Museum Collections Management: Possibilities for Access and Use with Linked Data and Public-Facing Collections Management Systems
1. Carly Bogen Practicum: Fall 2011 Museum Collections Management: Possibilities for Access and Use with Linked Data and Public-Facing Collections Management Systems
2. Work Site: What I Did: -CollectionSpace (CMS) development -Registrar (managing physical objects and their information) -Development (grant-writing) -Strategic Planning (five-year-plan)
8. Linked open data can open up possibilities for staff, researchers, and the public to contextualize and use museum collections data.
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10. Linking Open Data cloud diagram, by Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch. http://lod-cloud.net/
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13. Linked Open Data is not "All or Nothing". Every little bit helps: (http://inkdroid.org/journal/2010/06/04/the-5-stars-of-open-linked-data).
20. This allows websites such as CultureGrid to integrate and relate their collections with others.
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22. Because the Museum is the lead institution on the CollectionSpace collections management system development project, it is in a unique position to promote linked museum data and connect it in a user-friendly manner with open-source CMS.
