What lies behind a statistic? The rise and fall of Trove visitor numbers

A few days before Christmas, Deb Verhoeven and I published an article in the Conversation on the latest funding crisis facing the National Library of Australia’s Trove service which included a visitor statistic: Trove boasts more than 22 million visits per year. Here we look at that number, and other usage stats, in more detail.

The temple of history

This is the text from a presentation I delivered as part of the History Australia roundtable discussion ‘Historians and the Archive: sacralization, democratisation, limits, and liberties,’ at the 2022 Australian Historical Association Conference (Deakin University, Geelong). The piece introduces my article ‘The temple of history: historians and the sacralisation of archival work.’

Nature, Nurture, and the Future of Museums

This is an edited version of my closing keynote for the Victorian Museums and Galleries Forum on 18 May 2022.

About time

The following is based on a short presentation I gave at GLAMSLAM 2020, hosted by the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology, Sydney, on Friday, 6 March 2020. I have updated it based on recent events, and have adapted my slides and notes to produce a graphic blog post.

Digital history and DH resources

On Friday, 24 January 2020 I sent out a tweet asking people what they thought were the key digital humanities readings and projects every historian should look at. This post summarises their responses.

Long weekend

Monday, 27 January This morning I sealed our front door again. At first we used basic masking tape, but with the new year came a realisation the smoke would be with us for weeks. Looking back at the photos on… Continue Reading →

Reflections on ICOM Kyoto, and that definition

In the first week of September 2019, more than 4500 museum professionals from 120 countries descended on Kyoto for the 25th General Conference of the International Council of Museums. This post reflects on the conference, and the disconnect between individuals, institutions, and ICOM’s proposed new museum definition.

« Older posts

© 2024 Context Junky — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