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Re: Cross-organisation collaborations around digital collections

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Hi Jude

The Horniman Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich and Museum of London are using our open-source middleware solution to provide (among other things) an API onto collections, authority data and media from MIMSY XG. It is also being used to supply data to Historypin, Google Cultural Institute and Culture Grid (to name but a few).

Please contact me off list if you would like any more information.

Cheers

Rob


-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dicken, Jude
Sent: 12 February 2014 09:45
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MCG] Cross-organisation collaborations around digital collections

Hello Andrew,

Your API-approach at V&A I find really interesting - thanks for explaining it so clearly.

I'm in the process here of designing a project for 2014/15 on how we improve delivery of our own 'collections online' through iMuseum (www.imuseum.im), key to this is making our data & images more nimble in terms of web delivery - we don't want to spend money on a re-design only to want to reconfigure it in 2yrs time as audience demand, web-style changes.  API-approach sounds like it would put us in the driving seat.  Did V&A develop their API in-house or did you (are there) developers already doing this for museums/heritage?

We use MimsyXG as our collections management system - the API just draws data from it?  (We currently use a bespoke CMS.)

Are other museums already using API to deliver their collections online?  I'd be keen to hear of them.

Our challenge is to make our collections data not only feasible through a home 'collections online' site but ready for all other online channels - we already export data to Historypin, Magnolia Box,  Your Paintings, but as data extractions.  My aim is to get our collections data appearing on Wikimedia, etc, and able to respond as quick digital pop-up themed exhibitions (fully searchable) in support of actual exhibitions.  Is API the way forward?

Cheers again Andrew - illuminating.

Jude.

Jude Dicken (Miss)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andrew Lewis
Sent: 11 February 2014 09:55
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Subject: Re: [MCG] Cross-organisation collaborations around digital collections

Hi Owen,

interesting work.

Here at the V&A, we have an API-based approach. This assumes that for digital services, the first thing you should do with content  is convert it into web-portable data. Then you build services from the data. Our main use of this is to build our web features (although not the only one, we have some digital gallery labels based on it too).
Our collections API was launched in 2008 and in 2009 we relaunched Search the Collections based on this. Although that service is not collaborative in itself, the important principle is that the front end service (managed by Digital Media) is decoupled from the back end asset management process (in this case, the collections management system updated by expert museum staff) - if you like, our collections data is "plugged in" to Search the Collections. The API is the enabling thing.
However because web service and internal data management are decoupled, the same data can be plugged into any other service as required (and we do this is in at least 5 of our own services)

So, open API exist, collaboration is, in principle fairly easy and can be rapid.  Starting with an identifiable audience need, collaboration can be simply about designing a front end service to meet that need, and that plugs in data from more than one organisation. As the Meerkat says
- simples!

This model is similar to the interesting stuff British Museum are looking at with Linked Open data in RDF. They both use a data standard (Spectrum or CIDOC CRM) and make it web accessible (in our case a structured API, in their case a SPARQL end point)

This model is good. Where a new user need is identified, you don't change the internal process or data service, just develop a new front end service. This is the model Twitter and Facebook and loads of others use.

This differs from models that require organisations to upload all their data to a central CMS. This is double entry and creates a new resource data management cost per collaboration.

So if you put all your data into collaborations such as Google Art Project or MyPaintings and so on, the decision to be made is whether you can afford to update each additional extra resource. If the end service makes it worthwhile, then it can be worth it, but the risk is that if the service is not what is required by users, then changing it means migrating data.

As usual, other musings on this strategy and other such things are on the Digital Media blog. The Digital Explorer map is the best example of a new service built on two existing data sources. In that case to address changes in user uptake of tablets and mobile devices.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/b/blog/digital-media/tablet-optimised-digital-map

Good luck. sound very interesting


Andrew Lewis
Digital Content Delivery Manager

Digital Media department
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL

020 7942 2373
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Andrew Lewis
Digital Content Delivery Manager

Digital Media department
Victoria and Albert Museum
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London SW7 2RL

020 7942 2373
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Digital Media blog: www.vam.ac.uk/digital http://linkd.in/andrewlewis @rosemarybeetle ( https://twitter.com/rosemarybeetle )



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Date:    Sun, 9 Feb 2014 21:17:08 -0800
From:    Rich Cherry <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: MCG Digest - 7 Feb 2014 to 9 Feb 2014 (#2014-30)

Owen,

You might want to chck this out:
http://www.balboapark.org/bpoc/blog/balboa-park-commons-launches-more-20000-digitized-materials-seven-san-diego-museums#.UvhglfldWSo


Rich


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> Date:    Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:02:31 +0000
> From:    Owen Stephens <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Cross-organisation collaborations around digital
collections
>
> 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
>
> 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
> Web: http://www.ostephens.com
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Telephone: 0121 288 6936
>

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