Person
Dr. Alexander Drikker
Organization
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Position
Leading researcher at the IT departamnet
Has been working in museum field since
1987
The recording date of the interview
November 13, 2012

Quotes

And it is a great achievement of ours that, with the support of the Ford Foundation, we have been able to digitalize them all and make 45000 items public through our online catalogue.

Text of the interview

Dr. Alexander Dirkker is the Leading Researcher at the Department of Computerization at the State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg). He talks about his major career shift from a physicist to a culture studies scholar and his role in the implementation of a collections management system in the State Russian Museum. In the video he also discusses the future of virtual museums.

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Questions

  • Who did you want to be growing up?
  • Where did you study?
  • What was your attitude to museums before you became a museum professional?
  • When and how did you start working in the museum field?
  • In which museum department did you start your career?
  • Could you describe how your career was evolving?
  • What was your idea of what ICTs could do when you were only beginning to work with them? Which dreams did you have?
  • Where were the first computers in your museum? What happened to this room?
  • Which role do ICTs play in your museum today?
  • What do you think is going to be the future or ICTs in your museum? 
  • Who did you want to be growing up?
  • Where did you study?
  • What was your attitude to museums before you became a museum professional?
  • When and how did you start working in the museum field?
  • In which museum department did you start your career?
  • Could you describe how your career was evolving?
  • What was your idea of what ICTs could do when you were only beginning to work with them? Which dreams did you have?
  • When you first encountered ICTs did you feel that they were necessary in a museum, appropriate, important?
  • Where were the first computers in your museum? What happened to this room?
  • Which role do ICTs play in your museum today?
  • What do you think is going to be the future or ICTs in your museum? Any ideas about the future?