This document discusses the Ringling Museum's digitization efforts and strategies for sharing collections online. It outlines the formation of a digitization committee with representatives from the art museum, circus museum, and library to develop a unified vision. It also describes the museum's collections management system, eMuseum platform, digitized collections, and plans to consolidate online access through the Ringling Collections Online initiative over the next 5 years.

1. Digitization & Strategies for Sharing Museum Collections Online: Access to Ringling Collections Jessie Christian Tibbals Digital Collection Manager Van Amburgh & Co, 1868, Tibbals Digital Collection, ht4000951a

2. Digital Initiative Art Museum Circus Museum Library

3. Digitization Committee Art Museum, Library, and Archives working together to articulate singular vision for digital collections Implementing Standards Preparing for Access Managing Multiple Projects

6. Photographs

7. Design DrawingsWhat We Share (as of today)

8. Image Management The Museum System (TMS) Collections Management System for Art Museum, Library, and Archives Museum website How We Share

9. eMuseum

10. Herald Collection Metadata Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Search capabilities Open-Source Software: Greenstone Technical Support Future Development Relationship with current system

11. Digital Library Developed by FSU College of Information GAs

12. Museum Communities The Commons Thiele’s Photographic Rooms, American Contortionist, posed in studio, ca. 1880, 2003:1171:0010

13. Rights & Reproductions

14. Ringling Collections Online Consolidating goals for more fluid end-user experience 5 year digitization plans for all departments Ongoing evaluation of projects Team Work

15. Committee Agenda What is our vision? Department goals? What resources/ infrastructure will be needed to meet these goals? How can we produce consistent results? What are we going to share? Where are we going to share your things? What do we hope to gain from sharing?