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INTO THE CLOUD: NETWORKING MUSEUM INFORMATION
04.06.09
ContentsContents
Re-introducing the Collections Trust
Cultural Publishing – the last decade
Beyond your website – aggregation & syndication
What is the Cloud?
Collections Management as a Service
Semantics and Linked Data
Challenges and Opportunities
Re-introducing the Collections Trust
Cultural Publishing – the last decade
Beyond your website – aggregation & syndication
What is the Cloud?
Collections Management as a Service
Semantics and Linked Data
Challenges and Opportunities
Campaigning for the public right to access and engage with collections by:
•Promoting best practice•Encouraging innovation•Working with the sector
Campaigning for the public right to access and engage with collections by:
•Promoting best practice•Encouraging innovation•Working with the sector
Our role...Our role...
CollectionsCollections LawLaw
CommerceCommerce TechnologyTechnology
KnowledgeKnowledgeConsumersConsumersCollections
Trust
10 years in development...10 years in development...
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
10 years in development...10 years in development...
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
The transition from manual systems towards electronic documentation well advanced.
Structural and procedural standards beginning to emerge
10 years in development...10 years in development...
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Early development of museum ‘brochureware’ websites
Some innovative work presenting virtual experiences based on collections
The heyday of digitisation begins
10 years in development...10 years in development...
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Increasingly sophisticated and complex interactive websites
Collections data increasingly integrated into the user experience
Starting to blur the boundaries via federated search, RSS feeds, mobile platforms
10 years in development...10 years in development...
1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Less and less about ‘your’ website and increasingly about multi-platform, multi-channel content
Reaching a larger and non-traditional audience by syndicating content to media partners
Moving from content proliferation to content on-demand, and scalable economic models
Beyond your Website: Aggregation and SyndicationBeyond your Website: Aggregation and Syndication
The underlying principle of Content Management
Publish once, re-use many times
That re-use is no longer limited to your website
Enables us to move from being single-channel to multi-channel
BUT
You no longer control the context in which users consume your information
Puts us in the same competitive environment as publishers and broadcasters
The underlying principle of Content Management
Publish once, re-use many times
That re-use is no longer limited to your website
Enables us to move from being single-channel to multi-channel
BUT
You no longer control the context in which users consume your information
Puts us in the same competitive environment as publishers and broadcasters
Mass-market audiences
Mass-market services
Grid
Cultural databases
Sector-specific services
Sector-specific audiences
What is the Cloud?What is the Cloud?
The Internet
Your organisation
Infrastructure Storage Software
What is the Cloud?What is the Cloud?
The Internet
Your organisation
Infrastructure
Storage Software
Collections Management as a ServiceCollections Management as a Service
Based on the principle of Software as a ServiceBased on the principle of Software as a Service
Buy disk & install software
Install on a server and roll out via a network
Purchase and download software online
Access and use software via the Web
Collections Management as a Service...from this...Collections Management as a Service...from this...
Museum A Museum B Museum C Museum D Museum E
Procedures Procedures Procedures Procedures Procedures
CMS CMS CMS CMS CMS
Content Content Content Content Content
To this...To this...
Museum A Museum B Museum C Museum D Museum E
Procedures Procedures Procedures Procedures Procedures
CMS (as a hosted application)
Content Content Content Content Content
Potential benefits...Potential benefits...
Cheaper software (because of reduced support costs)
Features developed for one client can cascade to all
Smoother upgrade path & version control
Less demand for technical maintenance on the client side
Inherently interoperable systems and data
Access to shared resources such as terminology & help
Data hosted remotely & outside Local Authority domains
Cheaper software (because of reduced support costs)
Features developed for one client can cascade to all
Smoother upgrade path & version control
Less demand for technical maintenance on the client side
Inherently interoperable systems and data
Access to shared resources such as terminology & help
Data hosted remotely & outside Local Authority domains
Potential risks...Potential risks...
