national community
• Share responsibility for the direction & sustainability of SPECTRUM worldwide
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SPECTRUM Champions• Willing to commit voluntary time and effort to
promoting and supporting SPECTRUM in their national community
• Able to lead or support translation and/or localisation of SPECTRUM
• Able to promote SPECTRUM to the appropriate organisation to act as the National Partner for their community
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SPECTRUM Users• Willing to commit voluntary time and effort to
promoting and supporting SPECTRUM in their organisation
• Committed to best practice and to managing their collections accountably, professionally and with due regard to public interest
• Able to contribute ideas and knowledge to the future development of SPECTRUM
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SPECTRUM Partners• Developing and supporting commercial
products which support Collections Management & make use of the SPECTRUM standard
• Committed to the development and promotion of SPECTRUM and standards of best practice to their client communities
• Able to contribute expertise and knowledge to the future development of SPECTRUM
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Role & responsibilitiesSign National Partnership Agreement?
Download & distribute free of charge?
Translate & localise (under Share Alike)?
Distribute for commercial use?
Validate for compliance (or submit for validation)?
SPECTRUM National Partner SPECTRUM Champion SPECTRUM User SPECTRUM Partner
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Process for adoption
There isn’t one process for adopting SPECTRUM in a new region, but most museums go through a process something like this…!
“I’ve never heard of SPECTRUM”
“I’ve heard of SPECTRUM, but I’m not sure I like it”
“It’s ok, but I don’t have time for anything new right now”
“I’ll give it a go, but only the one procedure…”
“Actually, we’re doing most of this already”
“SPECTRUM is great”
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New ideas: Create Once, Publish Everywhere (COPE)
• An object record is a nugget of digital content
• Able to be re-flowed dynamically across platforms
• Prepared for responsive design
• Collections that are mobile, social and in the Cloud
• “Get your content ready to travel anywhere, because it’s going to go everywhere” (thanks to Paul Rowe, Vernon Systems)!
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SPECTRUM & the CIDOC CRM
CIDOC CRM
LIDO, ESE, ?
Abstraction layer
Collections management layer
Data interchange layer
By mapping up to CIDOC CRM from SPECTRUM, we can support COPE by supporting a richer & more future-proof data interchange layer
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Collections Management Skills Framework
• What professional skills will the sector need in future to maximise the impact and sustainability of their collections- based services?
• Developing a skills framework to inform teaching and training at a higher academic level and provide employers with a structure for professional development
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ENTRY-LEVEL ACADEMIC MID-CAREER LEADERSHIP LEGACY
CORE VALUES Integrity, accountability, openness, honesty, diversity, efficiency
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Housekeeping, handling, packing
Collections theory, research, documentation
Environment, IPM, security, labelling etc.
Strategic CM, Collections
development
Organisational knowledge
transfer, research
MANAGEMENT Time-management
Project Management
PPM, Risk, HR, Finance,
Marketing
Strategic planning, advocacy
Continuity planning
SUBJECT EXPERTISE Broad interest General subject
focusPractice-based
expertise
Specialist academic
knowledge
Subject knowledge
transfer
SOFT SKILLS Mentoring, facilitation, negotiation, communication, networking
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Collections Management Performance Indicators
• A framework of Key Performance Indicators to demonstrate the value and impact of SPECTRUM-based Collections Management
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SPECTRUM Digital Asset Management
• NOT a standalone DAM standard
• A guide to integrating the management and use of digital assets into a SPECTRUM-based collections management workflow
• Ultimate aim is to bring the management & preservation of digital collections into same context as physical ones
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Thank to the SPECTRUM Community!
SPECTRUM is the work of more than 500 practitioners just like you. It is owned and developed by the community, for the community. Thank you for all of your work testing, evaluating & improving SPECTRUM
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Take it further…
http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/programmes/spectrum