I don't know of anyone within my organisation that uses it or Culture Grid to search for museum objects or art works. The problem is that it still only contains so few datasets. Most people will always try Google first.
Whilst we're talking about Europeana please could Phil Purdey update the group on progress with getting Culture Grid records into Europeana?
Linda
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mia
Sent: 22 January 2011 14:50
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Subject: Re: Does Europeana make you think culture?
On 22 January 2011 10:41, Linda Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Do you have any research to say how many museum, library and archive
> professionals know about Europeana, let alone how many use it?
>
> My own gut feeling is that there are very few people outside of those
> actually working on getting their data onto Culture Grid / Europeana
> that know about the site.
I know the mainstream news items about it at the time of launch
reached some art historians and academics, but I don't know whether
they've gone back to use it since. I still get occasional emails from
people telling me about this cool new site they've found (bless).
I'm not sure how datasets become embedded in research practice -
visibility in Google and listings in library catalogues/websites is
probably a good place to start.
Cheers, Mia
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