The document discusses the Hunterian collection at the University of Glasgow, which contains over 1.3 million objects created over 200 years for research, teaching, and reference. It notes that the Hunterian is recognized as a Collection of National Significance by the Scottish Government. The document outlines ambitions to improve the online collection systems by developing a more functional image library, enabling onscreen comparison and sorting of results, linking between result sets, and making results more reusable and accessible globally through greater interoperability with other university systems.

1. 14 February 2014
Scotland’s National Collections
and the Digital Humanities
Malcolm Chapman, Head of Collections Management
The Hunterian
University of Glasgow
e. malcolm.chapman@glasgow.ac.uk
t: 0141 330 1983

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The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
• One of the leading four UK university
museums
• World class resource for the study of
material culture, taxonomy and biodiversity
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• Over 1.3m objects created over 200 years
for research, teaching and reference
• Recognised as a Collection of National
Significance by Scottish Government

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Social Media

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Research Projects

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Student Research Engagement

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Online Collection Systems

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Online Collection Systems

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Collection Systems pre-2014

9. Offline Collections Systems

10. Kelvin Hall

11. Online Collections Systems - Ambition
• Improved web interfaces
• Functional image library
• Onscreen comparison of results
• Onscreen results sorting
• Linking between results sets
• Reusable results (e.g. downloadable,
interoperable)
• Front-end interoperability with other
systems (e.g. Kelvin Hall, university library)
• Improved global access to the collection