DM2E Project meeting Bergen: WP4 presentation, Lieke Ploeger (OKF)

co-funded by the European Union

Work Package 4

Results of January – June 201412 June 2014

Lieke Ploeger, Open Knowledge

Objectives

• Catalyze active community around Europeana: strengthen existing networks and engaging new stakeholders

• Support a network of open metadata evangelists (OpenGLAM) for raising awareness of legal and technical best practises around open cultural data

• Enable content holders to contribute new material to Europeana (workshops, documentation)

• Facilitate collaboration between technologists in the Europeana community and end users (events, online activities, contest)

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Tasks & deliverables

3

Deliverable Delivered

D4.3 Documentation Package

D4.4 Update of Dissemination & Engagement Plan

M24

M26

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Workshop programme

4

2 April 2014, Pundit UI/UX meeting, Berlin

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→ Planning for final 6 events in 2014

• DM2E Wiki – Pundit Learning Environment– Content provider mappings– OmNom technical and user documentation– Introduction to Open Cultural Data– Full set of documentation on the DM2E model– Screencasts and video tutorials on DM2E tools– Multi-lingual, editable and annotatable

Community documentation


Community documentation

612/6/2014

• New compelling front page• New navigation system• Content rich• Clear routes for access for

information discovery• Dedicated work package pages

supplying context and access to tools and documentation

• Get involved and associate partnership “asks”

• Active blog

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Promotes and furthers free and open access to digital cultural heritage, by:

Actively maintaining an overview of Open Collections Providing documentation on the process and benefits of

opening up cultural data Publishing regular news and blog items Facilitating the OpenGLAM Working Group and Advisory

Board Organising events

Network of open metadata evangelists (OpenGLAM)

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• Working Group going global: now 16 members, including New Zealand, India and Brazil

• OpenGLAM local page added• Local group for Germany about to start (OKFest)• Minor website restyle (blog view, menu)• OpenGLAM benchmark survey• Advisory Board consultation on public domain licensing • Events:

– Talk on OpenGLAM & DM2E at EOD conference– Workshop on licensing (with Creative Commons) at ELAG2014– Sessions at OKFest around licensing of Public Domain material,

OpenGLAM benchmark survey

Main updates


Curator's Choice


Continued growth

Metric 1st Feb 2013 1st Feb 2014 1st June 2014

Twitter handle 906 2,106 2,680

Public mailing list 250 604 670

Unique visitors to site

19,101 60,408 77,216


Contest Awards

Results of first round published– Final blog posts– Final reports


Contest Awards – round 1

13

Winner 1: Bernhard Haslhofer of the University of Vienna for Maphub

Winner 2: Robyn Adams for Joined Up Early Modern Diplomacy

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Contest Awards – round 2

Second round open 30 April – 6 June– DM2E track– Open track

Currently being reviewed – work to start 1 July


• In contact with Digital Humanities departments e.g. Kings College London, UCL Centre for Editing Lives and Letters – Jointly organising Humanities Hack 2014

• Active involvement in leading Digital Humanities networks and projects e.g. DARIAH, LODLAM, Europeana Tech, MarineLives, CENDARI– DM2E Event planned at DARIAH meeting 2014

• Regular online contact with key Digital Humanities websites and mailing lists e.g. Digital Humlab– Promotion of Open Humanities Awards– Possible publication of round 1 results in DHQ

Engagement with researchers


Strengthening community around Europeana

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DM2E dissemination stats

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Number of presentations given:- in Year 2- Year 3 – first half

198

Number of Slideshare presentations uploaded:- in Year 2- Year 3 – first half

207

Number of blogs posts (across whole web platform):- in Year 2- Year 3 – first half

9538

Number of academic papers published:- in Year 2- Year 3 – first half

83

DM2E Twitter followers- end of Year 2- Year 3 – first half

400507

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Presentations / publications

18

Newsletters

Winter 2013/2014, May 2014


Next steps

• Continue to build awareness of DM2E tools amongst Digital Humanists and cultural heritage professionals;

• Winners of Contest Award round 2 start their work;• Continue to enrich and build on community documentation

(wiki) as functionality develops and associate partners produce mappings;

• Increased activity on DM2E blog• Delivery of remaining 6 events, showcasing DM2E final results


Education

DM2E Project meeting Bergen: WP4 presentation, Lieke Ploeger (OKF)