Kate Knowlden
Kate Knowlden | Curadur | Amgueddfa’r Museum of East Anglian Life
Kate yw Curadur Amgueddfa’r Museum of East Anglian Life ac mae’n arwain ar eu prosiect digideiddio ‘Search for the Stars’ a gyllidir gan Gronfa Gasgliadau Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund ac Ymddiriedolaeth yr Headley Fund. Gyda 17 o adeiladau hanesyddol ar draws 75 erw o gefn gwlad Suffolk, mae Amgueddfa’r Museum of East Anglian Life yn amgueddfa achrededig a sefydlwyd ym 1967. Mae gan yr amgueddfa gasgliad o oddeutu 40,000 o wrthrychau sy’n adrodd storïau am fywyd ar y tir a chynhyrchu bwyd.
Mae Kate wedi gweithio’n flaenorol gyda StartEast, prosiect yn ffocysu ar gefnogi a thyfu sefydliadau diwylliannol a chreadigol. Mae ganddi brofiad ym maes ymgysylltu a churadu ar draws nifer o sefydliadau treftadaeth a chelf ac mae ganddi ddiddordeb arbennig mewn archwilio effaith dynoliaeth ar yr amgylchedd yn ei gwaith. Mae ganddi radd MA mewn Curadu o Brifysgol Norwich University of the Arts a gradd BA mewn Ffotograffiaeth o Brifysgol Brighton.
Resources by Kate Knowlden
As Curator of The Food Museum in Stowmarket, Suffolk, Kate Knowlden manages the museum’s ‘Search for the Stars’ digitisation project, which has had fantastic success working with digital volunteers as the museum tackles the digitisation of its collection. In this resource, Kate shares her experience of recruiting digital volunteers ― what to look for, where to find people, the interviewing and induction process, and the management of volunteers. It includes volunteer testimonials.
There are many challenges and benefits of working with remote-based digital volunteers. In this case study Kate Knowlden from the The Food Museum (formerly Museum of East Anglian Life) shares her experience of working on the museum’s ‘Search for the Stars’ project, which is using remote-working digital volunteers to help transfer the museum’s 40,000 paper-based object records over to its online collections management system. Kate talks about the museum’s process of recruiting, training and supporting digital volunteers.
