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Hi there,
 
The presentation itself asks questions mostly... in many ways it is the
dialogue that arises from that, that offers useful insights.  
 
Admittedly, I am very interested in hearing the issues, challenges and
successes people have had in making collection information (descriptions
and multimedia) up online.  If people want to share them openly via
CAN-talk or the blog or engage us here at CAN discretely, we are
interested in talking these through.  
 
In the Museums Australia conference session some constructive debate
ensued about the perceived risks of putting collection information
online in a world of interested and surfing searchers and researchers,
twittering and perhaps visitors to collecting organisations, who want to
revisit by looking at images, requesting loans, or making mashups.  I
had some great chats* with people outside of those sessions.  Some
snippets for those interested are posted up on the CAN Outreach blog.   
 
Best, Ingrid 
 
*chats
 
- Robert Landsdown, Museum of Human Disease 
- Belinda Nemec, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
- Liz Marsden, Victoria Police Museum & Historical Unit
- Edith Cuffe, Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology
 
 
 
Ingrid Mason 
w. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net
<http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/>  
 

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How do collections and objects "speak" to audiences? How can museums
present their collections online in ways that can be resourced and
sustained at a local level? Collections Australia Network national
project manager Ingrid Mason presented this paper at the Museums
Australia conference to discuss how galleries, libraries, archives and
libraries can bring their collections to life online and engage new
audiences. Ingrid's powerpoint presentation is now available on the
collectionaustralia Slideshare channel. Go to the CAN Outreach blog to
read more about our MA conference presentation.
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach/
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Sarah Rhodes
Collections Australia Network 
e. sarahr at phm.gov.au <mailto:.sarahr at phm.gov.au> 
w. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net
<http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/>  
b.  http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach/
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