Australian cultural institutions hold growing digital collections: a major resource, and a platform for access, engagement and research; they also come with challenges that will require new knowledge, innovative practice, and ongoing investigation. Emerging lab models and collaborative initiatives within the GLAM sector show great promise; so how can universities best work with the GLAM sector to help realise the potential of our digital collections?
Collaborating Around Collections was a one day symposium convened by Mitchell Whitelaw and Geoff Hinchcliffe of ANU Design, which set out to investigate this question and support future collaborations through:
The event entailed a day of active discussion and presentations from speakers including:
ThinkPlace documented the day's discussion. Read their summary below or download here.
Thanks to the Research School of Humanities & the Arts and the School of Art & Design for their generous support of the event.