Museum Lives Oral History and the Natural History Museum Nadja
Noel
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Curators, Collections and Collections Databases The longer
youre here, the thing you realise is that these are not just
objects, theyre peoples lives.
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Knowledge is leaving the NHM 5 Years 24 Specialist Staff 774
Years of Knowledge
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Human interest not just science exhibition displays Working at
the NHM Key scientific discoveries Ollie Crimmen and his Speedos
River Thames whale stranding London Blitz
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The Project Plan Archive-research for humanities academics.
Enriching collections data in EMu Online resource Public offer Year
1 Planning Training Copyright Year 2 Interviews Editing Web design
Year 3 Interviews Short films Web dev
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Oral History and Film
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Project Delivery- What workedand what didnt
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Digital Asset Management Theres a lot of it
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Digital Asset Management and some more
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Still more
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Documentation and workflows Rights Interview scheduling Editing
Content authorisation Asset management Web publication Review
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The Content-Why its worth it PeopleThe object The location The
story
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Why was EMu used? Repository for interpretation No dept-centric
boundaries Familiarity with interface Close association with
specimen/collections information Integrated digital asset
support
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Sustainable documentation Align project with current procedures
Training Dont add a burden for future users Communicate with
technical partners What happens when things break? Abstraction
between data & presentation
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Challenges Difficulties of extracting tacit knowledge
Production standards Managing digital assets-costs!
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New Possibilities The collections database Public Offer
Legacy
