Hi John
This looks great fun - an interface like this has been needed for a long time.
Good luck with it.
Sarah
On 13 Jul 2015, at 12:42, John Coburn <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I thought I'd share v1 of a new collections interface Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has been working on over the past year with Newcastle Uni and Microsoft Research. It's been funded as part of Nesta's Digital R&D for the Arts programme.
It's intended to serve as a novel cross-collections interface encouraging 'non-specialist' audiences to browse and stumble across intriguing/surprising artefacts. Hopefully providing a simple and compelling search experience.
http://collectionsdivetwmuseums.org.uk
http://greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/collections/collections-search (via GNM: Hancock, one of our museums)
The system is designed to present collections in response to our current interpretation of how you use it. Ie. How engaged you are with what you're seeing. It currently exposes 32,000 records.
It is not intended to replace traditional catalogue/text search (this system is also being relaunched very soon). It should complement it and provide a simple alternative for anyone without the skills or inclination for doing this.
We're still working on a software development kit. The plan is that any museum/archive/etc who wants to use it for their collection can adopt it relatively easily. I can share more as and when for anyone interested.
Any comments/questions/bugs spotted, feel free email me away from the list!
Cheers,
John.
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