A final “what would I do” which somebody mentioned to me yesterday:

Clearer ways of reporting back to contributors the usage/impact created through having items on Europeana

I have to admit I’m not clear on exactly how this works with Europeana, but it is something that I highlight generally when talking to institutions about using web sites other than their own to host/serve/promote their materials - how do you get back the information you need on the impact created by putting the materials on the site. This may simply be about what usage stats you can get, but can be about other measures (e.g. if you host on Wikimedia commons do you see an increase in the use of your media in Wikipedia articles, if you publish on Flickr do you see tags added etc. etc.)

Owen



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On 8 Nov 2016, at 10:59, Mia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi all,

Just a quick note to thank you for your comments on and off the list! (I've been moving house so haven't had much time online, but I'll read and summarise them before the panel tomorrow).

Cheers, Mia


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On 2 November 2016 at 10:44, Mia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear MCGers,

I have a cheeky request for the list, but hopefully one that's appropriate to the history of discussion on the list and among the MCG community. I'm on a panel at the EuropeanaTech AGM2016 next week, and the topic they've set for debate is:

“Knowing what I know now, what should Europeana and DPLA do differently if they had been conceived today (and not in 2006 and 2012 respectively)?”

The question assumes the same mission (“Make Europe’s/USA’s digital heritage as widely available as possible - for work, for education, for research, for fun!”) and funding.

Given everything we've learnt (and forgotten, and learnt again) since then, *what* and *how* should Europeana and DPLA do things differently if they had a chance to start again today?

You can reply to the list or to me personally ([log in to unmask] - I don't usually use this for personal email, but then I don't usually post my email address!).

Cheers, Mia


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