The tide of available information continues to rise.The opportunities that come from open access, linked data, sharing resources with other institutions, and standards-based data are enticing - and perhaps overwhelming? Emerging design approaches help you find ways to make the most of your opportunities for new types of interactions and engagement with Information Objects. They focus on: - Exploration, serendipity, use: Rich, relevant design requires an intimate understanding of information and the way people interact with it. It's more than attractive styling - although that's important. It's about people engaging in ways that stimulate the intellect and the experience. People need to find information, use it, relate other information to it, and share it for decades to come. - Scalability, persistence, authority: Rich, relevant design also takes the long view. Understanding that the integrity of the information matters. This is increasingly important as we move toward more linked, open, and born digital cultural information. Your institution becomes a gateway to an ecosystem of artistic imagery, scholarly insights, history, perspectives, and related objects. Other people will use your information to create new interpretations and works, which then build on what you hold. Curating information may be perceived as a burden (to be made easier!), yet it is a significant opportunity to reinforce the value and authority of institutions that enhance the information ecosystem.

1. www.designforcontext.com
Duane
Degler
Principal,
Design
for
Context
duane@designforcontext.com
@ddegler
Design
Meets
Data
(Linked,
Open,
Heterogeneous)
The
LAM
(Libraries,
Archives,
Museums)
Digital
InformaDon
Ecosystem
MUSEUMS
AND
THE
WEB
5
April
2014
•
BalDmore,
MD
USA

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What
is
happening
in
cultural
insDtuDons?
• Digital
strategies
• Significant,
wide-­‐ranging
digital
iniDaDves
• Dispersing
digital
responsibiliDes
within
insDtuDons
• Open
access
• Linked
data
Open
v

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FRAMING:
The
“InformaDon
Object”
and
the
LAM
Ecosystem
(Libraries,
Archives,
Museums)

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Physical
Object
A
thing
held
in
trust
by
an
insDtuDon
• Work
of
art,
book,
arDfact,
archival
record
Informa@on
Object
The
aggregate
set
of
informaDon
in
the
insDtuDon
that
illustrates,
describes,
interprets,
or
references
a
physical
object
Images
Structured
Data
NarraDve
DescripDon
Provenance
/
History
InterpreDve
InformaDon

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Why
is
informa@on
object
cura@on
important
?
• LAMs
hold
the
physical
object
and
key
informaDon
objects
in
trust
for
society
.
.
.
in
perpetuity
• We
don’t
know
to
what
uses
something
will
be
put
.
.
.
We
only
know
it
is
significant,
and
must
be
available
• Findable
• Usable
• Shareable
• Connectable

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From:
“Designing
for
InformaDon
Objects”,
Degler
&
Johnson,
EdUI
2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/designing-­‐for-­‐informaDon-­‐objects
PARTNER
INSTITUTION
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
External-­‐facing
informa@on
object
Images
Structured
Data
NarraDve
DescripDon
Provenance
/
History
DATA
CARETAKER
CURATOR
METADATA
STORE
DAM
PROVENANCE
HISTORIC
REFERENCES
InterpreDve
InformaDon
CONTROLLED
VOCABULARY

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PARTNER
INSTITUTION
CONSERVATOR
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
Internal-­‐facing
informa@on
object
Images
Structured
Data
NarraDve
DescripDon
Provenance
/
History
DATA
CARETAKER
CURATOR
METADATA
STORE
DAM
PROVENANCE
HISTORIC
REFERENCES
InterpreDve
InformaDon
LAB
NOTES
/
REPORTS
From:
“Designing
for
InformaDon
Objects”,
Degler
&
Johnson,
EdUI
2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/designing-­‐for-­‐informaDon-­‐objects
CONTROLLED
VOCABULARY

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Digital
Cultural
Ecosystem
Curate
InsDtuDonal
curaDon
of
InformaDon
Object
Extend
RelaDonships
&
enhancement
Enrich
ParDcipate
in
cultural
ecosystem
n HumaniDes
/
Cultural
relaDonships
n Societal
/
Contextual
relaDonships

