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Future Vision 4.1 - United Kingdom

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i. Your comments in response to our question:

'Please use this space to describe ways in which you consider EMII should develop to provide a value added resource to museums in your country. Feel free to address any aspect of our current remit or to propose new roles. You may be as detailed as you like and include references to publications, Web sites, iniatives etc. Whilst we are developing our vision for EMII's future activities we also want to ensure that we capture your needs and concerns.'

The EMII questionnaire has usefully pointed out the gaps in information regarding museums, not least in the UK. We would like to see a 'fleshing out' of the data available and a commitment to maintaining the currency of the results.

Given that many of the standards being developed which are pertinent to museums are also relevant to other domains, it will be crucial for EMII to have a watching brief on related sectors. We would like to see the remit of EMII being extended to serve all holders of collections, which will enable us to surmount perceived differences between various countries' definitions of 'museum'.

EMII now exists. We would like to see this model network sustained so that the core activities can be extended to non-active partners and other potential member states. In this way individual countries can be supported in developing at a local level their own support mechanisms in cultural information management. The continued active communication between partners is critical.

In addition we would like to see discrete projects that EMII co-ordinates. Some suggestions for these are mapping of European collections management standards to create a 'Euro Spectrum'; a gateway website (business to business?) for support and advice for collections professionals; an interface to other consortia including, for example, international groups, library and archive projects.

Finally we would like to see EMII as the first port of call for any member state which is interested in an existing or potential cultural European project - a one-stop-shop.

Submission Details
i. Submitted by: Louise Smith
ii. Job title: Director
iii. Organisation: mda
iv. E-mail: lsmith@mda.org.uk
v. Date Submitted: 10/05/2000

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