from records to data
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slide show by Trevor OwensTRANSCRIPT
From Records to Data
Seeing and Sharing Digital Cultural Heritage Collections Differently with Recollection
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the heterogeneity of our data is an asset
recollection floats on top
bigish ideas
› one big distributed collection
› open distributed infrastructure
› mindset: records -> data
Beyond thinking like cards
to thinking like data
interfaces are ways of seeing
seeing the big picture
helps find little fixes
interfaces for discovery
interfaces for sense making
Can we abstract a more generic solution?
still too hard
the Recollection idea
digital cultural heritage collections include temporal, locative, and categorical data that, could be tapped to better dynamically interact with and understand those collections.
the challenges
› we all have different kinds of metadata
› that data is in different kinds of systems
› much of that data is messy
› much of that data is not in the format we might wish it was
history
Recollection was initially developed as a tool to help NDIIPP partners develop common interfaces to the distributed national collection of born digital materials they have preserved. The project is now in the process of becoming more broadly available.
broader audiences
As we move toward a broader public release the project is embracing a wider audience. This audience includes librarians, archivists, curators, and researchers around the nation interested in better understanding and expanding access to their digital collections.
what recollection does
take this
or this
and make…
the workflow
› ingest data
› augment data
› design views
› publish and embed views
› share data and views
ingest
ingest collections from spreadsheets, MODS records, or ATOM and RSS
augment
derive ISO dates, latitude and longitude coordinates, and break apart data
design views
graphical interface for assembling views
publish and embed views
publish views on the site or embed one line of javascript into any HTML document.
share data and views
share not only the end results, but also the raw data for other others to create their own views.
the result
come for the views, stick around for the linked data…
what’s next?
› full open source release: eminent
› public/private views and data: soon
› viewshare.org public launch: soon-ish
› big data sets: in a while
› viewshare.org as a portal: in the future
› remix across data sets: long view
References: links and ImagesReferenced Sites and Projects
NDIIPP, digitalpreservation.gov
Zotero, zotero.org
LCSH Galaxy, http://cads.stanford.edu/lcshgalaxy/
Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, www.hurricanearchive.org
Digital Harlem, http://www.acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/harlem/
PhilaPlace, www.philaplace.org/
HistoryPin, www.historypin.com/
SIMILE Exhibit, www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/
Creative Commons Images
Instructions, flickr.com/photos/exlibris/2383688387
a sign of things to come, flickr.com/photos/grantmac/2824984866
Colourful army, flickr.com/photos/maistora/3014414972
stay in touch
› email [email protected] and we will create an account for you.
› contact me directly at [email protected]
› visit http://recollection.zepheira.com/