We increasingly engage in projects where we are asked to accommodate multiple collections, sites, and institutions into the planning, data modeling, and overall user experience. And we see a trend where grant funders actively encourage collaborations, so these kinds of digital projects may become common. It is important to think beyond the typical patterns of grouping sets of objects into institution-specific views, or presenting a mash-up as if it is just one big collection. As we think about collaborations involving online collections, we have identified human-centered user experience considerations and requirements to share with the community.
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Photo
of
addiHonal
presenter
here
(in
grayscale)
INFORMATION
ARCHITECTURE
&
DESIGN
Understand models that
make informa6on 6ck to
help people get things done.
Duane
Degler
Photo
of
addiHonal
presenter
here
(in
grayscale)
USER
EXPERIENCE
DESIGN
&
STRATEGY
Specializing in the user-‐
centered design of rich
informa6on sites &
applica6ons.
Lesley
Humphreys
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● Desired
by
your
insHtuHons
● Desired
by
your
funders
● For
example…
2016
IMLS
/
NEH
iniHaHve
MulH-‐InsHtuHon
CollaboraHon
?
“…an interrelated set of activities forming a decentralized
ecosystem can unite memory institutions in pursuing a
shared strategy.”
Page 5, IMLS Focus Summary Report: National Digital Platform, 4.28.2015 http://bit.ly/imlsplatform
“…Under this new partnership, we are encouraging applications
that involve innovative collaborations between museum or
library professionals and humanities professionals…”
NEH news announcement: Digital Humanities Advancement Grants, 7.21.2016 http://bit.ly/nehgrants
3
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● Broaden
exploraHon
● SupporHng
scholars,
serendipity,
synthesis
● Topical
collaboraHons
● EducaHon,
exhibiHons,
engagement
● Enable
sharing
and
reuse
● Foster
flexibility,
creaHvity,
open
access
Some
MoHvaHons
for
MulH-‐InsHtuHon
CollaboraHons
one-‐offs
4
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● Establish
goals
● Understand
collaboraHve
content/data
● Design
for
collaboraHons
and
heterogeneous
materials
● Sustain
collaboraHons
and
outcomes
Approach
5
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Understand
content
/
data
Design
for
collaboraHon
Sustain
outcomes
Broaden
exploraHon
Establish
goals
Topical
collaboraHon
Enable
sharing
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u Facilitate consensus and commitment
u Discover user needs
u Elicit limita6ons early
ESTABLISHING
GOALS
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Facilitate
Consensus
and
Commitment
8
GOALS
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● Partner
commitment
● Data
collaborator
commitment
● Formal
execuHve
commitment
● Establish
a
Charter
/
MOU
(Memorandum
of
Understanding)
● Create
materials
to
be
shared
with
execs
● Feedback
loops
Facilitate
Consensus
and
Commitment
9
GOALS
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● Everyone
on
the
project
should
be
involved
● MulH-‐faceted
approach
● IdenHfy
candidate
user
profiles
/
scenarios
–
and
validate
them
● Protocols
for
different
venues,
users,
facilitators
● Individual
&
group
interacHons,
in-‐person
and
remote
● Use
your
“proxies”
for
addiHonal
insights
● User-‐facing
staff
are
a
wealth
of
insights
and
validaHons
Discover
User
Needs
10
GOALS
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Discover
User
Needs
11
GOALS
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● Other
iniHaHves?
● Other
demands
on
key
staff?
● Quality
and
availability
of
informaHon?
● Requirements
for
“complete”
or
“good
enough”
data
● Rights
and
licenses?
