strength in numbers: complementary approaches to content on collaborative museum websites
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Strength in Numbers Complementary Approaches to
Collaborative Museum Websites Sandra Fauconnier, Project Lead, ARTtube
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Emily Lytle-Painter, Education Technologist J. Paul Getty Museum
Museums and online collaboration
• User-focused • Online video - education and storytelling
• Open data and open source software
Why collaborate? • Share financial burden
• Increase access to collection • Build new community
• Shared services
ArtBabble: A Brief History
ArtBabble artbabble.org
ARTtube: A Brief History
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen arttube.boijmans.nl
www.arttube.nl
Partnership and Management
Contract Process Open content policy
Ongoing site management
ArtBabble: Partner-driven
Quality guidelines uniqueness / expertise / depth / broader relevance /
professionalism in production / experiment / diversity
ARTtube: Editorial Guidelines
Interface and Structure
Growth to New Audiences
Proliferation of Online Educational Video
ArtBabble: Partner Control • New partner management of publishing
• Expansion of 'For Educators' • Problems with single partner management
in lieu of leadership changes
Media Partnerships www.kunstbeeld.nl
ARTtube On Stage photos CC-BY-SA Sebastiaan ter Burg
ARTtube: Slow Growth Model • Autonomy by 2015
• Infrastructural support by strong institutional partnerships to share hosting costs
• Membership model for museum partners • Services: filmmakers, archiving, expertise
Conclusions • Necessity of commitment
• Benefits of shared structure and increased access
• Expanded collaboration - beyond the web
Questions? Comments? Thank you!
Sandra Fauconnier @sanseveria
Emily Lytle-Painter @MuseumofEmily