Sept 24, 2014

1. AMERICAN ART
COLLABORATIVE
KICKOFF MEETING
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

2. MEETING AGENDA
I. Welcome and Introductions
I. Consultants
II. Advisors
III. Members
II. Member Survey Results
III. Objectives & Timeframe for Planning Grant
IV. Upcoming Educational Briefings

3. I. INTRODUCTIONS
CONSULTANTS
• Eleanor Fink
• Design for Context
• Duane Degler
• Neal Johnson

4. I. INTRODUCTIONS
ADVISORS
• Martin Doerr, Centre for Cultural Informatics of the
Institute of Computer Science, FORTH
• Tim Finin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Craig Knoblock, Information Sciences Institute,
University of Southern California
• Robert Sanderson, Stanford University Libraries
• Thorny Staples, Research Information Services,
Smithsonian Institution

5. I. INTRODUCTIONS
• Indianapolis Museum of
Art
• National Museum of
Wildlife Art
• National Portrait Gallery
• Princeton University Art
Museum
• Smithsonian American Art
Museum
• Walters Art Gallery
MEMBERS
• Amon Carter Museum of
American Art
• Archives of American Art
• Autry National Center of the
American West
• Colby College Museum of Art
• Crystal Bridges Museum of
American Art
• Dallas Museum of Art
• Thomas Gilcrease Institute of
American History and Art

6. II. MEMBER SURVEY
RESULTS

15. III. OBJECTIVES & TIMEFRAME
FOR PLANNING GRANT
OBJECTIVES
• Increase the knowledge and understanding of LOD
among the member museums
• Develop a shared vision and collaborative agenda
for museum LOD
• Outline subsequent phases of work
• Phase 1 - Action plan for converting to LOD to create
a critical mass of American art data
• Phase 2 - Develop use cases for discovery tools and
applications to navigate across member LOD
• Draft a report & seek funding to advance the agenda

16. III. OBJECTIVES & TIMEFRAME
FOR PLANNING GRANT
EDUCATIONAL BRIEFINGS
Possible topics:
• What is linked open data (LOD)?
• Tools for converting and managing LOD
• Ontologies, especially what’s in use in the
cultural community
• Models for managing LOD: federated vs.
aggregated model
• Examples of LOD in practice

17. III. OBJECTIVES & TIMEFRAME
FOR PLANNING GRANT
WORKING GROUPS
Possible groups:
• The “O” in LOD: issues & concerns with IP
• Best practices in the archival community
• Others? (TBD)

18. III. OBJECTIVES & TIMEFRAME
FOR PLANNING GRANT
MEETINGS: ONLINE AND IN-PERSON
• Ad-hoc online meetings to define
mission/goals; discuss aspects of agenda
• Ad-hoc meeting at MCN, Dallas, November
19-22, 2014
• Early 2015 in-person meeting in
Washington, DC

19. III. OBJECTIVES & TIMEFRAME
FOR PLANNING GRANT
FUTURE PLANNING
Review of Working Documents Leading to
Grant Application to Funders

20. III. OBJECTIVES & TIMEFRAME
FOR PLANNING GRANT
TIMEFRAME
Month 1 (August): Grant received; contract consultants;
plan and prepare
Months 2-5 (September-December): Introduction,
educational briefings, online discussion, working groups
Month 4 (November): Ad-hoc MCN meeting
Month 6 (January): In-person meeting in Washington, DC
Months 7-8 (February-March): Draft and review of AAC
agenda
Month 9 (April): Apply to Mellon for next Phase of Work

21. IV. UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL
BRIEFINGS
September 30, Noon-1pm (EST)
Introduction to LOD and LOD tool sets
Speaker: Pedro Szekeley
TBD (October)
Introduction to ontologies & CIDOC-CRM
Speaker: Stephen Stead