The National Portrait Gallery of London recently released an online collection catalogue and made some of the institution's historical records available online. The Gallery's institutional records were previously not accessible to the general public and include a number of insights into the unique history of the institution.One of the more shocking bits of institutional history … Continue reading Institutional Personality
Entirely Virtual: The Museum of Afghan Civilization
The Museum of Afghan Civilization is scheduled to make it's debut in 2010. This museum is going to be completely virtual. Online exhibits are nothing new, but the idea of creating an online building to house these online exhibits is fairly novel.The Museum of Afghan Civilization employed an architect, museum professionals, and artists, to design … Continue reading Entirely Virtual: The Museum of Afghan Civilization
Mishaps in a Machine Readable World
The Canadian history magazine The Beaver recently announced that the publication is changing its name. This name change is based in the desire to be more accessible to the online community. Currently the magazine's title is often caught in spam filters due to the title's possible sexual connotation. This name change is just one of … Continue reading Mishaps in a Machine Readable World
Upcoming Projects
With all the New Years resolutions floating around I decided it would be valuable for me to record some of my intentions for the upcoming months. Below is a rough list of projects I have on the go or plan on beginning in the new year.Presentations:-OLA Super Conference, Toronto, February 2010. "Community Digitization Program: Collaboration … Continue reading Upcoming Projects
Infomation Junkie and RSS Readers
I will openly admit that I am a bit of an information junkie. Twitter sustains my information addition to a degree. But, I find if I am off-line for any amount of time it's easy to miss complete conversations or ideas. As a result I have a bit of an addition to RSS feeds. They … Continue reading Infomation Junkie and RSS Readers
The Intersection of Art and Technology
I was recently reminded of the impact which technology has upon art. Art like many things has been drastically impacted by evolving technologies. Since the impact of technology on art is diverse, to begin with I'm only going to attempt to discuss technology and art history.The work of Dr Maurizio Seracini is one of the … Continue reading The Intersection of Art and Technology
Remembrance Day in a Digital World
Each year it seems that the amount of material available to commemorate remembrance day and Canadian soldiers, grows tenfold. The mass amount of information available makes it easy to get lost while looking for relevant information. Below is a list which compiles some of the more educational and historically relevant sites I have come across.The … Continue reading Remembrance Day in a Digital World
Authorship in an Online World.
Overwhelmed by search results? Struggling to keep up with Tweets? Buried under your RSS feeds? The amount of digital content and digital authorship is constantly growing. Today anyone can digitally publish content. Blogs, personal websites, twitter, and other social media have made it easy for individuals to create an online presence and produce "published" material.Academics … Continue reading Authorship in an Online World.
Collaborative Photo Encyclopedia
Fotopedia is a collaborative open source photo encyclopedia. The site is an interesting blend of the knowledge of Wikipedia combined with the expansive array of image of flickr. The emphasis is more on the side of the photos, however each collection of photos is accompanied by a brief encyclopedia article. The number of photos and … Continue reading Collaborative Photo Encyclopedia
Public History Survey
The preliminary results of a 2008 survey of public history professionals was recently released. These results are available via the American Historical Association publication Perspectives on History and in the NCPH newsletter.This survey was organized in an attempt to provide better understanding of the public history profession, and perhaps create a clearer definition of public … Continue reading Public History Survey