[Openglam_members] Open Collections page - was Re: Doodle for next call

Thu Feb 26 16:49:21 UTC 2015

Ah yes and another idea. We could somehow incorporate the Curator's Choice
series: http://openglam.org/curators-choice/ . Perhaps as a unit on the
homepage.

All the best,

Adam.

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On 26 February 2015 at 10:40, Adam Green <adam.green at publicdomainreview.org>
wrote:

> Hi Marieke,
>
> This looks wonderful! Really coming together nicely. A few ideas I had:
>
> *1) Highlights / Examples *- I was wondering if it might be good to offer
> some kind of "highlights from the collection". One way this could work
> would be to link, where available, to works that have been featured on *The
> Public Domain Review, *e.g. National Library of Medicice:
> http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/?source=national-library-of-medicine/
> , or Rijksmuseum:
> http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/?source=rijksmuseum/  This
> could be just a simple link at the bottom if the page, or something more
> advanced pulling in actual images to a gallery.
>
> I'd definitely also like to link back to the institution's Open
> Collections page from their relevant PDR pages (or indeed somehow merge the
> two?)
>
> *2) Sort or group by license* - I think it would also definitely be good
> to sort by license (i.e. PD or CC), this would help also to distinguish
> between these two different kinds of "opening up", not just simply lumping
> it together as all just "open".
>
> *3) More concrete categorisation* - It might also be interesting to
> enable exploration by theme beyond the just tags page, e.g. some more
> concrete categorisation, with perhaps its own special page to act as a
> portal - "Science and Medicine", "Medieval Manuscripts", "Sound", etc.
>
>  Any other ideas for how you think the PDR might be able to help please
> let me know!
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Adam.
>
>
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> Adam Green
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>
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> All the best,
>
>
> Adam.
>
>
> --
>
>
> Adam Green
>
> Editor-in-Chief, The Public Domain Review <http://publicdomainreview.org/>
>
>
> @PublicDomainRev <https://twitter.com/PublicDomainRev>
>
> On 26 February 2015 at 08:29, Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>>  So something like this:
>> http://omeka.okfn.org/exhibits/show/exhibit/swiss-heritage (I've added 2
>> of the datasets)
>>
>> It might be worth thinking about if we want datasets as a separate item
>> type?
>>
>> Marieke
>>
>>
>> On 26/02/2015 13:13, Marieke Guy wrote:
>>
>> Other option is to make an exhibit of them e.g.
>> http://omeka.okfn.org/exhibits/show/5_star/pd
>>
>> All still being tested so looks a little rough around the edges.
>>
>> Marieke
>>
>> On 26/02/2015 12:58, Marieke Guy wrote:
>>
>> Hi Beat,
>>
>> Could you clarify what you mean by reproduced. To run Omeka you need to
>> have an instantiation on your server - is this what you would be after?
>>
>> We could quite easily pull your content into the current system - most of
>> the metadata already fits - we could add contact as an extra field. It
>> could then be filtered by country e.g here is a search for US collections
>> <http://omeka.okfn.org/items/browse?search=&advanced[0][element_id]=53&advanced[0][type]=is+exactly&advanced[0][terms]=US&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&geolocation-address=&geolocation-latitude=46.818188&geolocation-longitude=8.227511999999933&geolocation-radius=&submit_search=Search+for+items>
>> (all searches are contained in the url so this could be modified) or maybe
>> by geographic address or radius. This seems relatively straightforward to
>> do. Tags is another way we could do this.
>>
>> Do you have any of this info as a CSV file? I could have a go at
>> importing it.
>>
>> Marieke
>>
>> On 26/02/2015 12:40, Estermann Beat wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Marieke,
>>
>>
>>
>> Could this be reproduced on the Open Collections platform?
>>
>> http://make.opendata.ch/wiki/data:glam_ch
>>
>>
>>
>> -          Would all the information fit somehow in your data model?
>>
>> -          Would it be possible to display only datasets for Switzerland
>> (or another subset?) – only via tags? Or can you filter the display on any
>> data field?
>>
>>
>>
>> I would like to turn this inventory into a permanent one (right now it’s
>> more something attached to the hackathon).
>>
>> The present solution is not really scaleable - Dokuwiki sucks, and the
>> presentation on one single page has its limits.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Beat
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* openglam_members [mailto:openglam_members-bounces at lists.okfn.org
>> <openglam_members-bounces at lists.okfn.org>] *On Behalf Of *Marieke Guy
>> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015 12:09
>> *To:* Joris Pekel
>> *Cc:* <openglam_members at lists.okfn.org> <openglam_members at lists.okfn.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Openglam_members] Open Collections page - was Re: Doodle
>> for next call
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for reviewing Joris, really useful.
>>
>> A few comments:
>>
>>    - *Rights* - I agree that the star system doesn't work but it would
>>    be nice to have a system in place that lets us showcase the most open
>>    collections. I'm currently trying out the exhibit option so this could be a
>>    way to highlight great work. Definitely something to be discussed in the
>>    call!
>>    - *Tags* - Currently these can be managed pretty easily within the
>>    system (batch editing, searching etc.). I'm just looking into how we manage
>>    these when people contribute items - there is a plugin for this - may need
>>    some configuring. Probably the easiest way to go forward would be to agree
>>    on a set of tags from the start. These can be extended to but it would
>>    still useful to have a list up front. Maybe something to brainstorm in the
>>    call?
>>    I'd like to suggest we add the following to the list as they tie in
