Links
National treasures...
- mla the Museums, Libraries and Archives council.
- MDA Formerly known as the Museum Documentation Association.
- UKOLN Web focus for UK HE, library, and cultural heritage communities. Runs an annual conference.
- Museums Association The largest association representing Museums and Galleries in Great Britain. Runs an annual conference.
- 24 Hour Museum The virtual National includes details of most UK museums, and acts as a gateway to us all.
- Museum Net Another UK Museum portal.
Special interest groups
- mla the Museums, Libraries and Archives council.
- UK Museums and the Semantic Web
- MAGDA The UK Museum's accessibility organization.
- The elearning group For museums, libraries and archives.
- The Museums Copyright Group Provides 'best practice' advice and a forum for discussing copyright matters.
Resources
- Museumblogs - blogging is rife already amongst those of us with time on our hands
- Musematic - and here's a good one.
- Electronic Museum - "a bunch of thoughts on museums and the web."
- Choosing suppliers for documentation and digitization projects [RTF] by Alex Bromley
- Virtual Library All the museum links you will ever need.
- index.museum MuseDoma's list of the .museum internet domain.
- Cornucopia Collections-level database of UK collections, except the NHM and Kew, who have their own (Collections Navigator and Epic). A work in progress.
- FENSCORE Partially complete database of natural science collections in the UK (excluding NHM and Kew who have their own). A work in progress
International
- Museum Computer Network The North American equivalent to this Group. Run a yearly conference.
- Archimuse run ichim and Museums and the Web conferences (USA and international), plus workshops and courses.
- Canadian Heritage Information Network Our Canadian equivalent: useful resources, including a software guide.
- Getty Research Institute Responsible for the invaluable AAT, ULAN & TGN (USA).
- Museum Resourcesfrom the Research Libraries Group (USA).
