Cultural Heritage

My name is Marieke Guy and I have been at UKOLN for almost 9 years now.

Marieke Guy

After getting an English Literature and Psychology degree I completed my Information Management MSc at Manchester Metropolitan University. My background means that I have always been interested in aspects of my work that relate to the museums, libraries and archives sectors.

I have been involved in a number of cultural heritage projects from early eLib days (Electronic Libraries Programme). Probably the most significant one for me was when I worked as a NOF-digitise Advisor and co-ordinated technical support and advice services for the New Opportunities Fund national digitisation programme. The programme was a landmark one for digitisation in the cultural heritage sector and is still referred to today.

I currently work as a research officer in the Community and Outreach Team at UKOLN. Much of my work involves exploring Web 2.0 technologies and their relevance to the communities we work with. I have also recently been involved in the JISC Preservation of Web Resources (PoWR) project providing advice on best practices for the preservation of Web resources. This has allowed me to write a number of intobytes on Web preservation for the Cultural Heritage Web site. At the moment I am working on a project looking at the use of APIs in academia, I hope to be able to transfer some of the lessons learnt to the cultural heritage sector. The reuse and sharing of data through APIs and newsfeeds is a fast moving and interesting area offering much potential for libraries, museums and archives. I recently attended Mashed Library event and was enthused by what people were experimenting with.

I’m looking forward to posting on the UKOLN Cultural Heritage Blog!

Thanks

Marieke