NETWORKING THE NETWORKSSupporting SSNs

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Collections TrustCollections Trust

Working with museums for more than 3 decades

Advocating Collections Management as central to resilience & sustainability

Our priorities for Collections:

•Connect Collections and Collections Management to Mission and Audience

•Provide tools for strategic Collections Management & improvement

•Address the problem of unaccessioned, unmanaged material

•Democratise Collections development and interpretation

Working with museums for more than 3 decades

Advocating Collections Management as central to resilience & sustainability

Our priorities for Collections:

•Connect Collections and Collections Management to Mission and Audience

•Provide tools for strategic Collections Management & improvement

•Address the problem of unaccessioned, unmanaged material

•Democratise Collections development and interpretation

The challenge aheadThe challenge ahead

Threatened cuts and closures shorten our horizon

The loss of internal skills and capacity may result in ‘collections blight’

This is fast becoming a ‘self-help’ sector (again)

The problems we had – too much stuff, too little time, disposal too difficult – haven’t yet been resolved

Moving past the Digital agenda into the collaborative service agenda

There will be a return to fortune in 5 years time – will we be ready with the next big idea?

Threatened cuts and closures shorten our horizon

The loss of internal skills and capacity may result in ‘collections blight’

This is fast becoming a ‘self-help’ sector (again)

The problems we had – too much stuff, too little time, disposal too difficult – haven’t yet been resolved

Moving past the Digital agenda into the collaborative service agenda

There will be a return to fortune in 5 years time – will we be ready with the next big idea?

The vital role of networksThe vital role of networks

Museums have always run on formal and informal networks

Chunks are being taken out of the infrastructure for expertise

Self-starting, self-sustaining networks are better suited to their purpose

Professional orgs need to learn to collaborate in agile, local, effective ways

You know this – networking is about much, much more than sharing knowledge

Networks can’t replace the loss of curatorial knowledge, but they can help fill some of the gaps.

Museums have always run on formal and informal networks

Chunks are being taken out of the infrastructure for expertise

Self-starting, self-sustaining networks are better suited to their purpose

Professional orgs need to learn to collaborate in agile, local, effective ways

You know this – networking is about much, much more than sharing knowledge

Networks can’t replace the loss of curatorial knowledge, but they can help fill some of the gaps.

Our role in a networked worldOur role in a networked world

Participate in networks

Capture, preserve and share knowledge as it flows through the system

Provide support, resources, knowledge and solidarity

Minimise the damage to collections in the next 2-3 years

Help the sector prepare for reinvestment in the future

Participate in networks

Capture, preserve and share knowledge as it flows through the system

Provide support, resources, knowledge and solidarity

Minimise the damage to collections in the next 2-3 years

Help the sector prepare for reinvestment in the future

SSNsSSNs

SSNs enable the sector to identify, share, transfer and exploit knowledge, expertise and learning by bringing together the wider museums community around specific collection subject areas.

The Collections Trust enables the sector to identify, share, transfer and exploit knowledge, expertise and learning by bringing together the wider museums community around Collections Management.

SSNs enable the sector to identify, share, transfer and exploit knowledge, expertise and learning by bringing together the wider museums community around specific collection subject areas.

The Collections Trust enables the sector to identify, share, transfer and exploit knowledge, expertise and learning by bringing together the wider museums community around Collections Management.

SSNsSSNs

Both supporting Collections and supporting the growth and transfer of knowledge about Collections.

Both supporting Collections and supporting the growth and transfer of knowledge about Collections.

Knowledge Expertise

Collections

SSNs Connect to...SSNs Connect to...

Collections Link

SSNConnect

Culture Grid

Partnerships

Events

Your community

Your networks

Your members

Your resources

Your events

Your contacts

Your links

Your logo

Your opportunity to tell the rest of the sector about your SSN

Your community

Your networks

Your members

Your resources

Your events

Your contacts

Your links

Your logo

Your opportunity to tell the rest of the sector about your SSN

Collections LinkCollections Link

Web functionality survey:www.surveymonkey.com/s/SSNWebFunctionality

What do you really need?

How can your network communicate better?

What takes up your time that could be done faster online instead?

What time can you commit to your website?

Web functionality survey:www.surveymonkey.com/s/SSNWebFunctionality

What do you really need?

How can your network communicate better?

What takes up your time that could be done faster online instead?

What time can you commit to your website?

SSNConnectSSNConnect

Connecting cultural content with mainstream audiences – unlocking digital output

Reach more people in more ways with your collections information

Connecting cultural content with mainstream audiences – unlocking digital output

Reach more people in more ways with your collections information

Culture GridCulture Grid

SSNs and the Culture Grid:

See who the members of your network are

Search all your SSN member collections online through the Culture Grid from your SSNConnect website, or your institution website

Another way for audiences to reach your collections as well as network members

SSNs and the Culture Grid:

See who the members of your network are

Search all your SSN member collections online through the Culture Grid from your SSNConnect website, or your institution website

Another way for audiences to reach your collections as well as network members

www.culturegrid.org.uk

Partnerships Partnerships

Affiliates Network

Working with the Spectrum Partners to make access to the Culture Grid easier

The Collections Trust Affiliates Network connect you to the leading suppliers of consultancy and services for museums, libraries, archives and private collectors

Partnership to promote the accessibility and sustainability of cultural services by building the next generation of skills, research and expertise in Collections Management and technology

EventsEvents

Annual event focussed on Collections

Place to network

Promote your SSN and your Collection

Share your expertise

Discuss key issues

Enjoy yourself!

Nick PooleCEOCollections Trust

Laura WhittonPartnerships OfficerCollections Trust

www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukwww.culturegrid.org.uk

Nick PooleCEOCollections Trust

Laura WhittonPartnerships OfficerCollections Trust

www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukwww.culturegrid.org.uk

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