collections cubed: into the third dimension

Collections Cubed

Into the Third DimensionRichard J. Urban – School of Information – Florida State University

#collections3D

DigitizeAll thethings

DigitizeAll thethings*» but only in 2 dimensions

Cost and availability of 3D 1

1 (Hess, 2015)

Survey Method

» Qualtrics survey

» Distributed to community listservs and social media

» Museum-L, MCN-L, AAM Media & Technology, iDigBio, Museums & the Web, SPNCH, etc.

» Primarily focused on North America (but received a few responses from UK)

Organization Type (n=48)

Limitations» Small number of respondents

» Significant survey fatigue (of more than 100 starts only 48 useful responses, 13 completed surveys)

» few art or historical museums

Organization Size

(Staff n=38) (Budget n=36)

Motivations» Research documentation

» Conservation concerns

» Public access to collections

» Education & Outreach activities

Focus of digitization efforts(by number of objects)

3D Digitization Method (n=28)

Software Used (n=28)

File Formats (n=28)

Briefly describe your 3D digitization workflow:

It'sComplicated

Access (n=20)

» Ad-hoc access via researcher requests

» some use of existing content systems (ContentDM, WordPress, etc.)

» Lack of support of OpenGL

» curiously no mentions of Thingiverse or other 3D social sites

Metadata (n=14)

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Intellectual Property (n=16)

Access to 3D Printers (n=15)

evaluation» Most respondents don't have a solid

evaluation plan in place.

» some web analytics tracking use of materials

» no formal educational evaluation

» some pilot studies working with educators

Challenges» Institutional support

» Unknown value proposition

» Most projects relying on soft grant money

» Staffing

» Hard to find people with 3D expertice or experience

Challenges» Rapidly evolving technical environments

» No long-term digital preservation

» Hardware/software changing quickly

» Lack of best-practice guidelines

» Evaluation?

» How are 3D collections being used?

» How can evaluation help grow support/value?

Richard J. UrbanSchool of InformationFlorida State [email protected] - @musebrarian

Photogrammetry

Laser Scanning

Computer Aided Design (CAD) 2

2 http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/IndArch3D

Structured Light

Computed Tomography (CT)

Contact Scanning

Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)

File Formats