● Images,
thumbnails,
content,
data…
Elicit
LimitaHons
Early
–
avoiding
‘gotchas’
12
GOALS
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Understand
content
/
data
Design
for
collaboraHon
Sustain
outcomes
Broaden
exploraHon
Establish
goals
AcHve
facilitaHon
with
users,
stakeholders
Topical
collaboraHon
Enable
sharing/reuse
Surface
common
language
and
unique
perspecHves
Explore
what
people
want
to
achieve
with
your
content
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u Playing well together
u Harmonizing and modernizing data
u Reconcilia6on
UNDERSTANDING
CONTENT
/
DATA
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● Collaborate
on
content/data
inventory
● Collect
sufficient
examples
to
understand
the
range
Playing
Well
Together
15
CONTENT
/
DATA
American
Art
CollaboraHve,
summer
2016
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Harmonizing
and
Modernizing
Data
16
CONTENT
/
DATA
Prepare,
Export
Data
Models
Ontologies
Map
/
Transform
SPARQL
RDF
Triple
Store
JSON-‐LD
EnHty
Docs
API
Query
Library
Applets
Pre-‐rendered
HTML
ApplicaHon
Future
ApplicaHons
Reconcile
EnHHes
Vocabs
Inferencing
American
Art
CollaboraHve
working
model,
draj,
7.2016
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Museum
Linked
Data
provenance
modeling
ArtTracks.
Carnegie
Museums,
Smithsonian
Freer|Sackler,
Yale
Center
for
BriHsh
Art,
Geoy
Research
InsHtute.
hop://museumprovenance.org
Early
concepts
Model
presented
10.2016
Harmonizing
and
Modernizing
Data
17
CONTENT
/
DATA
American
Art
CollaboraHve
data
review
tool
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When
each
insHtuHon
is
talking
about…
● A
person
● An
insHtuHon
● An
artwork
● A
locaHon
● A
subject
● A
Hme
period
…
Are
they
talking
about
the
same
thing?
ReconciliaHon
18
CONTENT
/
DATA
<sameAs>
<sameAs>
<sameAs>
Ben
Franklin
Author
Statesman
Inventor
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ReconciliaHon
19
CONTENT
/
DATA
Linked
Data
Snowball,
or
Why
We
Need
ReconciliaFon
(4.2016)
Rob
Sanderson,
Senior
SemanHc
Architect,
J.
Paul
Geoy
Trust,
for
AAC
ReconciliaHon
MeeHng
hop://www.slideshare.net/azaroth42/linked-‐data-‐snowball-‐or-‐why-‐we-‐need-‐reconciliaHon
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Understand
content
/
data
Design
for
collaboraHon
Sustain
outcomes
Broaden
exploraHon
Establish
goals
Topical
collaboraHon
Enable
sharing/reuse
Capture
interpreHve
relaHonships
Use
external
vocabularies
to
align
topics/themes
Consider
mulHple
uses,
focus
on
rights
alignment
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u Mee6ng expecta6ons, reaching beyond
u The whole > The parts
u Flexibility
DESIGNING
FOR
COLLABORATIONS
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Serendipity
and
Insights
(federated
collecFon
browsing)
22
DESIGN
American
Art
Collabora2ve
iniHal
design
concepts
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Find
Synthesis
(educaFon
concept)
24
DESIGN
Results
for
Benjamin
Franklin
534
results
total
Social
Studies
Videos
2
Internal
12
External
Ac2vity
Guides
1
Internal
8
External
Texts
11
Internal
74
External
Visuals
8
Internal
59
External
Subject:
All
Available
online
Available
in
school
district
See
details
My
Lesson
Plans
Benjamin
Franklin:
A
Great
Thinker
Math
• Worksheet
Science
• On
seasonal
Hme
(Hudson)
• Electricity
Worksheet
Civics
•
Social
Studies
•
Culture
• Vie
de
Franklin,
écrite
par
lui-‐même
-‐
Tome
I
(French)
• Vie
de
Benjamin
Franklin,
écrite
par
lui-‐
même
-‐
Tome
II
(French)
Culture
(57)
Culture
Grade
Level:
6-‐12
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Subjects
Vocabulary
RelaHonships
(subject
alignment
for
collaboraFon)
25
DESIGN
ClassificaHon
of
an
Object
About-‐ness
Depicts
(primary)
Depicts
(background)
Texas
Coastal
Bend
Collec2on
metadata
subject
architecture
Topics
OrientaHon
/
nav
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Vocabulary
RelaHonships
(subject
alignment
for
collaboraFon)
26
DESIGN
Group
of
Subjects
Group
of
Subjects
Texas
Coastal
Bend
Collec2on
metadata
subject
architecture
External
Vocabularies
External
Collaborators
Themes
Topics
Sub-‐Topics
Subjects
Term
Term
.
