Http://www.gama-gateway.eu/

Europeana en de digitale ontsluiting van cultureel erfgoed

GAMA:

“ONE COMMON PLATFORM AS ACCESS POINT FOR FACILITATED EXPOSURE, DISCOVERY AND RETRIEVAL OF THE DIGITAL CONTENTS OF MEDIA ART ARCHIVES.”

“...TO BE HARVESTED BY EUROPEANA...”

2

Objective I

„ [...] the project will consolidate the extremely heterogeneous landscape of digital media art archives, libraries and other digital content providers for the users.“

ANNEX I ECP_2006_DILI_510029 GAMA DoW, p. 3

4

Multi disciplinary & Pan European

- 8 content providers (ARGOS, NIMK etc) - 5 technology providers (HKU, TZI, ATOS) - 6 providers of methodology, administration dissemination (UB, IN2, KW)

5

GAMA in figures

6

•8.000 artists represented•22.000 works described•2500 digitized previews•15000 generated thumbnails•8 languages•350 hours of video material•270 full length video’s•9 database adapters•1 repository•1 Interface

• Harvesting interface to Europeana OAI-PMH

„[…] projects such as GAMA are complex organisations in which companies with different cultures, approaches and interests join forces and know-how to achieve common goals.“

Annex I ECP_2006_DILI_510029 GAMA DoW, p. 38

7

Approach: workpackages & Workgroups

8

WP1 Management & AdministrationWP2 Requirements analysis (archive & users)WP3 Platform specification WP4 Analysis software integration (QBE)WP5 Portal Production (Interfaces & aggregation)WP6 EvaluationWP7 Exploitation & Sustainability

WG1 Editorial workgroup (texts)WG2 Search & Retrieval (search interfaces)WG3 Harmonisation (of artists and keywords)WG4 Vocabulary (ontologies etc.)

Threats and Opportunities I Opportunities

9

•Cooperation without competition•Funds for investments in collection•Technological support/ expertise•Providing more exposure to collections•Experiencing the workflow of a large scale project

Threats and Opportunities Perceived Threats

10

•Losing identity•Standardization•Losing influence/ rights to works•Risking conflicts with artists•Organisational overhead of public funding

Design for diversity

- Institutional objectives (archives, festivals and distributors) - Collection characteristics (full presence vs. catalogue entries) - Technical platforms & expertise - Status of digitization - Institutional rights to works

11

Design for Change

12

•Fast iterations vs. fixed specification•Emphasis on shared objectives vs. local differences•Starting with ‘small’ designs and taking it from there•Emphasis on best practices•Pragmatic solutions vs. academic discussions•Collaborative design•Organising internal and external feedback

13

STARTING: BEST PRACTICE REVIEW

14

BEST PRACTICE REVIEW WIREFRAMING BASED ON MINIMUM SET OF METADATA

15

LOOK & FEEL

16

FIRST PROTOTYPE ON MINIMUM SET OF METADATA OF ‘EARLY’ ARCHIVES

17

SECOND PROTOTYPE

18

DESIGN FOR DIFFERENCE

Great heterogenity in information:

• Full video streams• High quality• Full biographies• Author details• Full descriptions• Full media information•Harmonized artist information•Thumbnail descriptions•Keywords available•Types available

vs.Title/Author

19

DESIGN FOR DIFFERENCE II

• Full streams vs. previews• Auto generated thumbnails vs. archive selections• Archive homepages• Archive mission• Archive selections on homepage• Academic clarification of the field• Harmonization of artist names

20

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL TESTING & EVALUATION

• Performance • Usability (density of layout; identity)• Data integrity (testing adapters)• Functionality (bugs, issues)• Interpreting end-user evaluations

21

BENEFITS FOR CONTENT PROVIDERS

• International platform for collaboration•Funds for digitization•Investments in enriching original collection•Greater exposure of collection•Increase of ‘traffic’ on archives homepages•European interest in the field•Experiences gained in large scale projects•Partnerships and friendships

“All partners are committed in the exploiting the project’s results […]

GAMA is registered as a non-profit organisation, committed to extend the userbase and participating archives, Fees are providing funds for maintenance

Annex I ECP_2006_DILI_510029 GAMA DoW, p. 6 + 7

22