gallery systems: emuseum network: bringing access to all
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Overview of presentation
What is eMuseum Network?
How does it work?
Current participants
Content, searching, views
Data export – TMS, LIDO, CDWA Lite
Demonstration
Future
What is eMuseum Network?
A way for museums to share information
A tool for the museum community
A way to search across museum collections from a single access point
Not just search, but a platform for sharing and collaborating
A site for the public to use! Coming soon!
How does it work?
Each participating museum is a ‘node’
One central search point, like Google
Standard (keyword) and fielded search methods
Summary of results by museums and categories
View results in List, Images, and Item views
Filter results
Jump to source website
Create personal collections
Export data: CDWA Lite, LIDO and TMS
Current Participants
Content
As of 2/1/2011, there are 1.3 million objects (most have images)
International participants
Museums, Private Collections, Artist Foundations, University Collections, etc.
Searching – Advance SearchFielded with more control
Searching – Quick Search
Quick Search – operators available
Quick Search supports Lucene query terms
Fuzzy Search: primary_title:come~
Wildcard with ?: hagedor?
Wildcard with multiple characters: k*steiner
Proximity searching: "horses tails"~10
NOT operator: "Louisa Starr Canziani" NOT watercolour
OR and Parentheses: ("Louisa Starr Canziani" OR "salvador
dali") AND "oil on“
And more…
Data Terminology Mapping
Classification and Geography fields are “broad-mapped” against a distinct set of terms.
Filtering
Select filter categories
Click “x” to remove filter
Automatically refreshes
Views – List
Link back to Institution and local URL
Description Pop-out
Sort field
Views – Images
Thumbnail Zoom
Views – Item
ITEM View
Views – Item
Display Full Image
Views – Item
Linked Data – ULAN and Freebase
Linked Data – laying the foundation
The term Linked Data refers to a set of best practices for publishing and connecting structured data on the Web.
Key technologies that support Linked Data are URIs, HTTP, and RDF.
eMuseum Network contains building blocks for providing Linked Data URIs for connecting museum data.
Source: http://linkeddata.org/faq
MyCollections
Create your own collection and work collaboratively...
Export
CDWA Lite, LIDO, TMS
Only with proper user credentials
Import into TMS and EmbARK
Import CDWA Lite into EmbARK
LIDO 1.0 XML document example produced by eMuseum Network, see: http://cidoc.icom.museum/WG_Data_Harvesting(en)(E1).xmlfor LIDO 1.0 documentation
A Look at eMuseum Network
Demo:
http://www.emuseum.net
Benefits of eMuseum Network
Improving operational efficiency – collaborating and sharing can make us more effective and efficient
Investing in the infrastructure of museums overall, not just one-by-one
Sharing our data benefits everyone
Both for work and pleasure
Other Benefits
Shared cataloguing
Collaborative / social networking approach to vocabulary development
Standardization of terminology, geography, constituents, etc.
Documentation and localization / translation will be much more accurate and timely
Future
Many more nodes
Multi-lingual user interface
Multi-lingual thesauri in search engine
New profile in development (more data, more images)
Dynamic linking of information within local collection and exhibition management systems
Virtual Gallerie
How do you get involved?
Join the eMuseum Network User’s listserv
http://listserv.gallerysystems.com/read/all_forums/
Learn how to become a member!