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[Digital
&
linked]
cultural
ecosystem
Cultural
Ins@tu@ons
Holding
or
exhibi@ng
Objects
Search
&
Aggrega@on
Federated
access
to
DH
informa@on
Cultural
Educa@on
Conduc@ng
&
promo@ng
scholarship
Vocabulary
Standardized
discovery
Historical
&
Social
Sites
Access
to
broader
contexts
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Design
requirements
• Discovery
&
Serendipity
• Discover
relevant
informaDon
objects
–
known
and
unknown
–
through
search/browse
(and
foster
that
serendipitous,
“A-­‐ha!”
moment)
• Extend
use
• Take
away
informaDon
objects
relevant
to
my
interest
• Conveniently
re-­‐use
informaDon
in
my
own
work
products
• Persistence
• Conveniently
link/reference
my
work
and
source
informaDon
objects
• Trust
that
informaDon
objects
to
which
I
link/reference
will
remain
available
• Sustainability
• Flexibility
in
design
and
data
modeling
to
adapt
to
future
capabiliDes
and
topics
• Scalability
• Comfortably
adapt
to
ever-­‐growing
collecDons
and
different
working
styles
across
insDtuDons

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USABLE
DESIGN
Is
Linked
Open
Data
a
nice-­‐to-­‐have
or
a
game
changer
?

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The
role
of
linked
open
data
Subject
Object
Predicate
played
Verb
v
painted
Netherlands
born
in
lived
in
“Which
famous
non-­‐Scojsh
arDsts
painted
bagpipes?”

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Bal@more
Rembrandt
Peale
R.
Peale
Museum
Has
museum
Founded
by
Displays
Roman
Daughter
Smithsonian
Displays
D.C.
Has
museum
1812
Flag
Displayed
Ft.
McHenry
Flew
Has
site
Painted
Reubens
P.
w/Geranium
Displays
NGA
Has
museum

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Bal@more
R.
Peale
Museum
Has
museum
Ar@llery
memorabilia
Displayed
Paherson
Park
Has
site
Site
of
Volunteer
Arch.
Dig
Bal@more
Heritage
Organizes
Has
event
April
15th
On
date
Find
Philadelphia
Charles
W.
Peale
Son
of
Lived
in

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ENGAGE
• NavigaDng
relaDonships
• Viewing
content
• Discovering
relevant
informaDon
• Applying
to
broader
context

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ENGAGE
Naviga@ng
rela@onships
MOMA
“Inven@ng
Abstrac@on”

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Individual’s
Network
Which
person
to
choose?
How
does
their
work
relate?
What
other
related
works?
Specific
Work
Can
I
learn
more?
What
is
the
context?
How
does
this
relate
to
others
in
the
network?
Big
Picture
What
types
of
relaDonships
can
I
explore?
ENGAGE
Naviga@ng
rela@onships
MOMA
“Inven@ng
Abstrac@on”

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ENGAGE
Naviga@ng
rela@onships
HENDRICK
TER
BRUGGHEN
1588
–
1629
BIRTHPLACE
THE
HAGUE
PLACES
UTRECHT
WORKED
ROME
more…
Hendrick
ter
Brugghen
was
born
in
1588,
probably
in
The
Hague.
His
parents,
Jan
Egbertsz
ter
Brugghen
and
Feysgen
Dircx,
came
from
Utrecht,
but
lived
for
a
Dme
in
The
Hague
because
of
Jan’s
career
as
a
civil
servant.
He
served
as
secretary
to
the
court
of
Utrecht
in
1581
and
became
bailiff
of
the
States
of
Holland
in
1585.
By
1603
the
family
was
living
in
Abcoude,
a
village
midway
between
Utrecht
and
Amsterdam.
During
these
years,
Ter
Brugghen
may
have
been
apprenDced
to
the
Utrecht
mannerist
Abraham
Bloemaert
(1566–1651).
all
school
influencers
patrons
locaDons
mediums
galleries
1619
1621
1623
1625
1627
1629
RELATED
ARTISTS
Gerard
van
Honthorst
Frans
Hals
Type
of
work
icon
LocaDon
during
creaDon
icon

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ENGAGE
Naviga@ng
rela@onships
The
Bagpipe
Player
HENDRICK
TER
BRUGGHEN,
1624
12
7
Gallery
Flow
Time
Browse

