report on the american art collaborative project

Report on theAmerican Art

Collaborative Project

A Partnership to Expose Hidden Meaning and Insights Across American Art

Information Resources via Linked Open DataMCN | NOVEMBER 5th,

2015

Shane Richey

Did the Mellon Planning Grant come before we brought the 13 museums together? Should this part go before the breakdown of the AAC museums?

Neal Johnson

The grant named many (if not all) of the original group. Had to in order to budget for travel, etc.

Neal Johnson

Did I hear Eleanor mention a total of 40K art objects?

Shane Richey

I didn't catch it, but that's not to mean that she didn't say it.

Shane Richey

I've covered all of this in the 'next steps' slide, so this slide can be deleted

http://linkeddata.org/MCN | NOVEMBER 5th, 2015

Neal Johnson

You may have wanted B&W image but there are color versions that provide some additional visual information on the different domains represented in the LD cloud. I'm easy either way.

Shane Richey

it's on the todo list.

Mellon Planning Grant

Forming the CollaborativeConvene a number of museums with holdings in American ArtLook for diversity in the participating institutions

ArtCritical mass of object records converted to linked data. Including

Archives of American ArtWhat other data might be useful?

Sargent, John Singer, Self-Portrait, 1907MCN | NOVEMBER 5th,

2015

Amon Carter Museum of American ArtJana Hill, Collection Information and Imaging Manager

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian InstitutionKaren Weiss, Supervisory Information Resources Specialist

Autry National CenterRebecca Menendez, Director, Information Services and Technology

Colby College Museum of ArtPaige Doore, Curricular Registrar

Crystal Bridges Museum of American ArtShane Richey, Digital Media Manager

Dallas Museum of Art (DMA)Shyam Oberoi, Director of Technology and Digital Media andBrian MacElhose, Collections Database Administrator

Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA)Kyle Jaebker, Director IMA LabJeremy Tubbs, Web Application Developer

Planning Grant Participants Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History

and ArtDiana Folsom, Head of Collection Digitization

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian InstitutionLinda Thrift, Head Collections Information and ResearchSue Garton, Data Administrator

National Museum of Wildlife ArtAdam Harris, Petersen Curator of Art and Research

Princeton University Art MuseumCathryn Goodwin, Manager of Collections Information

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)Rachel Allen, Deputy DirectorSara Snyder, Deputy Chief, Media & Technology Office

The Walters Art MuseumKate Blanch, Systems Manager, Data & Digital Resources

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AAC Working Session, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Feb 2014

http://americanartcollaborative.org


Educate / prepare the partnership2-days of facilitated group ideation and strategyConsensus!

The partnership is critical to success

This is gonna take some time

Need demonstration project(s), timely results

Mellon planning grant process and outcomes–––


Mellon planning grant process and outcomes–––38 use cases...prioritized by the partnersWhat defines a “critical mass” of American Art LOD?Recognize challenges around:

URL creation and management

Harmonization (aka Reconciliation) between like / related entities

“Openness”MCN | NOVEMBER 5th, 2015

Next Steps

Map data from 13 partner institutionsPrepare and publish data linked to the Linked Data cloudIntegrate emerging tools/standards (e.g., IIIF which brings images

into the equation in an LD-friendly manner)

Obtain IMLS matching grantDevelop application(s) facilitating use of the linked data

Spread the lovePublish Best Practices and Lessons LearnedDevelop open source toolsPublish via open licensing where possible

http://linkeddata.org/MCN | NOVEMBER 5th, 2015

Perspectives from an AAC partnerMotivators for participation:

An opportunity to share new content.

Elevate lesser known collection strengths.

Leverage collective energy and educational resources.

American, Mrs. Walter Clarke and Her Son Marvia H. Clarke, ca. 1840


http://art.thewalters.org/detail/3475/mrs-walter-clarke--her-son-marvia-h-clarke/


Collective Energy and Educational ResourcesExperimental development!

Try new techniques, explore new technologies, creatively extend the use of existing resources

in a low-risk environment. Deep dive into technology with

institutions who have both similar and different challenges.

Connect with humanities and technology experts who provide support and tools.

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, 1793MCN | NOVEMBER 5th,

2015



Collective Energy and Educational Resources“Linked open data is the bleeding edge of web technology,” said Sara Snyder, chief of media and technology at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which organized the consortium. “It’s not the easiest starting point for most museums, but it’s potentially more powerful than anything we’ve seen so far because of the baked-in connectedness.”“New Online Openness Lets Museums Share Works With the World.” The New York Times, October 27, 2015.


Personalizing what is learned in pursuit of improved data management and access.

Looking at (evaluating, auditing, cleaning, getting better at exporting) our own data.

Understanding interoperability and ontologies in practice.

The data model as an “information strategic plan”.

Knowledge Outcomes from Planning Phase

American, Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1840MCN | NOVEMBER 5th,

2015


Tangible Outcomes from Planning Phase

A draft mapping of “tombstone” information to the CIDOC-CRM.

Generating a structured data export (TMS/SQL → XML) that supports mapping to RDF.

Opportunity farming (IIIF)!

William Jacob Baer, Aurora, 1896MCN | NOVEMBER 5th,

2015


Report on theAmerican Art

Collaborative Project

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Neal Johnson

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Shane RicheyShane.Richey@crystalbrid

ges.org

Kate Blanchkblanch@thewalter

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