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- 1. Architectural Pasts in your Palm: A Mobile App Vision for Showcasing Brooklyn Museum's Institutional History and Architectural Image Collections LIS 698: Practicum Anna Rybakov Brooklyn Museum: exterior. 1909.
- 2. Visual Chronology grand staircase entrance 1897 1st section: West wing 1907-1908 ground level entrance w/ glass canopy 1937 ground level entry 2004
- 3. Processing in the Archives inventory: boxes of 2 photo collections formats: prints, film & glass negatives, transparencies, slides, oversize subject: interiors general, gallery space, dept offices & workspace, events, construction, illustrative materials above: compact shelving in the archive
- 4. Processing in the Archives tasks: rehouse, relabel, identify, preserve research tools: annual reports, quarterlies, press releases, LUNA, BM libraries & archives online, NYARC catalog, finding above: annual reports aids, BM history books from left to right: original envelope, newly typed four-flap, 5x7 neg
- 5. Goals PROJECT -preserve & fully understand collection scope -prepare for digitization (Spring '13) -upload images & metadata into museum database to be shared on website &/or institutionally, and on the Brooklyn Visual Heritage above: selection of boxing in various collaborative website stages of processing PERSONAL -learn best processing & digitization practices where does this collection fit in? what makes it valuable?
- 6. Evolution of research project Main question: How do we bring these assorted interior images into a broader, not solely visual context? Primary solution: mobile apps BUT -what makes a good app? -how can we test success? -what platform do we design on? -what device do we design for? -benefits? limitations?
- 7. Mobile app Technologies Trends: AR, geo-locative, gamification, QR codes Cons: -AR indoors --accuracy --setup -connectivity -limited info -navigation -QR for crowds --intrusion of space Museum of London's StreetMuseum AR app Image source: Flickr
- 8. Mobile app considerations What type of app suits my needs best? Smartphone vs. tablet Tablet Pros: -larger screen -more robust info -connectivity -navigation -data visualization -preserve mobility Use-optimized portrait & landscape views. Biblion mobile app. Image source: Potion Design
- 9. Tablet vs. Smartphone Tablet quick facts -poised to reach saturation -Apple dominates=1 primary platform -average age 34 -even gender split -tablet usage spikes during non-work hours -tablets used more for entertainment/gaming & media
- 10. Evolution of research project Museum function has changed. exhibitive experiential transformative User needs & expectations have changed. -sophisticated -curious -instant gratification -unparalleled access Response should change. -offer comprehensive singular content w/ human element PROPOSAL: Brooklyn Museum's Archmuse app
- 11. Archmuse-Overview What is it? A comprehensive multimedia experience linking library & archives materials specific to Brooklyn Museum's architectural history & puts them into evidence-based historic context Content Images, press releases, letters, excerpts from annual reports/quarterlies, newspaper articles, audio & video, architectural plans, personal accounts, scholarly essays, tours A large permanent exhibition in digital space open 24/7, wherever you are, no wifi needed
- 12. Archmuse-Concept from building sketch to opening exhibition & everything in between
- 13. Archmuse-Inspiration Digital Inspiration NYPL's comprehensive iPad publications -open access to legendary collection -non-linear navigation & discovery in infoscape -range of themes: varied focus -exploration -immersive -educational -accessible
- 14. Archmuse-Inspiration Digital Inspiration: Flipboard -clean displays --image to text ratio -magazine style format -intuitive navigation --de-prioritized menu -seamless aggregator of mixed format/content
- 15. Archmuse-Visualization What might Archmuse look like? curated theme stacks shelf visualization w/ color coded content types Image source: iTunes App Store
- 16. Archmuse-Features iPad app + website -dynamic, multimedia content -bookmarking -outside links & resources -optimized views based on content -virtual guided tour -on site tour -social features -categorized, navigable but slightly nebulous displays...artificially recreate the "researching in archives" above: mock up iPad app featuring experience Brooklyn Museum floor plan, c.1897 -more traditional, static website to allow discovery
- 17. Archmuse-Sitemap HOME discrete drop down limited nav menu begin with short exteriors timelapse animation TOURS STACKS concept-themed thumbnail clouds: Origins, Cornerstone, Museum of Everything, Modernization, Extension, Master Plan, Museum as Progenitor HEADLINES 3D virtual on-site each theme has its own subsections containing multimedia related to topic: Origins: timeline, Brooklyn Apprentices' Library, founding documents, images, discrete toolbar programming, members list, bios, etc.
- 18. Archmuse-Goals -permanent digital "exhibition" unique to BM -repackaging many existing resources -deeper understanding of building & museum's past -aggregate disparate sources into 1 infoscape -promote museum's mission & its library/archives -partnership: scholars, researchers, institutions