General
Digital definitions for small museums. Easy to understand definitions used in the world of digital technologies. Terminology is grouped under the subheadings of the basics, the internet, equipment, collection related, media and social media - http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/digital/digital-definitions-small-museums/
Digital strategy
Examples of digital strategies:
- Australia Government Digital Transformation Office standard - https://www.dto.gov.au/standard/
- Europeana strategy - http://strategy2020.europeana.eu/
- The US Digital Service: Digital Services Playbook - https://playbook.cio.gov/
- Tate digital strategy - http://www.tate.org.uk/research/publications/tate-papers/19/tate-digital-strategy-2013-15-digital-as-a-dimension-of-everything
- Oxford University GLAM strategy - http://www.glam.ox.ac.uk/digital-strategy
Digitisation
SLQ digitisation toolkit - http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/qld-history/connected-collection-of-queensland-memory/digitisation-toolkit
Collections Trust UK Digitisation ‘Going Digital’ - http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/collections-link/going-digital/digitisation
Te Papa digitising collections - https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/for-museums-and-galleries/how-guides/collection-management/digitising-collections
Digitising your collection -
- http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/digital/digitising-your-collection-part-1-project-planning/
- http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/digital/digitising-your-collection-part-2-golden-rule-digitisation/
- http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/digital/digitising-your-collection-part-3-technical-specifications/
- http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/digital/digitising-your-collection-part-4-scanning-and-handling-tips/
- http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/digital/digitising-your-collection-part-5-metadata-and-access/
Preserving born-digital collections
Digital images, National Library of New Zealand - https://natlib.govt.nz/collections/caring-for-your-collections/digital-images
Managing your digital records, National Library of Australia - https://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/preservation/2016/08/08/managing-your-digital-records
Digital Preservation project, National and State Libraries Australasia - http://www.nsla.org.au/projects/digital-preservation
Contribute your collections to Trove
The National Library of Australia’s Trove is a discovery service which brings together content from libraries, museums, archives and other research organisations and provides tools to explore and build on the content.
You can contribute your digitised collections to Trove:
Victorian Collections
An information collection management system of cultural artefacts held by hundreds of Victorian organisations. It is free for use by Victorian collecting institutions.
Europeana Collections
Discovery service with content from institutions throughout Europe.
Flickr Commons
A lot of Australian institutions participate in Flickr Commons, goal of The Commons is to share hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives.
Guggenheim storylines
This site offers varied avenues to access and understand the Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim exhibition’s visual and textual content.
Social media
Examples of social media strategies:
- US National Archives - http://usnationalarchives.github.io/social-media-strategy/
- National Library of Australia - https://www.nla.gov.au/policy-and-planning/social-media
- National Museum Wales - https://museum.wales/blog/2015-06-16/Social-Media-Policy-for-Museums/
Copyright/rights/access
Rights statements for cultural heritage institutions - http://rightsstatements.org/en/
Australian Digital Alliance
The ADA is a broad coalition of copyright users and innovators who support copyright laws that strike a balance between providing reasonable incentives for creators, on one hand, and the wider public interest in the advancement of learning, innovation and culture, on the other - http://www.digital.org.au/about
Creative Commons
Creative Commons provides resources which focus on understanding the principles of open licensing to help make your collections more open and engage your communities.
Writing for the web
How to write tangle free government guidance - http://www.scroll.co.uk/how-to-write-tangle-free-government-guidance/
Writing for the web resources - https://www.open2study.com/sites/default/files/Writing_for_the_Web-Further_Reading_1.pdf
Writing for the web articles - http://www.nngroup.com/topic/writing-web/
How and when to publish a blog - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/content-design/blogging
Writing for the web checklist - http://www.4syllables.com.au/resources/writers-checklist/
Web analytics
Measuring web use through analytics makes sure you are providing excellent information and services to your users.
Google Analytics Academy - https://analyticsacademy.withgoogle.com/course/1
Other helpful resources
Museums and Galleries NSW resources - http://mgnsw.org.au/sector/resources/online-resources/
Museums and the web forum and conferences - http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/
Museum Computer Network: Advancing digital transformation in museums - http://mcn.edu/