Presentation to Open GLAM México, 6 September 2018, Mexico City. This event linked numerous institutions to encourage dialogue around the Open GLAM movement and was jointly organised by the Ministry of Culture, the National Institute of Fine Arts, the Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico and Wikimedia México.
The aims of Open GLAM México were:
• Socialise good practices and policies generated by GLAM institutions to distribute data and digital objects, in national and international context.
• Promote the opening of digital collections in public and private institutions in Mexico.
• Establish an open dialogue on copyright issues focused on the use, reuse and appropriation of digital collections of cultural heritage.
1. EUROPEANA AT 10
Insights from our first decade
Douglas McCarthy | Open GLAM México| 6 September 2018
Illustration from Antiquities of Mexico (detail), 1831
Wellcome Collection CC BY
2. What I’ll talk about today
• Introduction
• Topics
1. Networks & Communities
2. Data & Rights Standards
3. Europeana Collections
4. Engaging with Editorial
5. The Power of Open Access
• Q&A
Europeana
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3. • A non-profit foundation based in The Hague, Netherlands (2008)
• Europeana Network Association - community of 1000+ digital
heritage and tech experts
• Adding value to the hard work of museums, galleries, libraries and
archives in Europe by bringing this to European audiences
Our shared mission:
Expand and improve access to Europe's digital cultural heritage
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4. 1. Networks & Communities
http://pro.europeana.eu/our-network/about-our-network
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9. Title here
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Our data landscape
● Europeana collects metadata under a
CC0 licence and links to digital objects
as part of the metadata
● We encourage institutions to provide
metadata in Europeana Data Model
(EDM)
● Data is enriched with open, multilingual
and technically available metadata -
more to come later
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10. Our network of data partners
● National and domain aggregators:
Gathering metadata for institutions
for countries and on specific
domains (e.g. music, archaeology),
making it available for Europeana
● Europeana data providers:
Cultural heritage institutions
providing content and metadata to
Europeana
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17. Europeana Collections: goals
Moses with the tablets of Law and History (detail)
Rijksmuseum. Public Domain.
● Enable and inspire users to
discover content
● Stimulate use and re-use
● Encourage partner engagement
on our platform and elsewhere
● Promote open content
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28. Europeana
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● Mostly open access content
● Record visitor numbers - 30,000+ in first two months
● Building on popularity and relevance of Europeana 1914-1918
● Connects with centenary tour of events related to WW1 in 2018
31. Art Nouveau season (2017)
Sunflower, 1896. Eugene Grasset and C.A. Bourgeot
Schola Graphidis Art Collection. Hungarian University of Fine Arts. CC BY-SA
● Art Nouveau - A Universal Style
● 10 partner blogs
● DailyArt: 4 guest blogs, 4 app
images
● 20+ Pinterest boards
● Colouring book
● #ArtNouveauSeason
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32. Wikidata: Europeana
Art History Challenge (2016)
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● In the beginning - 472
articles across 39
languages (average 12 per
language)
● Now: over 1,300 articles
(average 34 per language)
● Largest ever GLAM-wiki
competition
33. Europeana
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Collections Days
● Topic-focused
● Hosted by community partners
● Social and fun
● Capturing personal stories
● Connecting people with heritage
● Mobile and scalable
37. Europeana
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An initiative run by Open Knowledge that promotes free and open
access to digital cultural heritage held by Galleries, Libraries,
Archives and Museums.
39. In conclusion
● Connect and collaborate
● Adopt shared standards
● Be as open as you can
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‘The internet presents cultural heritage institutions with an
unprecedented opportunity to engage global audiences
and make their collections more discoverable and
connected than ever, allowing users not only to enjoy the
riches of the world’s memory institutions, but also to
contribute, participate and share.’
OpenGLAM Principles v.1.0
40. Let’s stay
in touch
E: douglas.mccarthy@europeana.eu
@CultureDoug
douglaskmccarthy
linkedin.com/in/douglaskmccarthy
Cy + Relics, Rome, 1952
Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Public Domain
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