future of the past: digital libraries in the age of social software
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The Future of the Past
Digital Libraries in the Age of Social Software
History : There Will Be More Of It
• More information being recorded
• Ubiquitous photography
• More complex written record: e-mail, blogging, wikis, social networking, Twitter, IM, SMS, etc.
People Will Be Interested In It• But not as passive consumers
• Comments, conversation and stories
• Contributions and crowdsourcing
• Creativity through remixing and mash-ups
• Say goodbye to “look but don’t touch”
Commercial Sites
• CardCow – Online postcard store, but note the tools and social features
• Francis Frith – Local history publishers in the UK, many social features including shared memories
Comments and Conversation
Many sites, groups, forums for people to share memories, information and
• Gone But Not Forgotten – Worcester memories, sponsored by the local newspaper
• Shorpy – “The 100 Year Old Photo Blog”
Includes member-contributed images
Flickr
• “Historical” Images :
Edgemere Diner | Swift’s Beach
• Groups :
North Shore | Diners | 100 Years Old
Using Flickr
• Use Flickr as another way to share (with links to digital library or website)
University of Delaware
• Use Flickr as a way to invite contributions
Boston Swan Boats
Contribution Projects
• Picture Australia – Uses Flickr as a way to encourage sharing of images
• BBC Memory Share – Project to collect movies of the past, oral history
Map It
• Think geographically
• Geocoding – Longitude and latitude
• How about the address?
• New York City Photo Map – A Google map from Shorpy
• Google Maps Google Earth
Google Earth
• 3D Globe : Fly around the world
• Download free program
• Google Earth Gallery – A collection of some of the best KML files
• Phillis Wheatley -- Combines map data with images and text (by LuciaM)
Ideas from Social Sites
Make it easy for people to save and share
• Bookmarkable links
• Code for embedding images
• Badges and other tools
• Multiple RSS feeds
• Widgets, gadgets, plugins, apps
Encourage Participation
• Encourage users to share their own photographs, home movies, memories, and more…even though it means giving up some control
• Encourage people to use your material and create new tools…even though it means giving up some control