.
.
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Understand
content
/
data
Design
for
collaboraHon
Sustain
outcomes
Broaden
exploraHon
Establish
goals
Topical
collaboraHon
Enable
sharing/reuse
Create
experiences
for
serendipity,
synthesis
Expose
richer
themes,
heterogeneous
content
Enable
people
to
conveniently
save,
use
informaHon
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u Planning for change
u Extending collabora6ons
u Sharing standards and insights
SUSTAINABILITY
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● Things
change
● ReaoribuHons,
enhancements,
new
models/data
structures
● More
stuff
● Changes
in
the
amount
of
content
over
Hme
affects
user
experience
● Different
types
of
content
added
over
Hme
affects
awareness
of
value
- E.g.
digiHzed
archival
content,
user-‐contribuHons,
transcripHons…
● More
richness
● Increasing
refinement
of
relaFonships
between
content
–
cross-‐linking
Plan
for
Change
29
SUSTAINABILITY
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Plan
for
Change
30
SUSTAINABILITY
…with
Open
Access
and
Linked
Open
Data…
You’re
making
a
commitment
to
the
community
that
your
content
and
data
will
be
available.
Persistent
URLs
are
vital
!
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Separate
data management
from
data delivery.
This helps take
legacy system changes
off the critical path.
Ecosystem
Flexible
Digital
Environments
31
SUSTAINABILITY
Translation
& Integration
Pipeline
Digital
Access
Facility
APIs,
end-
points
Identity
Mgmt
=systemsofrecord
Rights Mgmt
Content &
Asset
Management
Data
History
Store
Common
Graph Store Application
Layer
Data
managing
applications
End user
(internal &
external)
applications
Sources
Layer
Infrastructure,
data storage,
legacy
applications
External
data
sources
Models, Vocabs
Relationship
Manager
CollaborationwithBalboaPark“LostinBalboaPark”http://libp.bpoc.org/technology
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● Be
prepared
to
communicate!
● Help
“shorten
the
on-‐ramp”
● Insights
and
shared
models
for
Linked
Open
Data,
common
ontologies,
vocabularies
● Processes
and
lessons
learned
Share
Standards
and
Insights
32
SUSTAINABILITY
Some
resources
menHoned
in
this
talk:
American
Art
CollaboraHve
hop://americanartcollaboraHve.org
Museum
Provenance
/
ArtTracks
hop://museumprovenance.org
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Enhancement
Ecosystem
33
SUSTAINABILITY
Manage
Legacy
content
Taxonomy
• -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
• -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
• -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
• -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
• -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
Extract
&
Index
Review
&
Assess
Use
Crawl
Track
Annotate
Link
Tag
Collaborate
Enhance
&
Validate
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Understand
content
/
data
Design
for
collaboraHon
Sustain
outcomes
Broaden
exploraHon
Establish
goals
Topical
collaboraHon
Separate
data
management
from
delivery
ConHnually
improve
data
and
access
Listen
to
user
feedback
to
refine
alignment,
delivery
Enable
sharing/reuse
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Understand
content
/
data
Design
for
collaboraHon
Sustain
outcomes
Broaden
exploraHon
Establish
goals
AcHve
facilitaHon
with
users,
stakeholders
Topical
collaboraHon
Enable
sharing/reuse
Surface
common
language
and
unique
perspecHves
Explore
what
people
want
to
achieve
with
your
content
Capture
interpreHve
relaHonships
Use
external
vocabularies
to
align
topics/themes
Consider
mulHple
uses,
focus
on
rights
alignment
Create
experiences
for
serendipity,
synthesis
Expose
richer
themes,
heterogeneous
content
Enable
people
to
conveniently
save,
use
informaHon
Separate
data
management
from
delivery
ConHnually
improve
data
and
access
Listen
to
user
feedback
to
refine
alignment,
delivery