eexperts and laymen

6-7 December 2011 - Ghent - New Technologies for New Audiences

Experts and Non-expertsHarry van Vliet - Utrecht University of Applied Sciences

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Illusions rule! Illusions rule!

“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all

the new networks that are arising.”

“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all

the new networks that are arising.”

“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all

the new networks that are arising.”

“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all

the new networks that are arising.”

1896, Erbs1896, Erbs

“Adding a computer to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with a computer”

Mintz, 1998

“Adding a computer to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with a computer”

Mintz, 1998

“Adding social media to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with social media”

van Vliet, 2011

“Adding social media to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with social media”

van Vliet, 2011

The relationship between museums

and visitors changed due to the

influence of technological developments

such as the Internet and mobile

services this last decade.

The relationship between museums

and visitors changed due to the

influence of technological developments

such as the Internet and mobile

services this last decade.

http://www.leocaillard.com

There are a lot of objects in depots hidden for

the general public

There are a lot of objects in depots hidden for

the general public

Still in a digitization process: about 4 out of 10

objects is digitised

Still in a digitization process: about 4 out of 10

objects is digitised

Department Modern Art

Title The Innocent Eye Test

Classification Paintings

Artist Mark Tansey, American, born 1949

Date Label 1981

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions 78 x 120 in. (198.1 x 304.8 cm)

Credit Line Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles

Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1988

Accession 1988.183

Department Modern Art

Title The Innocent Eye Test

Classification Paintings

Artist Mark Tansey, American, born 1949

Date Label 1981

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions 78 x 120 in. (198.1 x 304.8 cm)

Credit Line Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles

Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1988

Accession 1988.183

Tagging entails assigning labels and/or keywords to a

specific item.

E.g. the word ‘beautiful’ or ‘Cow’

Tagging entails assigning labels and/or keywords to a

specific item.

E.g. the word ‘beautiful’ or ‘Cow’

What the institutions say:

1. On average 66% of all

photos are tagged

2. On average 46% of all

photos have a comment

3. On average 19% of all

photos have notes

4. 1 institute out of 26 had

more than a million views

(4%)

What the data tells us:

1. it is 97%

2. it is 41%

3. It is 8%

4. It is 19 out of 56 (34%)

31%

69%

5

15

Tags Top 20Contribution

57%

89%

What are people REALLY doing?What are people REALLY doing?

Do experts add more tags than laymen?

Do experts add more unique tags than laymen?

Do experts use different kind of tags?

Do experts use different words compared to laymen?

Do experts add tags containing more information?

Do laymen add tags which are suitable for the retrievability of

objects?

Bringing the past to the present in

Greenland

Bringing the past to the present in

Greenland

THANK YOU!

Harry van Vliet

Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands)

Faculty of Communication and Journalism

Research group Crossmedia Business

Room 0S142 / Crossmedialab

harry.vanvliet@hu.nl

www.crossmedialab.nl

www.museumkompas.nl