From talking to curators and staff at museums I think the problem they see is that they will have to digitise and catalogue everything in one go which is, frankly and overwhelming task. If they approached it as a “user” driven exercise cataloguing that which is requested you will target the most wanted stuff and with researchers adding their own metadata the staff will simply need to act as auditors.

And who says these archives are not approaching it as a “user” driven exercise? Who says they think they will have to digitise and catalogue everything in one go?

:diablo:

Digitisation for the big girls and boys of the museum/archive world involves a little bit more than people think…

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Ashley,
Still a bit short-sighted – people still want places to visit during the winter. And somewhere that provides a covered attraction/s even if it does involve a stroll, would no doubt be somewhere they’d go to.
Would they close Lambeth IWM for the winter season? Or the RAFM?

Was just pointing it out in case people thought that after October this year they would never be able to visit these hangars again…I have no desire to be the target of anger against the IWM by posting my opinions on the subject, so merely keeping it factual (to the best of my ability :))

Ways to improve UK airshows…
#1: Ban French commentators..

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This amused me.

One or two of my Facebook friends have made great play of returning their copy – I wonder if they have a Sky wok on their wall?

Double standards?

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/06/13/man-who-sent-back-free-the-sun-football-supplement-will-probably-keep-sky-tv/

Moggy

Not sure if you are including me on this list Mr Moggy, but there is definitely no Sky wok on my wall and never will be!

Having seen a bit of the build up to the re-opening of the museum on ITV news a week or so ago I decided to take a trip over to Lambeth today.
My Nan lived almost opposite the museum (just of Lambeth walk) and was born on Fitzalun St in 1920. She is still with us at 94 and every meeting is a history lesson! She vividly remembers in WW2 the ‘reconnaissance aircraft with black crosses’ circling overhead before incendiaries were dropped before a raid and she was herself was ‘blown up’ by a V2 rocket killing her mother, father and husband, she spent the next three years in St Thomas’s Hospital and has the shrapnel inside her to prove it!
Sorry back to the thread. I arrived at the museum at midday and was given a WW1 gallery ticket free of charge for 2:30, the layout is much different, I like the old atrium better (FW190 and Mustang set up), but the information is much more informative I think and presented nicely. The WW1 galleries have had such a lot of work put into them, I spent over 2 hours and a half in there. There is so much reading material and together the with posters, photography, film, exhibits and soundtrack made it a special experience. Thinking back on yesterdays visit I dont think ‘the trenches’ walk through is still there which is a shame I thought that was great.
Make the trip, its well worth it.

Thank you The Freshest 🙂

Out of interest, was it this V2 attack that your grandmother was injured in/her family members were killed? http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/transforming-iwm-london/2012/11/a-v2-explosion-in-lambeth-during-the-second-world-war/

Hoping that one of resident toggies can hunt out one or two lovely photos of the delicious flying display we have just been treated to here at Duxford 😉 Even from the north side it looked spectacular!

Thank you very much MindOverMatter. I may have a couple of questions for you next week if that’s ok 🙂