2. Presentation Summary
CAN background
Assumptions + questions
State of Australian GLAMs collection data
Australian data service + supply landscape
CAN in the data service + supply landscape
Audience/users of GLAMs collection data
CAN’s current and potential ongoing role
CAN’s value to the museum sector

3. Collections Australia Network
Broker: manages + establishes relationships
Platform: coordinates data + technologies
Partnerships: span the collecting sector - GLAMs
Data services: storage - discovery - delivery
Metadata: organisations - item - collection
Repository verticals: ADR - AMR - CB - RDA
Technologies: web - database - search - social
Standards: OpenSearch - OAI-PMH - schemas

4. Assumptions
Interest + need
- for technical services and data infrastructure
- for museum collection data online
- for access across Australian museums
- for access to cultural + scientific museum data
- to improve metadata standardisation
- to advance museums’ capacity online
- for leadership with access to unique material

5. Questions
Where do museums currently stand online?
What role do the larger museums have in this?
What role do the small-medium museums have?
What current infrastructure is available?
How would CAN’s infrastructure serve this end?
What type of data broker do museums want?
Who do museums want/need to supply data to?
How do museums want make data accessible for
researchers + citizens?

6. Unique Collections Online / Offline in Australia
Library special collections
Museum - science collections
Museum cultural collections
Gallery
Archive - organisational
Archive - collected
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
Item level records online and machine processable
Digital objects online
Item level records online
Item level records digitised but not onlne
Item level records in analogue format
Collection level records online

7. storage
discovery
delivery
Australian Services
Data Data Services
Picture +
Libs Aus
contributors
ADR +
eHeritage
Atlas
Item
ALA
Partner Organisations
Theses
OzCam ADT
fed +
+ AVH universities
large state
GLAMs depts
Collection Research
Data Aus
brokers
Partner Organisations
Culture
About Victoria
CAN
Access
NSW
NSLA
People Aus
Aus Screen
Online
small-medium
GLAMs

8. storage
discovery
delivery
Australian Services
Data Data Services
Picture +
Libs Aus
contributors
ADR +
eHeritage
Atlas
Item
ALA
Partner Organisations
Theses
OzCam ADT
fed +
+ AVH universities
large state
CAN
GLAMs depts
Collection Research
Data Aus
brokers
Partner Organisations
Culture
About Victoria
CAN
Access
NSW
NSLA
People Aus
Aus Screen
Online
small-medium
GLAMs

9. storage
discovery
delivery
Australian Services
Data Data Services
Picture +
Libs Aus
contributors
ADR +
eHeritage
Atlas
Item
ALA
Partner Organisations
Theses
OzCam ADT
fed +
+ AVH universities
large state
CAN
GLAMs depts
Collection Research
Data Aus
brokers
Partner Organisations
Culture
About Victoria
CAN
Access
NSW
NSLA
People Aus
Aus Screen
Online
small-medium
GLAMs

10. storage
discovery
delivery
Audience/Users
Data Services
Picture +
Libs Aus
researchers
ADR +
eHeritage
Atlas
Item
ALA
Benefiting
Organisations
Theses
OzCam ADT
fed +
+ AVH universities
state
+ GLAMs education
+ business depts
Collection Research
Data Aus
citizens
Benefiting
Communities
Culture
About Victoria
Access
NSW local - state
regional - urban
People Aus national
Aus Screen
Online

11. storage
discovery
delivery
Audience/Users
Data Services
Picture +
Libs Aus
researchers
ADR +
eHeritage
Atlas
Item
ALA
Benefiting
Organisations
Theses
OzCam ADT
fed +
+ AVH universities
state
CAN + GLAMs education
+ business depts
Collection Research
Data Aus
citizens
Benefiting
Communities
Culture
About Victoria
Access
NSW local - state
regional - urban
People Aus national
Aus Screen
Online

12. storage
discovery
delivery
Audience/Users
Data Services
Picture +
Libs Aus
researchers
ADR +
eHeritage
Atlas
Item
ALA
Benefiting
Organisations
Theses
OzCam ADT
fed +
+ AVH universities
state
CAN + GLAMs education
+ business depts
Collection Research
Data Aus
citizens
Benefiting
Communities
Culture
About Victoria
Access
NSW local - state
regional - urban
People Aus national
Aus Screen
Online

13. Why Invest in CAN?
Significance: culture + science data in all GLAMs
Coverage: local + regional + state + national
Data online: reflective collecting sector - GLAMs
Relationships: ANDS + NLA as major players
Leverage: efficiency through brokering + ramps
Approach: ANDS taking with universities
Museum sector: capacity building + coordination
Library sector: leadership + experience

14. CultureBabble Needs
Broker: manages + establishes relationships
Platform: coordinates data + technologies
Use CAN?
Duplicate set up?
Commercial a/v specialists?