Technology for Museums 2023
Quickfire Presentations with the University of Manchester Library and the Computer History Museum
Join this session for two quickfire presentations with a combined Q&A. Topics covered include:
- How to Bring Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire Exhibition to Life, and the Scaling Up of Manchester Digital Collections at the University of Manchester Library
- Building the 21st Century Museum with the Computer History Museum (CHM)
Session 1: How to Bring Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire Exhibition to Life, and the Scaling Up of Manchester Digital Collections at the University of Manchester Library
We’ll hear from Ian Gifford, Head of Digital Development, and Pete Morris, Full-Stack Developer within the Digital Development Team at the University of Manchester Library, on the innovative development of new technologies to support major exhibitions at the John Rylands Library. With the use of digital kiosks and to deliver justice to the vast collections, this session will focus on:
- Scaling up the Manchester Digital Collections (MDC) platform
- How China’s Qing dynasty was brought to life through an interactive digital display
- Developing prototype scroll view using MDC and IIIF
- Technical challenges experienced developing the viewer and displaying within the physical kiosk
- What’s next …
Session 2: Building the 21st Century Museum with the Computer History Museum (CHM)
Life as we know it does not exist without computing.
What does a museum dedicated to the history of computing do to stay relevant in a world where computing is ambient?
Dan’l Lewin, President and CEO, together with Heidi Quicksilver, Vice President and CIO of the CHM will explore the role of cultural institutions in the digital world, how it is fundamentally changing, and what's next for the museum field over the next 10 years in terms of digital technology drivers.
How the CHM, and others in the GLAM community, might consider their future is a complex problem. In this session, Dan’l and Heidi will discuss how they’re building a roadmap to deliver a 21st century museum and reference architecture to serve the museum field.
