Online exhibitions: State Library of Victoria Kelly Gardiner Web Services Manager ‘ Title’on this keyline. Arial Bold 36 pts

slv21 online and onsite Become a library of the 21 st century Digitise 75% of unique Victorian collections More resources for teachers and schools Major exhibitions onsite – international, touring and specifically showcasing Victorian collections Provide greater access for Victorians to SLV collections, using online delivery (via rebuilt web sites, catalogue, digital storage, direct image delivery, special online projects, access to electronic databases)

Become a library of the 21 st century

Digitise 75% of unique Victorian collections

More resources for teachers and schools

Major exhibitions onsite – international, touring and specifically showcasing Victorian collections

Provide greater access for Victorians to SLV collections, using online delivery (via rebuilt web sites, catalogue, digital storage, direct image delivery, special online projects, access to electronic databases)

Online exhibitions can: Provide glimpses of real world exhibitions to users Find new audiences Deliver marketing and promotional benefits Provide new, more intimate ways for people to engage with collections – and take many forms Be a whole lot faster than real world exhibitions Bring together present and historical concepts Showcase items not normally on display – too fragile or too many – or reveal hidden treasures

Provide glimpses of real world exhibitions to users

Find new audiences

Deliver marketing and promotional benefits

Provide new, more intimate ways for people to engage with collections – and take many forms

Be a whole lot faster than real world exhibitions

Bring together present and historical concepts

Showcase items not normally on display – too fragile or too many – or reveal hidden treasures

Support for library exhibitions Online catalogues User generated content (blogs, chat, competitions) Multimedia or “interactives” Audio tours and talks Teachers’ materials Event details, catalogue links, contextual information Stay online as resource for schools (so far) – part of SLV history

Online catalogues

User generated content (blogs, chat, competitions)

Multimedia or “interactives”

Audio tours and talks

Teachers’ materials

Event details, catalogue links, contextual information

Stay online as resource for schools (so far) – part of SLV history

The Medieval Imagination Major international exhibition Season of events and conference High-profile marketing and PR but low-profile online Available online are: Audio tours and recorded events Schools resource kit Videos Image gallery

Major international exhibition

Season of events and conference

High-profile marketing and PR but low-profile online

Available online are:

Audio tours and recorded events

Schools resource kit

Videos

Image gallery

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Mirror of the World online Permanent exhibition in Dome Galleries Focus on the history of the book International appeal Major project for 2007 with slv21 funds (built in-house) Followed exhibition themes Features items not now on display Allowed new views (3D) of objects Provides textual, audio, video and visual context

Permanent exhibition in Dome Galleries

Focus on the history of the book

International appeal

Major project for 2007 with slv21 funds (built in-house)

Followed exhibition themes

Features items not now on display

Allowed new views (3D) of objects

Provides textual, audio, video and visual context

What does it take? Scanning studio staff Bookeye scanners Cataloguers Collection specialists Conservation & preservation Designer Developers User Experience Specialist Content producers Project managers Serena Collage (CMS) Adobe CS3 (Flash) Wordpress (Blogs) PHP and Perl Javascript MySQL and Oracle Voyager catalogue Digitool digital object management system

What does it take?

Scanning studio staff

Bookeye scanners

Cataloguers

Collection specialists

Conservation & preservation

Designer

Developers

User Experience Specialist

Content producers

Project managers

Serena Collage (CMS)

Adobe CS3 (Flash)

Wordpress (Blogs)

PHP and Perl

Javascript

MySQL and Oracle

Voyager catalogue

Digitool digital object management system

Or… Time to think, research and plan Scanning/photo equipment Solid metadata People with time, skills Free blogging (eg Wordpress) or content management software (eg Drupal, Joomla) Free photo site account (eg Flickr), or image gallery software (eg Coppermine or any good web album), or digital management system (eg Greenstone)

Time to think, research and plan

Scanning/photo equipment

Solid metadata

People with time, skills

Free blogging (eg Wordpress) or content management software (eg Drupal, Joomla)

Free photo site account (eg Flickr), or image gallery software (eg Coppermine or any good web album), or digital management system (eg Greenstone)

Considerations: Define the audience - what do they want and need? Will it provide genuine benefit or extra value to them? Can you collaborate with others? Can you use or integrate existing web services? What’s it worth to you? (What will it really cost?) Is your metadata up to the task? How will you promote it? How will people find it? Can you maintain and enhance a gallery after launch?

Define the audience - what do they want and need?

Will it provide genuine benefit or extra value to them?

Can you collaborate with others?

Can you use or integrate existing web services?

What’s it worth to you? (What will it really cost?)

Is your metadata up to the task?

How will you promote it? How will people find it?

Can you maintain and enhance a gallery after launch?

www.slv.vic.gov.au www.mirroroftheworld.com.au www.zoomify.com beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/ www.shorpy.com/ flickr.com wordpress.com www.coppermine-gallery.net www. greenstone .org [email_address]

www.slv.vic.gov.au

www.mirroroftheworld.com.au

www.zoomify.com

beyondbrownpaper.plymouth.edu/

www.shorpy.com/

flickr.com

wordpress.com

www.coppermine-gallery.net

www. greenstone .org

[email_address]