providing an avalanche of data getting our data on the web scott williams oct 12, 2011
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Providing an
Avalanche of Data
GETTING OUR DATA ON THE WEB
Scott WilliamsOct 12, 2011
Determine what records to publish
Ingest images
Build penn.musuem/collections
WHAT DO WE DO WITH IMU?
Be Open
ONLINE COLLECTIONS MISSION
CatalogMultimediaAccession LotsEvents
WHERE DO WE MAKE DETERMINATIONS?
No manual security override
Department
Collection Type
Current Valid Location
Identified as culturally sensitive (e.g. human remains)
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA?
WHY DO IT THIS WAY?
Speed
Consistency Flexibility
Dey took ur jebs!
A computer can do it better
NITTY GRITTY
HOW MANY RECORDS DO WE PUBLISH?
300,000records
HOW MANY RECORDS DO WE PUBLISH?
700,000objects
IMAGES
ImagesLots of
IMAGES
IMAGES
IMAGES
Determine which EMu record(s) the images should be attached to
STEP 1A
Create a shell record
STEP 1B
Attach shell record to existing Catalog record
STEP 1C
Create the standard image import CSV file and use the Import tool
STEP 2
Three days 25,000 images
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
IMAGES
Enjoy
EMu!
Now with
100% more
image
Use existing embedded image metadata
Image import using the API, please?
Web based interface for adding images?
IMAGES + API + FUTURE
DONE
PHP iMu API
Search Across Multiple Emu Fields
Coming in December 2011
PENN.MUSEUM/COLLECTIONS