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Digital technology has the potential to influence every aspect of the cultural heritage environment. Archaeologists and cultural heritage scientists as well as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) experts have in the past collaborated to find solutions to optimise all aspects of capturing, managing, analysing and delivering cultural information, but many unsolved problems remain. The goal of VAST 2012 will be to build on the open dialogue between these different areas of expertise, and in particular allow ICT experts to have a better understanding of the critical requirements that cultural heritage professionals have for managing and delivering cultural information and for the ICT systems that support these activities.

Success with digital media for museums, education and cultural organisations isn't about scrambling to sign up to the latest fads, those teasmades of technology, and more about attitudes of organisations and the individuals within them. What are the handles we can grab hold of to begin or better develop our journeys into digital media use in the world of exhibition, performances or engagement of new audiences? It tries to make a few points, some more successfully than others, no doubt. Key amongst them:- how to institutions do better what is now so easy for everyman to do?- is there anything to be learned from the world of startups where coming up with a compelling problem that needs solved? What are the problems museums manage to solve? Do they need to think in that way at all?- what potential is there for cultural organisations to open themselves up to new audiences by tackling the same content and ideas in alternative ways and on different platforms?

The Mobile for the Cultural Sector Conference will include a wide variety of people from across the Global cultural sector and the technology sector and will bring together the 200+ senior figures from: * museum, gallery and cultural sector curators, directors and board members * digital specialists * commercial strategists * pr and marketing teams * fund-raising and development specialists * quangos and leadership and training bodies * mobile app, website and marketing developers * advertising, planning and creative advertising agencies * network operators, handset manufacturers and technology leaders

Every day millions of Britons engage with the arts and cultural sector through digital media.1 This engagement comes in many forms and is in a constant state of evolution, driven by technological change. Five years ago, mobile phones were for texts and calls and Facebook barely existed. Today, a quarter of us have a smartphone through which we can listen to a song, or watch a trailer for an artistic performance.2 Over 40,000 people track the Royal Opera House, and over 58,000 the British Museum, through Facebook; while FACT in Liverpool has 7,000 Twitter followers.However, this research represents the first time that this online engagement with arts and culture in England has been captured and quantified

Culture24 exists to promote and support the cultural sector online and to serve the needs of online audiences. We are a not-for-profit online publisher, working across the arts, heritage, education, and tourism sectors.

Managing Growinng: A Cultural Heritage Web Presencea: practical guide to how to run a cultural heritage web presence - is now available to order from Amazon

Die digitale 3D-Rekonstruktion von Kulturdenkmälern ist eine längerfristige Projektinitiative der FHNW zum Aufbau eines interaktiven, digitalen 3D-Archivs von kulturhistorisch wertvollen Bauten und Objekten. Bei der Erstellung dieser virtuellen 3D-Modelle werden moderne geodätische Mess- und Auswerteverfahren eingesetzt und laufend weiter entwickelt. 3D Cultural Heritage erlaubt den Einbezug von Studierenden und ermöglicht diesen die intensive Auseinandersetzung mit kulturhistorisch wertvollen Objekten. Ausgehend von der Nordwestschweiz soll der regionale Schwerpunkt zukünftig auf die ganze Schweiz und das grenznahe Ausland ausgedehnt werden. Mit der Weiterentwicklung web-basierter 3D-Geoinformationstechnologien sollen die virtuellen Objekte aus dem Projekt schon bald der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht werden.

"I thought you might want to know about and possibly contribute to this" (Museum Computer Group)EC consultation on digitisation and 'boosting cultural heritage online'. It's looking at "how best to speed up the digitisation, online accessibilityand preservation of cultural works across Europe. Contributions to thisconsultation will feed into the recommendations the Group will make beforethe end of the year" and they say, "the Group will come forward with a setof recommendations for the digitisation, online accessibility andpreservation of Europe's cultural heritage in the digital age, looking inparticular at the issue of public-private partnerships for digitisation inEurope".

