We are excited to announce that 4 proposals from the call for GLAM Labs projects\u00a0have been offered funding by the IT Innovation Challenges scheme. The projects are (click on project name to read the abstract):<\/p>\n
A physical and digital show and tell<\/b><\/a> –\u00a0creating a portable \u2018station\u2019 for use in the museum galleries to present both 3D models in Virtual Reality and tactile models \/ 3D prints. Based in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Digital makers<\/b><\/a> – developing staff coding skills and\u00a0piloting digital making activities for families and young people. Based in the Radcliffe Science Library and Ashmolean Museum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Replicating historic musical instruments<\/b><\/a> – testing the accuracy of 3D printouts of historic musical instruments. Based in the Pitt Rivers Museum.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Mapping playful spaces in the museum<\/b><\/a> – using social data to examine how visitors engage with Oxford\u2019s museums to understand visitor engagement. Based in the Oxford Internet Institute working with a number of GLAM sites.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Projects will run between May 2019 and February 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are excited to announce that 4 proposals from the call for GLAM Labs projects\u00a0have been offered funding by the IT Innovation Challenges scheme. The projects are (click on project name to read the abstract): A physical and digital show … Continue reading