by Roger Layton | Aug 30, 2017 | collections management, ETHER Base, ETHER Digital, ETHER Education, ETHER Governance, GRAP 103, Museums, workshops
GRAP 103 season has started, and is already in full swing as museums, libraries, archives, and galleries rush to meet the deadlines for financial reporting at the end of this financial year. We are offering a range of support to help your institution prepare and to...
by Roger Layton | Jun 8, 2016 | ETHER Digital, ETHER Experience, Latest News, oral history, virtual reality
What will museum of the future look like? There are some amazing new technologies which can help to bring the museum experience to the modern user, and especially to the youth who mostly expect everything to be digital. In this series of articles I will highlight some...
by Roger Layton | Jun 8, 2016 | ETHER Digital, ETHER Experience, Museum Web Sites, Museums
The first article in this series introduced the issues with museum web sites, including those issues common to all historical sites and memory institutions. In this second article I focus on some of the content required and how this content can be adapted to meet the...
by Roger Layton | Jul 31, 2014 | digital heritage, digital institution, ETHER Digital
Guide and copyright essentials As digital collections become more and more important in the museum and heritage sector, we believe that all institutions should strive to become “Digital Institutions”. This means having access to digital resources, which includes...
by Roger Layton | Sep 11, 2013 | ETHER Digital, ETHER Education
On the 19 and 20 August 2013, ETHER ran our Do-it-yourself Digitisation Workshop at the Potchefstroom campus of North West University. We were warmly hosted by the Archives and Museums division of the Library. Fourteen delegates, from NWU and other institutions in the...