Online Fundraising for Museums and Cultural Organisations

The first few years of social media brought new approaches to audience engagement, emphasising knowledge sharing through open platforms. As organisations explored the potential of social media, they focused on the impact this would have on their internal practices. Today there is growing emphasis on how these seemingly democratic forms of communication can support and develop culturally diverse audiences.

"Welcome to UKOLN's Cultural Heritage blog. The blog aims to provide a key communication channel for UKOLN's engagement with the cultural heritage sector, for disseminating information on UKOLN's activities in this area and for encouraging discussion and debate on innovation and best practices."

"How to measure and define the success of cultural websites and online services is a problem common to all parts of the cultural sector - museums, archives, galleries, arts organizations, libraries and publishers. Worse, funding agencies and government departments lack the expertise to offer guidelines or set standards. The result is a confusing mixture of statistics and reporting that reveals little about genuine user satisfaction."

"Museums and the Web is an annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage." Our community has been meeting since 1997, imagining, tracking, analyzing, and influencing the role museums play on the Web. The MW2010 Program is composed based on an open Call for Participation. The deadline for most proposals was September 30, 2009. Deadline for Demonstration Proposals: December 31, 2009

Culture for all - Conference-Proceedings: The publication brings together writings about the theme of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 from many different perspectives. Writers cover the theme from the view point of e.g. youth, education, civil participation, cultural cooperation and religions. see: richard Sandel: "Making Cultural Heritage Truly Inclusive Conference Publication"

Cultural Heritage and the Semantic Web British Museum & UCL Study Day - Jan 13th The World Wide Web is an essential part of the Museum's toolkit for publishing information, engaging visitors and communicating across the globe. However, museum web sites and information systems are still largely silos that make it difficult for us to realize the benefits of bringing data together. The growing momentum of the Semantic Web movement means a greater investment in the technology and tools needed to convert its potential into practical opportunities that museums can utilise. Und: "A museum object is more like an illustration, or witness of the past, than information in its own right. Cultural historical research means understanding 'possible pasts', the facts, events, material, social and psychological influences and motivations. It lives from understanding contexts, by pulling together bits and pieces of related facts from disparate resources, which can typically not be classified under subjects in an obvious way. It lives from taking into account all known facts." 

More Thoughtful Learning: How Professional Development Through Social Media Can Strengthen Cultural Institutions lists reasons, why social media is an excellent medium for professional development. and adds recent examples of individuals and institutions using social media to achieve learning objectives.

Together, we're compiling all you need to go from zero to social media super star. Find resources for nonprofit practitioners just starting out with social media integration. Here you'll find case studies, worksheets, and links to guide the development of your first social media plan. Start here to plan your strategy, navigate culture, build capacity, keep your team learning, and put those tactics into practice.

3DVisA was funded between 2006 and 2008 by the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The Network was hosted by King's Visualisation Lab in the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College London. It was an integral part of a wider UK Visualisation Support Network, VizNET, spanning the UK academic research community. This website documents some of 3DVisA activities and provides access to publications and resources created in 2006-2008, some of which continue to be maintained by King's Visualisation Lab. 3DVisA was also the Secretariat of The London Charter for the use of three-dimensional Visualisation in the Research and Communication of Cultural Heritage.

German Traces NYC is mobile, augmented reality experience designed to let learners explore German cultural heritage in New York City. The application makes use of archival documents, photographs, and multimedia narratives to bring to life to this significant thread of New York City and United States history.

Während es inzwischen zahlreiche Museums-Apps gibt, sind Museen und Kultureinrichtungen im Mobile Web bislang kaum vertreten. Wir sammeln an dieser Stelle Beispiele für Museums-Websites, die für die Nutzung mit dem Browser eines Smartphones angepasst sind. Eine ganz neue Entwicklung: Web Apps, die in ihrer Funktionalität Apps nahe kommen, aber plattformunabhängig über den mobilen Browser aufgerufen werden. Für Hinweise auf weitere Beispiele sind wir dankbar; bitte benutzen Sie dazu die Kommentarfunktion.