A small addition to this, related to Mike's SEO point ...
I've been looking lately at Facebook OpenGraph, Twitter Cards,
Instagram Rich Pins, and more broadly oEmbed.
An interesting strength of, for example, Europeana is that if you
share an item from there on various social platforms you will
frequently give viewers a 'richer' experience than if shared from the
original collection.
I really should write this up as a quick blog post as I for one found
it really interesting. I would speculate that this is a very positive
thing, but the big question is, does anyone have any stats that show
measurable impact?
James
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Morning.
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> I'd imagine SEO is absolutely key to this. Like, probably more key than almost anything else, given the % of traffic that comes to most sites from Google?
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> So many of the current online collections vendors are still doing horrible things with URLs...
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> Here's a randomly-picked querystring:
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> do=cf_all&qu=Collection:William%20AND%20Collection:Conte&size=25&dti=text&fi=%7B"term"%3A%7B"Dept"%3A"cm"%7D%7D
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> HTML source looks like this (numbers changed as I'm not pointing at specific examples...)
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> <title>Object CM.0000-0000 (Id:0000) </title>
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> ...also lots of collections online systems seem to require iframes, or are hosted on infrastructure external to the museum site, thereby losing all Google juice.
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> These are all horrible "just don't do it" rules: In case it's of interest: (old, but written by Google and still relevant) - the SEO starter guide:
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> http://bit.ly/LPdMCh
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> cheers
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> Mike
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> On Monday, 10 February 2014 at 10:48, Owen Stephens wrote:
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>> Thanks Anra and Rich, I'll have a look at both of these
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Owen
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>> Owen Stephens
>> Owen Stephens Consulting
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>> On 10 Feb 2014, at 10:44, Anra Kennedy <[log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])> wrote:
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>> > Hi Owen
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>> > This is really interesting - I'm running an ACE-funded project at the moment with the aim of embedding the use of digital collections content into learning and teaching for KS2&3 children and their teachers. Our project, Connecting Collections, is a partnership between Culture24, Collections Trust and Culture Street and Trinity College's Arts Award, plus a range of museums. There's an overview here: http://weareculture24.org.uk/projects/connecting-collections/
>> >
>> > A key factor in the project's success or otherwise will of course be the discoverability of the content so it'd be good to talk!
>> >
>> > All the best, Anra
>> >
>> > Anra Kennedy
>> > Content & Partnerships Director, Culture24
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>> > Direct line: 01273 623279
>> > Office line: 01273 623266
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>> > About: www.WeAreCulture24.org.uk (http://www.WeAreCulture24.org.uk)
>> > Supporting the cultural sector to reach audiences online
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>> > Enjoy: www.culture24.org.uk (http://www.culture24.org.uk)
>> > Your arts & heritage guide online
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>> > Museums at Night: www.museumsatnight.org.uk (http://www.museumsatnight.org.uk)
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>> > Culture24 is the official cultural data provider to the BBC
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>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Owen Stephens
>> > Sent: 09 February 2014 11:03
>> > To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
>> > Subject: [MCG] Cross-organisation collaborations around digital collections
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>> > I'm currently writing a web resource about improving 'discoverability' of digital collections as part of a Jisc project. The resource is meant to give small pieces of 'actionable' advice looking at a wide range of aspects - SEO, UX, metadata schemas, data formats, APIs, collaboration with others etc. etc. The things being recommended are based on looking at a range of digitisation/digital collection projects have done successfully.
>> >
>> > For each thing recommended I try to include:
>> >
>> > How it can help improve discoverability
>> > A broad idea of cost
>> > Skills/knowledge required
>> > What relevant measures of success might be Real life examples Links to more information
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>> > I'm looking for some help on one of the recommendations, which is to "Collaborate with partner organisations (e.g. schools, museums, other HE institutions) to exploit your digitised content". An example of this is how the Royal Maritime Museum and the University of Cambridge have collaborated on the Board of Longitude Archive - with Cambridge hosting the archive, and the Royal Maritime Museum contributing material, expertise and building/promoting classroom resource packs which draw on the archive materials.
>> >
>> > I'd be interested in other examples of collaborations around digital collections if anyone can supply them. However, what I'm really struggling to find is any more information I can link to that might guide institutions interested in embarking on collaborations of this type. If anyone has pointers on examples, or guides to, or papers/articles on, starting and making a success of such collaborations then I'd be very interested. Generally I'm trying to link to freely available online resources for further information.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Owen
>> >
>> >
>> > Owen Stephens
>> > Owen Stephens Consulting
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