16 Nov 2009

Collections on CAN so far ..... (November 2009)

These institutions have uploaded all or part of their collections to CAN. Larger institutions have set up a OpenSearch capability so that when users search CAN it is actually searching the institution's own website live along with the CAN database. The CAN database has many collections from across the Australian collecting sector from the CAN Partners listed here.

CAN SEARCH VIA CAN DATABASE
Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
Australian Federal Police Museum
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
Benalla Art Gallery
Bond Store of Maryborough Heritage Museum
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation
City of Unley Museum
Devonport Gallery and Arts Centre
Discover Eumundi - Heritage & Visitor Centre (former Eumundi Museum)
Eden Killer Whale Museum and Historical Society
Fassifern District Historical Society Inc
Furneaux Museum
Gold Museum, Ballarat
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Hamilton Art Gallery
Heritage Victoria
Hurstville City Museum & Gallery
Justice and Police Museum
Kapunda Museum
Koppio Smithy National Trust Museum
Latrobe Regional Gallery
Lismore Regional Gallery
Mackay Regional Council Libraries - Local Histories Section
Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc.
Maritime Museum of Townsville
McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park
Melrose Courthouse Museum
Mildura Arts Centre Gallery
MONA Museum of Old and New Art
Narryna Heritage Museum
National Gallery of Australia
National Museum of Australia
National Motor Museum
National Trust of Australia, NSW
National Trust of Australia ,Tasmania
Newcastle Museum
Old Gippstown
Performing Arts Collection of South Australia
Port Dock Station Railway Museum (SA) Inc
Port Macquarie Historical Society
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery at Inveresk
Rockhampton Art Gallery
Shepparton Art Gallery
South Australian Aviation Museum
State Records NSW
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Rocks Discovery Museum
University of Tasmania Fine Art Collection
Urrbrae House
Victoria Police Museum
Werribee Park

CAN SEARCH VIA OPENSEARCH
Libraries Australia
Museum Victoria
National Museum of Australia
Picture Australia
Powerhouse Museum
State Records NSW

SMALL DATASETS
Recently some CAN Partners contributed smaller datasets of collection information to the CAN database. This was a move by CAN outreach to help CAN Partners to start the process of learning putting collections up online on a small scale. Rather than wait to put their whole collection online in one go; an interative process of increasing the collection content online and refreshing the collection information is being encouraged. These CAN Partner/contributors to the CAN database provided collection information that related to a theme and include:

Mackay Regional Library, Queensland
Victoria Police Museum, Victoria
Justice and Police Museum, Sydney, New South Wales
Australian Federal Police Museum, Australian Capital Territory
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmania

The outreach blogs 'Not so Innocent Objects' and 'Looking for the Irish in Australia' go into more detail about this approach (and digital storytelling drawing upon collection information).

This collection information is currently only available online to retrieve through the CAN database and search. In time, it will be great to have the collection information available online to retrieve on the website of the CAN Partner and through the CAN database or OpenSearch link.

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