connecting collections, march 2010. jason webber, exploring 20th century london: delivering an...
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A presentation by Jason Webber, Web Manager at the Museum of London, given at the Connecting Collections event, 5 March 2010, BT Centre, London.TRANSCRIPT
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Exploring 20th Century London
Delivering an Online Partnership Project
Jason WebberWeb Manager
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Why would you ever do an online partnership project?
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Problems, problems, problems•Different Collections Management Systems
•Different data standards and structures
•Who or where do you host the site?
•Who has the final say?
•Different goals and priorities
•Different levels of expertise
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It’s not all bad is it?
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Reasons to get together
• More people means more resources• Great for users – One place to look for
stuff• Marketing can be pooled and focused• Sharing of ideas• Sharing of skills• Cost savings• Attractive to funders
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Maybe it’s good to co-operate
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So what about the Exploring 20th Century London site?
Aims:• Increase public understanding of
20th century London• Extend knowledge of 20th century
collections
Launched in 2006 with 4 partners and 6000 objects. Now has 17 partners and 9300 objects online.
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How does it work?
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How do you get up to 17 different datasets into 1
• Decide what information you will want or need on the website (a workshop is a good idea)
• Define the ‘mandatory’ fields• The rest can be ‘optional’
This is now your working schema for the destination website
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Exploring ‘schema’ID Number M <dc:identifier>
Object Name M <dc:title>
Title <dc:title>
Description M <dc:description>
Maker <dc:creator>
Date <dcterms:temporal>
Holding institution M <dc:publisher>
Thumbnail M <dc:identifier>
Materials <e20cl:material>
Size <e20cl:size>
Copyright Holder M <dcterms:rightsHolder>
Credit Line <e20cl:creditLine >
License M <dcterms:license>
Type of resource M <dc:type>
Related Person <e20cl:relatedPerson>
Related Organisation <e20cl:relatedOrganisation>
Related Subject <e20cl:relatedSubject>
Related Event <e20cl:relatedEvent>
Related Theme M <dc:subject>
Related Place M <dcterms:spatial>
Related object <dcterms:isPartOf>
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But everybody’s field names are different!!
“I say producer, you say maker”
The solution: A ‘transformation script’
Now we are all talking the same language!
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Where do we send our records?
• Every partner gets an ‘Upload tool’
• The records are sent via an open API to the ‘Culture Grid’
• These can then be harvested and used by Exploring
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So what about copyright?
• Ownership and copyright of the images never leaves the partner that gave them
• Captions and text use a Creative Commons licence
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How does the partnership work?
• Central project team (1 full time and 2 part-time)
• Communicate virtually or email• Facilitated annual workshop and
strategy discussion
It’s great to meet, share ideas, network and have a shared purpose
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A bed of roses?
It is important to establish:
• How does the partnership make decisions?
• Who are the stakeholders and what is the sign-off structure?
• Once it’s live, who maintains the site?• How will the project be sustained in the
future?• How will you integrate new partners?
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Is it worth it?
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Of course!
• Objects go online that would otherwise not be seen.
• Skills are developed that can be re-used• The public get to use a fantastic joined up
resource on London’s 20th century history, all in one place.
• The project has produced something far better and more comprehensive than any of the individual partners could.
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Better and more comprehensive than any one
institution could have produced.
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Contact
Jason [email protected]
www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk
www.talesoflondon.org.uk
Twitter: @Exploring20CLdn