Dear all,
Arts Digital R&D Podcast 4: data and archives is now live on the Arts Council’s iTunes and SoundCloud channels.This month we’re looking at how arts organisations can open up their archives, collections and data using digital technologies.
What’s in itJoining John Wilson in the studio are Bill Thompson, Head of Partnership Development, BBC Archives; Drew Hemment, Founder and CEO of annual ideas festival, Future Everything; and Dr Paul Gerhardt, Director of Archives for Creativity. They discuss what arts organisations need to consider when digitising their archives as we hear from bespoke archive Siobhan Davis Replay alongside commercial giants Google, who have partnered with arts organisations in the Google Art Project.The V&A and Public Catalogue Foundation also tell us how involving the public in tagging your digital archive can create new ways of experiencing a collection; our guests discuss how organisations can use their data innovatively and creatively, opening it up to the public and even developers; and we get technical as we hear from the British Museum who are working alongside other cultural institutions to revolutionise the way we search collections data through the web.SharePlease feel free to share this with your colleagues, comments and feedback are always welcome at @ace_national and #artsdigital.Apply now for the Digital R&D Fund for the ArtsThe Digital R&D Fund for the Arts is an exciting new £7 million pound fund, for organisations with arts projects based in England working in collaboration with technology providers and researchers. The Fund will support new digital research and development projects that deal specifically with expanding audience research and or developing new business models.To apply you need to have an idea and form a three-way partnership made up of an organisation with an arts project, a technology provider and a researcher. If you have an idea but you don’t yet have project partners you can register yourself or search to find them on the R&D website ‘Find a project partner’ section. If you are interested in applying please visit the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts website or contact digital-rnd@nesta.org.uk for more information.Best wishes The Building digital capacity for the arts team
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