Dish 2011 digital curation training events

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CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

DISH, 7 December 2011DISH, 7 December 2011

Natural Europe: Natural Europe: Training NHMs curatorsTraining NHMs curators

Effie TsiflidouEffie TsiflidouGRNETGRNET

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Natural Europe project Natural Europe project

““Natural Europe: Natural History & Natural Europe: Natural History & Environmental Cultural Heritage in Environmental Cultural Heritage in European Digital Libraries for European Digital Libraries for EducationEducation””– ICT PSP programmeICT PSP programme– 3 years (October 2010-2013)3 years (October 2010-2013)

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Natural Europe projectNatural Europe project

• Connect the digital collections of European Connect the digital collections of European Natural History Museums with EuropeanaNatural History Museums with Europeana

– Through interoperable systems and metadataThrough interoperable systems and metadata

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Natural Europe projectNatural Europe project

• Study educational methods and deploy tools Study educational methods and deploy tools that allow educators to design innovative that allow educators to design innovative online pathways through the digital online pathways through the digital collections of Natural History Museumscollections of Natural History Museums

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Curators’ Summer SchoolCurators’ Summer School

• Location: Chania, GreeceLocation: Chania, Greece• Date: 29 May-3 June 2011 (6 days)Date: 29 May-3 June 2011 (6 days)• Participants: 15 NHM curatorsParticipants: 15 NHM curators• Working with Natural Europe Collection Working with Natural Europe Collection

Management Tools and analyzing curation Management Tools and analyzing curation workflowsworkflows

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Participants profileParticipants profile

• Natural history museum curatorsNatural history museum curators– Environmental & Biodiversity Scientists Environmental & Biodiversity Scientists – Biologists, geologists, botanists, ect.Biologists, geologists, botanists, ect.– Mostly working in natural history collections Mostly working in natural history collections

and science centersand science centers– Most of them have basic knowledge of Most of them have basic knowledge of

digital collectionsdigital collections

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Overview of the training eventOverview of the training event

• Introduction into the concepts of digital Introduction into the concepts of digital collections collections ((for cultural institutionsfor cultural institutions))::– Digitization practicesDigitization practices– Building digital collectionsBuilding digital collections– Describing digital cultural collections - Describing digital cultural collections -

metadatametadata– HOW TO create high quality collectionsHOW TO create high quality collections

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Overview of the training eventOverview of the training event

• Success StoriesSuccess Stories of digital collections of digital collections– Kulturpul portal, OSR digital collection..Kulturpul portal, OSR digital collection..

• Hands onHands on exercises exercises– Try to visualize “your” collectionsTry to visualize “your” collections– Publish digital content on Natural Europe Publish digital content on Natural Europe

toolstools– Design & prototype TEL for cultureDesign & prototype TEL for culture

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Try to visualize your collectionsTry to visualize your collections

• In first place curators were asked to In first place curators were asked to visualize their collectionvisualize their collection– MaterialMaterial– ServicesServices– audiencesaudiences

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Try to visualize your collectionsTry to visualize your collections

• to explore and collect material from the to explore and collect material from the ““Natural history” Natural history” of Creteof Crete

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Try to visualize your collectionsTry to visualize your collections

• Try to visualize the processes that take Try to visualize the processes that take part within your collectionspart within your collections– Why did you select that material?Why did you select that material?– How do you create a collection?How do you create a collection?– How do you organize that collection?How do you organize that collection?– Do you support digital collections?Do you support digital collections?– Ect..Ect..

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Outcomes..Outcomes..

• What did we learn?What did we learn?– Need for common policies Need for common policies – Need for digital strategiesNeed for digital strategies– Need for tools and technology, that follow Need for tools and technology, that follow

open standardsopen standards

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Being creative..Being creative..

TEL PhD students interact TEL PhD students interact with people from cultural with people from cultural heritage institutionsheritage institutions– in order to investigate the in order to investigate the

real needs of this community real needs of this community as far as education-related as far as education-related activities are concernedactivities are concerned

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Being creative..Being creative..

• Interview – data collectionInterview – data collection

• Sharing dataSharing data

• Clustering – votingClustering – voting

• PrototypingPrototyping

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Being creative..Being creative..

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

CIP ICT PSP Programme - DILI 250579 Natural Europe

Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!

Effie Tsiflidou (GRNET)Effie Tsiflidou (GRNET)effie.tsaki@gmail.com

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