Mission Critical: Collection Description and Online Content Delivery
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The document discusses making museum collections available online through digitization of collection data and audiovisual content as well as online delivery via websites and mobile platforms. It notes the importance of collection description, digitization, and online content delivery in engaging with external audiences. It also addresses challenges around testing new technologies, integrating online content with other museum services, and developing shared metadata standards.
Mission Critical: Collection Description and Online Content Delivery
- 1. Mission Critical Collection description: digitisation data & a/v Online content delivery: web and mobile Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum M&GNSW http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ 29-30 July 2010 http://www.鍖ickr.com/photos/nahkahousu/2301066415/ Can you handle it? Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 2. Mission Critical Collection description: digitisation data & a/v Online content delivery: web and mobile 1. Interactive - travel scenario 2. The connecting thread 3. Site - Powerhouse Layar project http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ 4. Sector - museum metadata exchange http://www.鍖ickr.com/photos/nahkahousu/2301066415/ 5. Take aways for online adventure 6. Questions Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum M&GNSW 29-30 July 2010 Can you handle it? Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 3. Mission Critical: interactive - travel scenario Where would you like to go? Bags & travel plan Tickets & insurance Passport & money Financial resources Planning processes Impact assessment Needs analysis Critical reviews Project management Performance review Project reporting Evaluation Service integration Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum M&GNSW 29-30 July 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Can you handle it? http://www.鍖ickr.com/photos/lilcrabbygal/3256045626/ Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 4. Mission Critical: the connecting thread All content made available online impacts internal & external processes All engagement online impacts internal & external ser vices Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum M&GNSW 29-30 July 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Can you handle it? http://www.鍖ickr.com/photos/7652022@N04/555176403/ Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 5. Mission Critical: Powerhouse Layar project - testing new tool iPhone App - Layar presenting 2D in 3D - utilised available resources - links to mobile + Flickr - small collection + in work time - geo-spatial data required - museum collection data schema - angles of photographs in 3D - failed the why bother test - no ser vice integration Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum M&GNSW 29-30 July 2010 Can you handle it? Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 6. Mission Critical: museum metadata exchange /www.鍖ickr.com/photos/34094515@N00/2194720172/ http://creativecommons.org/lic enses/by/2.0/ http:/ - core features = shared data standards and subject vocabulary (for artefacts) - collection level description (RIF-CS) & PHM Object Name Thesaurus - museum collection data fed via OAI into ARDC & exposed to research community Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum - testing thesaurus as a common semantic layer - already used by other museums M&GNSW - testing providing terminology service - already used by Powerhouse (Calais) 29-30 July 2010 Can you handle it? - easy service integration, collection description practices exist at item level Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 7. Mission Critical: take aways for online adventure Collection Digitisation is Core to Online Content Delivery 1. Do innovate and test new approaches to Collection description: digitisation data & a/v Online content delivery: web and mobile putting collection information online 2. Do take educated risks and guesses by repeating others methods and reusing content 3. Always ask others with some experience questions about their lessons learned 4. Accept you will make some mistakes 5. Remember there is a difference bet ween http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ online access and online engagement http://www.鍖ickr.com/photos/nahkahousu/2301066415/ 6. Know there will always be consequences and bene鍖ts, some known, some unknown Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d 7 Consider the resources already available and . Powerhouse Museum service integration (ef鍖ciency) M&GNSW 29-30 July 2010 Can you handle it? Thursday, 29 July 2010
- 8. Mission Critical: Questions Ingrid Mason @1n9r1d Powerhouse Museum M&GNSW http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ 29-30 July 2010 http://www.鍖ickr.com/photos/nahkahousu/2301066415/ Can you handle it? Thursday, 29 July 2010