0925: Train leaves Leicester Station, LE2 0QB
1034: Arrive London St Pancras, NW1 2QP
1100: Arrive British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB
Meet Alex Whitfield (Alex.Whitfield@bl.uk) Learning Programmes Manager
Alex will show us behind the scenes at the Library, talk about the work she has done with digital media online and onsite, as well the library's plans for a major new digital research centre.
1200: leave BL and walk to British Museum
(picking up a sandwich lunch on the way – Matthew at the BM has placed an order for cheese and pickle, by the way!).
The BM is only about a 15-20min walk (south) from the BL.
1230: Arrive British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG
Meet Matthew Cock (MCOCK@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk) Head of Web, Department of Learning and Audiences.
As we eat our sandwich lunch, Matthew will talk through the BM’s management of its online provision, and then discuss with us (and ask our views upon) the early stages of his digital strategy for the museum.
2.00: Leave the BM.
2.30: Arrive Sackler Centre, V&A, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
We will join a meeting of the London Museums and Galleries Online Group, hosted by Gail Durbin (Deputy Director of Learning and Interpretation and Head of the Online Museum), and chaired by Fiona Romeo (Head of Digital Media at the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory), see also foe.typepad.com/about.html.
4.30: Leave the meeting, to make our way over the road to the Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD
Meet Mia Ridge Mia.(Mia.Ridge@ScienceMuseum.org.uk) Lead Web Developer for the Science Museum, who will talk to us about her ambitions for the museum’s online offer.
5.30: Invitation from the Science Museum team to join them at the Queen's Arms for a drink (30, Queens Gate Mews, SW7 5QL)
But once we hit 5.30 it will be up to you when and how you want to leave and make your way back to Leicester.
Ross.
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2 comments:
It won't be a day for wearing high heels, but what a great and exciting schedule! Should we try to meet in a specific part of the train (third door from the front/second carriage after the buffet)? Or will we just shout and wave at Market Harborough?
Sorry I cant be with you today. I was looking forward to showing you around the office, introducing you to the team and showing you around the exhibition Taking Liberties, which is one of 2 temporary exhibitions we develop each year. This one opened at the end of the October after almost 2 years planning and is due to close on 1st March.
In my role I was responsible for all audio, film and interactive elements. I would particularly like your feedback on the interactive as this is the first time the library has done something so extensive that really permeated the whole exhibition.
I dont want to give you any instructions as Im interested partly in how intuitive it is - but as you dont have long it may be helpful to know that there are 7 sections to the exhibition. You may want to split up to make sure you cover the whole exhibition between you. Its then important that you all make it to the end where there are 2 large projections where your results and everyone else's are presented and compared - even if you haven't visited each of the 7 sections.
We can use these questions below to start a conversation - which I will happily continue on a blog/via email or I can pop up to Leicester.
1) At the bottom of the stairs where the main exhibition begins was it immediately apparent what you had to do and whether you had to do it?
2) On encountering the first set of screens - how intuitive was the hardware to use?
3) Did the structuring of the questions make sense?
4) Was the connection between the questions and the section you were in apparent?
5) What do you think the interactive (and other film elements) were trying to achieve in the exhibition - or what did they achieve? (perhaps, what would the exhibition have looked like/felt like without it?)
6) Did you like it(you're not obliged to say yes!)
Quick reminder we do take an intern from Leicester each year...this is not always e-Learning/digital based but that could certainly be requested.
Hope you have a good day - check out turning the pages (in the Ritblat Gallery) and our virtual curator in the Magna Carta room. Really sorry I cant be there - if you're stopping for lunch here we have a cafe inside at the back and one outside in the Piazza - There's also Pizza Express across the road.
Alex
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