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An overview of the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database digital collection, presented for the Knitting Heritage Museum: Work In Progress symposium in Madison, Wisconsin on November 9, 2012.
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Building a Shared Digital CollectionA Case Study
Emily PfotenhauerProgram Manager, Wisconsin Heritage OnlineKnitting Heritage Museum: A Work In Progress
November 9, 2012Madison, Wisconsin
1,171 objects 55 collectionshttp://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/wda
http://www.digitalforsyth.org/photos/12827
Mineral Point Historical Society
Developing a collaborative digital collection
• Define parameters• Locate materials• Digital imaging• Metadata• Build and maintain
relationships with partners, public
Defining collection parameters
• Revisit often• Remain flexible
Marathon County Historical Society
Locating materials• Fieldwork• Formal partnerships• Crowdsourcing
Quilt Index quiltindex.org
History Pin historypin.com
Object photography
• Determine balance of quality v. quantity
Metadata = information about stuff
Controlled vocabularies
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurushttp://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/
Structured, standardized metadata makes stuff . . .
• Searchable and sortable• Interoperable and shareable
http://dp.la
• Understandable in new ways– Maps, charts, timelines
• Viewshare• Google Fusion tables• Timeline JS
Partner relations• Share the credit• Be generous with
links
flickr.com/photos/wisconsindecarts
wisconsinobject.wordpress.com
Broadcastwe do they consume
The broadcast idiom is the traditional 20th century way museums accomplish our
jobs in society
“Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts”Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy
Smithsonian Institution
Participation is how most people live online now
• We share our “status,” our opinions, our “likes,” our ratings, our photos, our videos
• We “curate” and share collections and lists • We join virtual groups and circles and play
games with strangers• We carry around our apps with us everywhere
Kate Theimer, archivesnext.com
Edson, “Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts”
We assume this is usin the middle,
the official museum running the show
museum
Edson, “Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts”
Hundreds, thousand, millions of connections between people with
expertise, perspective, abilities, passion, curiosity…
But these connections are the most important, the most powerful for
generating big outcomes
Edson, “Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts”
museum
Maybe the most powerfulplace for us is here
Edson, “Lego Beowulf and the Web of Hands and Hearts”
Thank you!
Emily [email protected]: @epfoten