Heritage Malta (HM) has signed a memorandum of understanding with St Martin’s Institute of IT which will see the two entities collaborating closely on a number of projects in creative information communication technology digitisation and information technology projects.

The agreement will support the mission undertaken by HM to modernise the museums and sites entrusted to the agency making them more accessible and an experience worth remembering for visitors.

The collaboration will aim to a number of very interesting initiatives taken by both parties for the benefit of the public, including students and tourists visiting HM sites and museums, as well as the students of St Martin’s IT institute. This agreement also includes the possibility of internships and summer placements of the institute’s students with HM where interns can be exposed to high information systems used by HM such as geographical information systems, collection management systems and other management information systems and decision support systems. Any related projects, products and prototypes created by students of the institute will receive more visibility and can be appreciated nationwide since HM will be exposing such products at its museums and sites.

Projects undertaken by St Martin’s Institute for IT will include creative projects for modes of interpretation of any museum, site or collection in line with HM’s strategy.

The institute, by means of the agreement, has also committed itself to propose projects and improvements in HM’s digitisation and IT sector and propose IT solutions to the agency in the fields of conservation, presentation, interpretation, exhibitions, business intelligence, knowledge management and information processing.

The MoU is the culmination of several discussions between HM’s head of ICT Noel Zammit and St Martin’s Institute of IT principal Charles Theuma.