Look-Here! Project Conference
The Look-Here! project conference took place at RIBA in London on Tuesday 8 February 2011, to celebrate the work of the JISC-funded Look-Here! Project, which is working collaboratively to develop skills and strategies for digitisation in the arts education sector.
The conference included a keynote from JISC and case study presentations from the project partners including: VADS, the Knitting Collections at University of Southampton, Libraries at University for the Creative Arts and University College Falmouth, Archives and Special Collections at University of the Arts London, Design Archives at University of Brighton, and the Museum of Design in Plastics at Arts University College Bournemouth.
Presentations from the day are available to download below:
Programme
Keynote - Catherine Grout, Programme Director, e-Content, JISC (ppt)
Knitting Collections, University of Southampton - Linda Newington, Head of Faculty Services for Law, Arts and Social Sciences/Head Librarian at Winchester School of Art (Abstract / ppt)
Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University College at Bournemouth - Louise Dennis, Assistant Curator (Abstract / ppt)
Library and Information Services, University College Falmouth - Doreen Pinfold, Head of Library and Information Services, and Catherine Worrall, Image Collections Co-ordinator (Abstract / ppt)
Library and Learning Services, University for the Creative Arts - Mick Eadie, Freelance Consultant, and Polly Christie, Visual Resources Digitisation Officer (Abstract / Mick Eadie ppt / Polly Christie ppt)
Design Archives, University of Brighton - Barbara Taylor, JISC Digital Collections Project Co-ordinator, and Carolyn Thompson, Digitisation Assistant (Abstract / ppt)
Archives and Special Collections Centre, University of the Arts London - Sarah Mahurter, Manager, Archives and Special Collections Centre (Abstract / ppt)
Plenary
Conference Fringe
Displays and hands-on activities also took place at the Conference 'Fringe' in the Hawksmoor Room, from textile designer and former Winchester School of Art student, Deryn Relph, and from the Royal School of Needlework, Bradford College Textile Archive, and University College Falmouth.