This lecture examines opportunities for better collaboration between museums, archives and libraries. It will cover:
How improved collaboration (especially in discovery services and data exchange) can deliver significant benefits to collecting institutions users;
Some of the models and standards that support collaboration; and
The National Library s new discovery service, Trove, and how it will help improve collaboration.
Introduction
Today I will discuss the opportunities for collaboration among the different sectors that constitute Australia’s collecting institutions: in other words, collaboration among the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) sectors.
I have always believed that these sectors could do more than they have done to foster collaboration, where that will benefit our users.