Glenn Cumiskey (Digital Preservation Manager, British Museum) has worked for almost twenty years in national archiving, digitisation, oral history, folklore and music projects both here in the UK and at home in Ireland.
From objects to data Understanding and proactively embracing the possibilities of the digital stewardship of our information.
Data underpins the management and use of collections of all kinds. In this talk Glenn will look at some of the peculiar data challenges faced by the museum community in an environment where objects have traditionally been given pre-eminence. Now that museums are proactively engaging with ‘digital’ what does this mean for our data?