Navigating Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear is an accessible guide to digitising collections held in regional or small museums, galleries and cultural centres. Developed by the Collections and Stories project team at Museums and Galleries of NSW this video production takes you through the Crystal Clear guide, which covers some of the critical ‘how-to’ aspects of collection digitisation, including assembling your equipment or digitisation toolkit, object handling, conservation cleaning, consultation with First Nations communities, and your all-important digitisation workflows. This presentation is best viewed with a copy of Crystal Clear on hand, so if you haven’t already done so, download a copy from the Museums and Galleries of NSW website shown below.
0:00 Welcome
0:35 Overview of Crystal Clear
1:08 We recognise the challenges
1:57 Download your own copy of Crystal Clear
2:39 What you’ll find in Crystal Clear
5:34 The Toolkit
8:33 Workflows
8:52 Object Handling
9:58 Working with First Nations communities
10:48 Conservation Cleaning
12:59 A sample digitisation workflow
14:57 Conclusion
17:08 Credits