Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy

• Why is it needed?– So much potential for ICT in Museums– Museums are way behind libraries– Traditional under-investment in technology in

Museums– Help to bridge the "digital divide"

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy

• ICT Strategy model– Collections Users– Flip on its head - start with the user– Adapt it to different user scenarios– Museum users are more interesting than

documentation backlogs!

S k i l l s

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy

Infrastructure

(Internal & External)

Content

(Digitisation)

Interface

(Delivery)

UsersCollections(Documentation)

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy

• Main themes / issues– Infrastructure– Skills– Content– Interface

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy

• Consultation & endorsement– Interim reports Oct / Nov, initial consultations– Stake-holder consultation January - March– Would be good to get libraries & archives involved at

these stages

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy

• To find out more:Dylan Edgar - ICT Adviser, SMC

Tel: 0131 476 8457

Email: dylane@scottishmuseums.org.uk