uk museums and the web

Hello.

http://flickr.com/photos/baboon/405064021/

UK Museums on the Web ConferenceJune 19, 2008University of Leicester

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★ Background to The Commons

★ So far...

★ Results?

★ Joining In

★ The Future

The Beginning

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http://loc.gov



http://loc.gov

★ Over 1 million digital records

★ Looking for a “Web 2.0” partner



Why Flickr?

“A great place to be a photo.”Bob Baxley

★ Designed specifically to browse and search photographs

★ An active, engaged community with a deep connection to photography

★ An infrastructure big enough to support hosting 2.4 billion photos

★ 40 million unique visits per month

★ Available in 8 languages

It’s made of people

http://flickr.com/photos/carthorse/340434797/



The Commons is 6 months old

flickr.com/commons/

http://flickr.com/commons/



The Commons is 6 months old

flickr.com/commons/

★ Launched on January 16, 2008

★ 6 months old

http://flickr.com/commons/



What’s it for?★ To increase access to public

photography collections

★ To gather context about them

★ To share this new data

So far...

The Library of CongressLaunched with us on January 16, 2008

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2178255571/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2555448424/

The Powerhouse MuseumJoined April 7, 2008



http://flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2489654568/

The Brooklyn MuseumJoined May 28, 2008



http://flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2550569657/

Smithsonian InstitutionJoined 3 days ago! YAY!



http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliothequedetoulouse/2555543861/

Bibliothèque De Toulouse(Sneak peek at the next release)



Results?http://flickr.com/photos/ntang/21736793/

http://flickr.com/photos/ntang/21736793/

http://flickr.com/photos/ntang/21736793/

The Library of CongressLaunched January 16, 2008

★ 8,006,011 views ★ 72,713 tags

★ 5,584 comments

★ 26,386 favourites

★ 13,108 contacts

Powerhouse MuseumLaunched April 7, 2008

★ 77,480 views ★ 3,539 tags

★ 153 comments

★ 365 favourites

★ 452 contacts

Brooklyn Museum(Commons) Launched May 28, 2008

★ 1,481,121 views ★ 19,909 tags

★ 738 comments


★ 1,517 contacts

Brooklyn Museum(Commons) Launched May 28, 2008

Launch!

★ 1,481,121 views ★ 19,909 tags

★ 738 comments


★ 1,517 contacts

Smithsonian Institution Launched June 13, 2008

★ 9,757 views after 21 hours

★ 1,320 tags

★ 19 comments

★ 101 favourites

★ 102 “new friends”

But, is it any good???

http://flickr.com/photos/plamenstoev/1388635050/



http://flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163461798/



pixeljones says:James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (1850 - 1921)Speaker of the House (1911 - 1919), Missouri SenatorThis picture may be from the Democratic Convention of 1912, where Clark was initially considered a frontrunner for the Presidential nomination. By the end, though, the nomination went to Woodrow Wilson.





Harry Angstrom says:Yes, Clark actually received a MAJORITY of the votes on the first ballot. But not 2/3, which is what was required to secure the nomination.



The Library of Congress says:Thanks! We confirmed that Mayor Gaynor is the person in the photo. We'll add his full name to the source data and reload the description.




http://flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2582676666/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/10816453@N00/2569672623/http://flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2496623118/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10816453@N00/2569672623/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10816453@N00/2569672623/



Dominus Vobiscum says:Hand tinted slide - This rock cut temple was built (one of two side by side) by Ramses II, 19th dynasty, (1314-1224 B.C.) honoring the Gods Amon Re (Amun Re) Re Horakhte, near Aswan. In 1966 to 1968, they were cut away from the rock face in large pieces, moved to higher ground and reassembled, to save them from the rising water level, due to the Aswan Dam. The facade statues are 67 feet tall. Scale is evident by tourist standing in foreground.




phule says:From the Smithsonian's own website, to left of Einstein, with hand-in-jacket, is Albert Abraham Michelson and to the right is Robert Andrews Millikan. Tags added.





gavinowsvz says:Albert Einstein has the best hair out of all of them.



★ Transcription★ Photo format/technology★ Timeframes★ Creator name ★ Subjects: based on the image★ Things in the image that weren't in the record -

"yellow", "apple" etc★ Transcription of signs★ Commentary - "dapper"★ Humour - "UFO"★ Checking a source, cross-referenced★ Expanding context - "LA Bombing"★ Emotional responses - "Wow"★ Machine tags★ Geo★ Variants★ Non-english★ Corrections, or to other taggers

★ Historical authenticity in the Flickr context is not required

★ People say all kinds of things about the pictures

★ You can decide what comes back in to the catalogue, but not what's "right"

★ One photo can go "multi-purpose", to serve different people

Helena Zinkham, Acting Chief of the LC Prints & Photographs Catalog

The Library of Congress has updated 176 records in the Prints & Photographs catalog, “based on information provided by the Flickr Commons project, 2008”, with more to come

“The Flickr Commons project provided Smithsonian staff an excellent opportunity for collaborations between our different museums and researcher centers.”

http://smithsonianlibraries.si.edu/smithsonianlibraries/2008/06/smithsonian-lib.html



Joining In(A Quick How To)

http://flickr.com/photos/sarah1rene/493015694/



Publish

InteractFeedback

★ What?

★ When?

★ How?

★ Who?

The Catch?

$24.95

The Future

http://flickr.com/photos/blumpy/325853852/



“Women of The Commons”

pennylrichardsca says:If this is the first all-woman jury in Los Angeles, the forewoman was Nora Danforth. Other members were Florence bohan, Nina Cole, Anna Dillon, Hazel Norris, Bonna Meyers, Jane Hayes, Cora Brooks, Hattie Howard, Alice Walters, and Adeline Merry, according to the New York Times report on 12 November 1911. (They heard the case of a speeding motorcyclist.)





The Library of Congress says:Thanks for the information! We’ll look into it.



★ Grow gently

★ Continue focus on photographs, not photographs of objects (sorry)

★ “Go Local”

★ API methods, RSS

★ Searching, browsing, maps

Thank you!

George [email protected]

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All photos used are under a Creative Commons license.(Except for the ones in The Commons!)

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Common Questions

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★ Loss of revenue?

★ Loss of institutional context

★ Loss of ownership/authority

★ Staffing

★ Longevity

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