[#musetech syllabus thread: week 5!] This week's theme was digitization and, boy, did we get lucky with a guest lecture by @dzorich! We read the @SIxDIGI's founding 2010 document "Creating a Digital Smithsonian" si.edu/content/pdf/ab…
We also brushed up on @3D_Digi_SI's efforts including the compelling case study of the Cosmic Buddha 3d.si.edu/model/fullscre… Catch up on the background in this Gizmodo piece: gizmodo.com/the-smithsonia…
We also read @nancyproctor's @curatorjournal piece on @googlearts, published shortly after the project's launch in 2011, in which she brilliantly laid out many of the opportunities and fears we are still debating today. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.… 
In "Seeing Syntax: Google Art Project and the Twenty-First-Century Period Eye," Kim Beil talks about how the "experience varies significantly from our real-life encounters with works of art" and “You may see more, but … you may feel less.” questia.com/library/journa…
Okay, so we've got a grasp on how museums are approaching digitization. So what? See excellent primer by Samantha Herron for @LC_Labs on why digital materials matter for scholarship (and some tools/tips for working with data!): labs.loc.gov/portals/static…
takes us back to the most fundamental question: WHY do we digitize? He uses some wonderful @NYPL case studies to get us thinking about how to "manufacture impact." nypl.org/blog/2017/11/0…
's recap of conversations sparked at the ReACH launch got us pondering questions about sustaining engagement, bridging the digital divide, and debating where the line gets drawn between the "virtual" and the "real" apollo-magazine.com/why-its-time-t…
That's it for week 5! I'll leave you with this captivating GIF artwork created by @stseagle, which she crafted thanks to the @metmuseum's open access treasure trove of creative inspiration metmuseum.org/blogs/collecti…
