Presentation at the Open Knowledge Conference in Geneva. Here I talked about the importance of good quality metadata and open licenses in order to get institutions data to be found, and included some metrics.
4. Europeana’s vision and mission
Europeana is a catalyst for change in the world of cultural
heritage.
Our mission: The Europeana Foundation and its Network
create new ways for people to engage with their cultural
history, whether it’s for work, learning or pleasure.
Our vision: We believe in making cultural heritage openly
accessible in a digital way, to promote the exchange of ideas
and information. This helps us all to understand our cultural
diversity better and contributes to a thriving knowledge
economy.
5. Europe’s cultural heritage portal
29m records from 2,400
European galleries,
museums, archives and
libraries
Books, newspapers,
journals, letters, diaries,
archival papers
Paintings, maps,
drawings, photographs
Music, spoken word,
radio broadcasts
Film, newsreels,
television
Curated exhibitions
31 languages
18. Science museum London
50 Images
20.000 views Per Day (!!!)
Europeana gets 50.000 hits per day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sciencemuseum/sets/72157635
363091572/with/9660575567/
19. GLAMwiki Toolset
Make batch upload to Wikimedia Commons as easy as
possible
Include good metadata
Metrics
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_
project
21. Conclusion
Provide good quality metadata to get your material to be
found
Openly license to make the use of it as easy as possible
Open Content can massively increase your institutions
outreach – which can lead to other benefits, such as funding.
{"8":"What is the reflection and the effect of the quality of metadata on the end user experience?\nFirst, the digital object and the related metadata are the first thing the end user looks for: good quality means a good user experience\nSecondly, when the metadata is good and consistent, the user will stay longer on the europeana site and will continue to browse trough many objects and many collections. \n","9":"What is the reflection and the effect of the quality of metadata on the end user experience?\nFirst, the digital object and the related metadata are the first thing the end user looks for: good quality means a good user experience\nSecondly, when the metadata is good and consistent, the user will stay longer on the europeana site and will continue to browse trough many objects and many collections. \n","10":"What is the reflection and the effect of the quality of metadata on the end user experience?\nFirst, the digital object and the related metadata are the first thing the end user looks for: good quality means a good user experience\nSecondly, when the metadata is good and consistent, the user will stay longer on the europeana site and will continue to browse trough many objects and many collections. \n"}