I’m very excited to be the new Creative Technologist-in-Residence at the SLV LAB. For the next few months I get to play around with metadata and images, think about online access, experiment with different technologies, and build things to help people to explore the State Library’s collections. In other words, I get to be in my happy place! My group at the recent SLV WikiFest was thinking about ways of helping researchers find resources relating to particular locations – how do I find material about my suburb, or my street? Coincidentally, the main focus of my residency will also be place-based collections, so I get to really think through some of the possibilities. SLV staff have already pointed me to some amazing maps and photographs, such as the Committee for Urban Action collection, the Mahlstedt fire survey maps, the MMBW plans, and the Victorian parish maps.
Editors’ Choice: Creative Technologist-in-Residence at the State Library of Victoria!
