Deborah Boyer presentation for "Case Studies IV" session at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd Joint Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

1. Deborah Boyer @debsting From Filing Cabinet to iPhone: How Collaboration and Technology Can Introduce Photo Collections to New Audiences VRA + ARLIS/NA 2011 March 26, 2011 Deborah Boyer [email_address] @debsting

2. Photo: Deb Boyer

3. Deborah Boyer @debsting Photo: Deb Boyer Photo: Deb Boyer

4. What does a visual resource archive mean to you? Photo: Deb Boyer Photo: Deb Boyer

5. Map Search Page

7. 12 th and Market Streets, 1914 Philadelphia City Archives via Philly History.org

8. Lardner’s Point Pumping Station, 1903 Philadelphia Water Department via Philly History.org

9. Opening Day, 1876 Free Library of Philadelphia via Philly History.org

10. www.phillyhistory.org Rat Receiving Station, 1914 Philadelphia City Archives via Philly History.org

11. Hexamer and Locher Plate 13B, 1860 Free Library of Philadelphia via Philly History.org

12. Each of these images is intimately tied to a location.

13. Providing a historical record -not just of a time or an event - but also of the place where the photo was taken.

17. Access to New Technology 1911 2009

18. Mobile Web App

27. Public Mash-ups "In the Hood: Between the Wars" - RRKennison Rephotographing Philadelphia

29. Our Next Innovation: Augmented Reality Created by Carissa Brittain Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this presentation or project do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Background Image from Google

31. Augmented Reality Created by Carissa Brittain Background Image from Google

32. Deborah Boyer @debsting

33. Deborah Boyer @debsting The result is a collaboration that makes seven historic collections from three institutions available to the public– all on one website.

34. Deborah Boyer @debsting From Filing Cabinet to iPhone VRA + ARLIS/NA 2011 March 26, 2011 Deborah Boyer [email_address] @debsting http://www.azavea.com/augmented-reality