Perceived loss of ‘ownership’
Depends on good, consistent connectivity
Localised/individual development is harder
Local Authority firewalls
Perceived loss of ‘ownership’
Depends on good, consistent connectivity
Localised/individual development is harder
Local Authority firewalls
Semantics and Linked DataSemantics and Linked Data
The Internet is dumb about its own content
But all the information it needs is there in the web pages and PDFs
Linked data is the next evolution of metadata
Metadata is data within your system which describes your information
Linked data is data within many other systems which can describe your information
The Internet is dumb about its own content
But all the information it needs is there in the web pages and PDFs
Linked data is the next evolution of metadata
Metadata is data within your system which describes your information
Linked data is data within many other systems which can describe your information
Semantics and Linked DataSemantics and Linked Data
Your Database A record
On the 2nd June 2009, Nick Poole spoke at the KE Emu User Group meeting in Bristol
Semantics and Linked DataSemantics and Linked Data
Your Database A record
On the 2nd June 2009, Nick Poole spoke at the KE Emu User Group meeting in Bristol
A record
Events in the UK on the 2nd June 2009
•Event A•Event B•Event C
Someone else’s ‘Events’ databaseRefers to...
Enriches
Semantics and Linked DataSemantics and Linked Data
Your Database A record
On the 2nd June 2009, Nick Poole spoke at the KE Emu User Group meeting in Bristol
A record
Events in the UK on the 2nd June 2009
•Event A•Event B•Event C
Someone else’s ‘Events’ databaseRefers to...
Enriches
Collections Trust’s Website CMS
A record
Nick Poole’s Online Biography on the Collections Trust website
Semantics and Linked DataSemantics and Linked Data
Your Database A record
On the 2nd June 2009, Nick Poole spoke at the KE Emu User Group meeting in Bristol
A record
Events in the UK on the 2nd June 2009
•Event A•Event B•Event C
Someone else’s ‘Events’ databaseRefers to...
Enriches
Collections Trust’s Website CMS
A record
Nick Poole’s Online Biography on the Collections Trust website
A record
Product description of KE Emu on the KE website
KE website
ChallengesChallenges
These developments are all about the trade off between relinquishing control now in the belief that it will drive greater usage of your content in the future.
Website statistics are a blunt instrument, but at least they exist. The world of aggregation and syndication is very light on evidence.
There is a belief among funders that the value of investment in ‘digital culture’ is locked away in storage (sound familiar?). Aggregation and syndication are regarded as the way to unlock this value.
These developments always raise issues of organisational change, including lack of trust, loss of confidence, perceived loss of connection to the ‘real’ stuff.
The pace at which we have moved from ‘stock control’ to ‘content’ is faster than our ability to keep up – with the result that much of our content isn’t ready to be aggregated
These developments are all about the trade off between relinquishing control now in the belief that it will drive greater usage of your content in the future.
Website statistics are a blunt instrument, but at least they exist. The world of aggregation and syndication is very light on evidence.
There is a belief among funders that the value of investment in ‘digital culture’ is locked away in storage (sound familiar?). Aggregation and syndication are regarded as the way to unlock this value.
These developments always raise issues of organisational change, including lack of trust, loss of confidence, perceived loss of connection to the ‘real’ stuff.
The pace at which we have moved from ‘stock control’ to ‘content’ is faster than our ability to keep up – with the result that much of our content isn’t ready to be aggregated
OpportunitiesOpportunities
Reach a lot more people
Reduce the operational overhead on information creation and management
Reduce the operational overhead on maintenance and infrastructure
Open up new sources of funding and new partnerships
The potential to explore a Web 2.0 style collaborative approach to meaning
Reach a lot more people
Reduce the operational overhead on information creation and management
Reduce the operational overhead on maintenance and infrastructure
Open up new sources of funding and new partnerships
The potential to explore a Web 2.0 style collaborative approach to meaning
Shameless plug...Shameless plug...
Come and find out more about our work, the state-of-the-art in CMS development and see the KE team at Collect, the free Collections Management trade fair
Date: 26th June 2009
Venue: Commonwealth Club, London
Time: 10.00 – 16.00
Register at: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/collect
Come and find out more about our work, the state-of-the-art in CMS development and see the KE team at Collect, the free Collections Management trade fair
Date: 26th June 2009
Venue: Commonwealth Club, London
Time: 10.00 – 16.00
Register at: http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/collect
Thank you!Thank you!
Nick PooleChief ExecutiveCollections Trust
www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukhttp://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/collectiontrust (#collectionstrust)
Nick PooleChief ExecutiveCollections Trust
www.collectionstrust.org.ukwww.collectionslink.org.ukhttp://openculture.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/collectiontrust (#collectionstrust)
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