CAN - Collections Australia Network - Allsorts Online: the collecting sector, academia, the arts and the media

Published: 12 Oct 2009

Allsorts Online: the collecting sector, academia, the arts and the media

Allsorts Online Forum

Date: December 1

Venue: State Library of South Australia, Adelaide

Cost: Free

Time: 8.30am - 5pm + Drinks

Registration: www.surveygizmo.com/s/189943/canforum

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Allsorts Online Masterclasses

Date: December 2

Venue: Australian Network of Art and Technology (ANAT) and the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus)

Cost: $250 per session

Time: 9am - Noon and 1pm - 4pm

Registration: www.surveygizmo.com/s/189943/canforum

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What happens when you mix a little technology and innovation with material culture, exhibitions, documentary history, research, documentaries, publishing, science, the arts, and storytelling?

What happens when archivists, journalists, artists, curators, librarians, academics all start using the same tools of the trade?

Organisations represented in the forum:

-- The Arts: Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), Regional Arts Australia -- The Media: SBS, ABC Innovation, The Collectors, Science Media Centre (SA) -- Academia: Flinders University, Swinburne University, Queensland University of Technology -- The Collecting Sector: Collections Australia Network, The Collections Council of Australia, The Powerhouse Museum, State Library of South Australia, State Library of Queensland, State Library of New South Wales, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Speakers/Panellists:

Gavin Bannerman (SLQ) -- Brent Blackburn (TMAG) --Jonathan Bollen (Flinders) -- Jessica Coates (QUT) -- Susannah Elliot (SMC) -- Ellen Forsyth (SLNSW) -- Dr Adrian Franklin (The Collectors, ABC) -- Sarah Keith (SBS) -- Amanda Matulick (ANAT) -- Sandra McEwen (PHM) -- Darren Peacock (CCA) -- Angelina Russo (SU) -- Jenny Scott (SLSA) -- Chris Winter (ABC)

National digital content production and open access are topics on the federal government agenda. See: Australia’s Digital Economy: Future Directions Snapshot

“Open access to appropriate categories of public sector information can drive digital economy and innovation benefits, subject to privacy, national security or confidentiality issues. In this context, ‘open access’ means access on terms and in formats that clearly permit and enable such use and reuse by any member of the public.” (p9)

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Masterclasses

The Collections Australia Network (CAN) in partnership with the Australian Network for Arts and Technology (ANAT) and the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) are co-hosting a series of masterclasses for curators, writers, artists, online producers and education specialists to learn and share insights and skills for work on the Web. The masterclasses cater for professionals from the collecting sector, academia, the arts, and media who want an injection of knowledge and inspiration in making collection material publicly accessible and usable and to build up community interest and participation in digital ventures.

* Session 1: Arts as a Living Culture (Gavin Artz, ANAT and Fee Plumley, Australia Council)

* Session 2: Cultural Digital Storytelling (Gavin Bannerman, SLQ)

* Session 3: Community Building with Social Media Tools (Ellen Forsyth, SLNSW)

* Session 4: Collections Online: Ideas and Issues (Ingrid Mason, CAN)

Image caption: High heeled shoe on tricycle, `Liquorice Allsorts’, designed by Ross Wallace, used in `Parade of Icons’ Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, Sydney 2000. Collection: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Part of the Sydney 2000 Games Collection. Gift of the New South Wales Government, 2001.