New digital labour is disrupting, reorganising, and progressing the Science Museum Group’s core priority to promote science capital. Digital projects discussed in this episode include a meme collecting project at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and Heritage Connector, a research project that used data analysis approaches to build links at scale between catalogues, published material, and Wikidata. Museum staff will also describe the impact of once-in-a-lifetime digital initiatives like One Collection have provided an opportunity to instil new kinds of digital working across the Group, whilst increasing its ability to reach global audiences online.

Voices you’ll hear in this episode include John Stack – Digital Director (Science Museum Group), Jessica Bradford – Keeper of Collections Engagement (Science Museum Group), Jack Kirby – Associate Director of Collections Services (Science Museum Group), Dr Laura Humphreys – Collections Information Project Manager (Science Museum Group), Dr Phillip Roberts - former Associate Curator of Photography (National Science and Media Museum), Dr Arran Rees – Research Associate (University of Leeds), Dave Patten, Head of New Media (Science Museum Group), and Dr Tim Boon – Head of Research & Public History (Science Museum Group). The voiceover artist in this episode was Chris Thorpe-Tracey.

A link to Arran’s article on collecting memes can be found here.

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