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‘Linking museums’ – event report and next steps
On a recent balmy July evening, a number of people gathered in a pub in London to discuss ‘linking museums’. Described as ‘a meetup for people interested in the applications of linked data, microformats, RDFa (etc) for museums and the cultural heritage sector’, it was organised and publicised largely over twitter and on the ‘museums [...]
Thoughts on the MCG Spring Meeting 2010
[This week's guest post is by Rhiannon Looseley, E-Learning Officer (Web), Museum of London, and MCG Committee member. It was originally published on her blog]
Early (very early) on Thursday morning, I got up and got the 7.03 train from Euston to Birmingham for this year’s Museums Computer Group (MCG) Spring Meeting. The theme of the [...]
Sober social media, mobile chaos and conversations
[This week's guest post is written by Shelley Mannion is Digital Learning Programmes Manager at the British Museum's Samsung Digital Discovery Centre]
Four recent events have prompted me to think about trending topics in digital heritage:
- Museums and the Web 2010;
- Museums, Mobile Devices and Social Media;
- MuseumNext;
- Museums & Heritage Show
This post gave me the [...]
Reviews, Place Pages and Gowalla
[This week's guest post is written by Frankie Roberto, Experience Designer, Rattle]
It’s said that a week is a long time in politics. Right now, in the few days after of a General Election, that’s even more the case. What does the result mean for the UK’s cultural heritage sector? I haven’t a clue. However, it [...]