Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy Why is it needed? –So much potential for ICT in Museums –Museums are way behind libraries –Traditional under-investment in technology in Museums –Help to bridge the "digital divide"

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy ICT Strategy model –Collections  Users –Flip on its head - start with the user –Adapt it to different user scenarios –Museum users are more interesting than documentation backlogs!

S k i l l s Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy Infrastructure (Internal & External) Content (Digitisation) Interface (Delivery) Users Collections (Documentation)

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy Main themes / issues –Infrastructure –Skills –Content –Interface

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy Consultation & endorsement –Interim reports Oct / Nov, initial consultations –Stake-holder consultation January - March –Would be good to get libraries & archives involved at these stages

Scottish Museums Council ICT Strategy To find out more: Dylan Edgar - ICT Adviser, SMC Tel: