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Linking our collections – �aiding discovery through Europeana�Europeana AGM�9 November 2016

James Morley

Data Developer, Imperial War Museums�@jamesinealing

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What can data providers get back, �for themselves and for their users?

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How can we use the data that Europeana delivers?

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Hollerith machine, used to collate information. © IWM (D 18860)

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Can we build something better using Europeana technology?

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TANK DESIGN EXPERIMENTS. Light "D" one star type. © IWM (Q 14672)

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Can we help discover what else is out there?

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Sending out a signal, watching for a reply. © IWM (A 3983)

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What do our users want?

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Looking in the window of a shop to see what is available this week. © IWM (D 2372)

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What is out there already?

Stand alone discovery services�

Enriched collections search�

Tools

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What other approaches might be possible?��

    • How about bringing it down to the object level?

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    • And making it an integral rather than additional part �of a user’s experience?

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    • @jilcos “placing the content where the users are”
    • @dancohen the long tail and discovering things across collections and disciplines

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What are the limitations?��

Metadata / linked data

      • Refined metadata is essential to ensure meaningful results

Technology

      • A browser plugin will have limited use, but the same technology could be applied within a collection and reach everyone

Attitude

      • Institutions need to have an open mind about displaying other provider’s results, and sending their users elsewhere!

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James Morley�Imperial War Museums�jmorley@iwm.org.uk @jamesinealing

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A truck of revelers passing through the Strand, London, 8 May 1945. © IWM ( HU 41808)

Demonstrator: �bit.ly/more4eu