1. GLAM Peak Project Update
Sue McKerracher, CEO, ALIA

2. Online17 themes
Collaboration
Storytelling
Messy
Linked data
Impact

3. COLLABORATION

4. Genesis

5. Collaboration Australian Library and Information Association
The Australian Society of Archives
Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities
Council of Australasian Museum Directors
Council of Australian Art Museum Directors
Council of Australian University Librarians
Federation of Australian Historical Societies
International Council of Museums
Museums Galleries Australia
National Research Collections Australia
National and State Libraries Australasia

6. Collaboration
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
CSIRO
National Archives of Australia
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia National Gallery of Australia
National Library of Australia
Museums Victoria
Queensland Museum and Sciencentre
Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art State Library of New South Wales
Australian Academy of the Humanities

7. Principles Everyone in A light hand with governance
Focus on a shared goal
Conviction
Trust
Agility

8. Meetings Queensland Museum, June 2015 State Library of NSW, July 2015
National Library, October 2015
Melbourne Museum, February 2016
National Film and Sound Archive, May 2016
State Library of South Australia, October 2016
CSIRO Canberra, November 2016
State Library of Victoria, March 2017

9. Discussion June 2015 Digital access to collections July 2015
Response to Digital Technology Survey, Meeting of Cultural Ministers Digital Technologies Working Group
Joint letter supporting copyright law reform
Linked data + data visualisation

10. Focus October 2015 Name and terms of reference
National framework for digital access to collections
Ministry for the Arts
National Digital Forum NZ
Creative Victoria

11. Action December 2015 Catalyst Grant submission February 2016
Joint statement supporting Trove
Federal election agenda
Creative Victoria
Google Cultural Institute
Australian Digital Alliance

12. Project delivery May 2016 Catalyst grant revision and forward plan
Australian Local Government Association
October/November 2016
Catalyst grant stage 1 completion
National Research Infrastructure Roadmap
DFAT Sustainable Development Goals
Europeana

13. Where we are now December 2016 Catalyst Grant stage 1 launched
Catalyst grant stage 2 funding submission

14. STORYTELLING

15. Digital access is a national cultural priority
The collecting institutions are collaborating to make access seamless, efficient and effective
We need government to endorse this as a national priority

16. Imagine
If, simply by taking a smartphone out of their pocket, turning on their PC or swiping their tablet:
Artists could take inspiration from vintage designs and the works of master creators
Teachers could bring Australian citizenship to life through objects and stories

17. Imagine
Researchers could discover the information they need to produce valuable new insights
Families could explore their own histories
Everyone, irrespective of socio-economic factors, diversity, location and disability would have the same opportunity to access collections online.

18. Digital access to our cultural collections
It’s important to the nation: cultural identity; preservation
It’s important to future generations of students and researchers
Australians want digital access and will use it

19. Trove example
American designer Ivan Owen uncovered, via Trove, the Health Museum of South Australia’s records of a prosthetic hand made for one Corporal Coles in 1845 out of whalebone and metal pulleys.
He used the design to construct the world’s first 3D printed, body-powered partial hand prosthesis for a young boy called Liam.

20. $1 million 3 year ask
National framework for digital access to collections
Toolkit for smaller institutions
Roadshow
Public education campaign

21. $111,000 1 year project
Draft national framework for digital access to collections
Prototype toolkit for smaller institutions

22. What we delivered

23. Project findings More help for smaller organisations
Regional collaborative clusters to deliver content
National aggregated platforms to make it discoverable
Technology: there’s no one size fits all

24. What’s missing Testing and refining framework and toolkit
Roadshow to engage and embed
Public education campaign for community engagement

25. Project lessons Align with government priorities Ambiguity is OK
We need more evidence of impact

26. GLAM Peak lessons Benefits outweigh the risks Messy can be effective
It doesn’t have to be finished
It does have to be focused
Core group of doers
Moderate behaviours
Together we are stronger

27. GLAM Peak Project Update
Sue McKerracher, CEO, ALIA