>>    with the Europeana Space pilots: TV, Photography, Dance, Games,
>>    HybridPublishing, Museums
>>    Some brief guidelines might be useful too e.g. capitalised, content
>>    that doesn't fit into another metadata box etc.
>>    - *Accounts* - Still looking in to this - we seem to be able to get
>>    people in but it's a bit messy. If people want to look at the back end
>>    register (through the contribute page) and then email me.
>>
>> I can't make the meeting on 4th so Lieke should be able to support any
>> discussions and pass feedback on. Agree that we need to get the basics
>> right first so will park the other ideas for later.
>>
>> I'd like to share more widely soon but think I'd prefer to wait till we
>> have some styling in place then people will also be able to share their
>> thoughts on how it looks too. Hopefully not too long now!
>>
>> Any other comments hugely appreciated.
>>
>> Marieke
>>
>>
>> On 26/02/2015 08:53, Joris Pekel wrote:
>>
>> Hi Marieke, all
>>
>>
>>
>> wow great progress! I have made some comments inline.
>>
>> Oh and while we are at it. We will be having our next call on the 4th of
>> March at 17:00 CET
>> <http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?qm=1&lid=2747891,2643743,3451190,5391959&h=2747891&date=2015-2-26&sln=17-18>.
>> I'll send out the link 5 min beforehand. Speak then!
>>
>>
>>
>> Do you think btw it is worth it to send it out to the wider list to ask
>> for feedback Marieke?
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-02-24 10:21 GMT+01:00 Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org>:
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I'm probably not going to be able to make the call as I'm away most of
>> next week but I wanted to update you on how the Open Collections page is
>> coming along.
>>
>> We now have a new site on a different server (the other was a test
>> server). There is quite a bit of content and I'm just in discussions with
>> our designer regarding the CSS and styling (to align it with the rest of
>> the OpenGLAM site).
>>
>> The site is currently at http://omeka.okfn.org/ it will be moved to
>> http://openglam.org/open-collections/ later on.
>>
>> Some areas I'd like help with:
>>
>>    - We need to think about how we deal with rights. Should this be by
>>    star ratings for PD content (e.g. http://omeka.okfn.org/items/show/89)
>>    or is there another approach? Any ideas?
>>
>>  I think stars for rights can be a bit problematic. I think we should
>> just mention the rights and link to a page that explains them (PD Mark, CC
>> BY etc.). Issue with stars is that they don't mean so much. If you are a
>> very open institution, but you just don't happen to have that much material
>> that is in the PD, does that mean you get less stars? A discussion we can
>> have is what to do with material that is in the PD, but licensed with a CC
>> BY license for example (Wellcome). Also, the 5 star system of Berners-Lee
>> is mostly applicable on metadata I think, not so much on the content
>> itself. If we look at the content with this system I think hardly any of
>> them would get 5 stars.
>>
>>
>>    -
>>    - Any thoughts on the metadata we are collecting for each item? Is
>>    there more you'd like to see? We can use Dublin core
>>    <http://omeka.org/codex/Working_with_Dublin_Core> or make up our own
>>    fields
>>
>>   I think DC is fine. Don't know if other people have thoughts?
>>
>>
>>    - I've started adding tags and you can browse these from here
>>    <http://omeka.okfn.org/items/tags?sort_field=name&sort_dir=a> - any
>>    thoughts on the type of tags we can add
>>
>>   Can we limit them and people contributing pick one? For example
>> 'castle' does not seem like the most useful one. Architecture for example
>> should be there I think. If people are missing tags they can suggest and we
>> can add. Not sure if we should add countries as tags, what do people think?
>>
>>
>>    - What should go on the search page
>>    <http://omeka.okfn.org/items/search> - is there currently too much?
>>    Should we reduce it/ restructure it?
>>
>>   I think the search only gets useful if there is really a load of
>> material up there, which is currently not the case. Also, I recently heard
>> at Europeana Tech some good talks from people who are anti-search boxes.
>> They don't guide the user at all. I much prefer to do it with proper
>> tagging so people can browse by category.
>>
>>
>>    -
>>    - We need to test the contribution
>>    <http://omeka.okfn.org/contribution> page - anyone like to have a go?
>>
>>   I created an account but it says my pw is incorrect. If I try to reset
>> it gives an error..
>>
>>
>>    - Anyone technical care to have a look at the output formats - see
>>    the bottom of a browse page (atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-json, omeka-xml,
>>    rss2). There is an API available too - note to myself to look into this.
>>    - It was suggested that we could provide information about
>>    applications making use of these open GLAM collections - any ideas on how
>>    this could be done?
>>
>>   I suggest we do this in the second phase of development. Let's get
>> this right first.
>>
>>
>>    - Also suggested that we could provide a tracking system showing
>>    which collections are also available within Wikimedia Commons and/or
>>    Europeana, DPLA, or similar - thoughts on doing this?
>>
>>   I think setting up a tracking system is a bit too much work atm.
>> Perhaps we can add a field in the contributions page where we ask 'Set
>> available in Europeana? Yes/No and the possibility to include the link.
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>> Any other comments/suggestions more than welcome.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Marieke
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> Joris
>>
>>
>> On 23/02/2015 19:48, Joris Pekel wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>>
>>
>> February has nearly ended, which means time for our next call.
>>
>> I have set up a Doodle here: http://doodle.com/p82zf584ticaczyz
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope may of you can make it!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> Joris
>>
>>
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