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ENGAGE
Naviga@ng
rela@onships
The
Bagpipe
Player
HENDRICK
TER
BRUGGHEN,
1624
1628-­‐29
1625-­‐27
1618-­‐20
1621-­‐23
Gallery
Flow
Time
Browse
12
7

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ENGAGE
Viewing
content
Rijksmuseum
“RijksStudio”

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ENGAGE
Viewing
content
Na@onal
Gallery
of
Art,
DC
“Dutch
Online
Edi@ons”
(OSCI)

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ENGAGE
Applying
to
broader
context
Cleveland
Museum
of
Art
“Gallery
One”
An
immersive
experience

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ENGAGE
Applying
to
broader
context
Cleveland
Museum
of
Art
“Gallery
One”
Users
take
their
selecDons
with
them
through
the
museum’s
galleries

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Engage:
Applying
to
Broader
Context
1
2
1

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Engage:
Applying
to
Broader
Context
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CREATE
• Establishing
relaDonships
• Applying
descripDons
&
classificaDon

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SITUATION
SIGNALS
SITUATION
SIGNALS
LocaDon
Co-­‐occurring
events
Date
/
Dme
CondiDons
Devices
/
connecDvity
SITUATION
SIGNALS
USER
SIGNALS
Usage
paferns
Experience
Interests
/
profile
History
Community
CONTENT
SIGNALS
Link
relaDonships
Text
paferns
Categories
/
keywords
Metadata
TASK
SIGNALS
Outcomes
/
goals
Rules
/
requirements
CriDcality
Sequence
/
status
Frequency
for
user
From:
“SupporDng
Relevance
for
Users:
A
Design
Challenge”
Degler,
SemTechBiz
6.2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/supporDng-­‐relevance-­‐for-­‐users
CREATE
Models
support
rela@onships

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CREATE
Establishing
rela@onships
Conserva@onSpace
(PI:
NGA,
DC)
EXAMPLE
ONLY:
Design
wireframes

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CREATE
Establishing
rela@onships
Conserva@onSpace
(PI:
NGA,
DC)
EXAMPLE
ONLY:
Design
wireframes

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CREATE
Applying
descrip@ons
and
classifica@on

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CREATE
Applying
descrip@ons
and
classifica@on

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EVOLVE
• Learning
from
use
• Monitoring
paferns
and
driu
• CollaboraDng
with
others

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USE
EVOLVE
Enhancement
ecosystem
MANAGE
NEW
CONTENT
LEGACY
CONTENT
TAG
LINK
ANNOTATE
CRAWL
TRACK
COLLABORATE
From:
“Enhancement
Ecosystems”,
Degler
&
Vander
Wal,
SemTechBiz
10.2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/enhancement-­‐ecosystems-­‐enriching-­‐structured-­‐content-­‐with-­‐user-­‐tagging-­‐and-­‐annotaDon
EXTRACT
&
INDEX
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
• -­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐
TAXONOMY
REVIEW
&
ASSESS
ENHANCE
&
EVALUATE

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Focus
areas
for
Usable
Design
Engage:
Interact
with
content
• Viewing
content
• NavigaDng
relaDonships
• Discovering
relevant
informaDon
• Applying
to
broader
context
Create:
Manage
content
and
sites
using
data
and
vocabularies
• Establishing
relaDonships
• Applying
descripDons
&
classificaDon
Evolve:
Maintain/grow
data
and
vocabularies
over
Dme
• Learning
from
use
• Monitoring
paferns
and
driu
• CollaboraDng
with
others

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Now
what
?

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Think
Globally
.
.
.
Act
Locally

41. www.designforcontext.com
Duane
Degler
Principal,
Design
for
Context
duane@designforcontext.com
@ddegler
Design
Meets
Data
(Linked,
Open,
Heterogeneous)
The
LAM
(Libraries,
Archives,
Museums)
Digital
InformaDon
Ecosystem
MUSEUMS
AND
THE
WEB
5
April
2014
•
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References
and
image
notes
IMAGES
Slide
4:
hfp://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/CollecDon/art-­‐object-­‐page.144298.html
Slide
9:
hfp://www.hendrickbrugghen.org
hfp://www.khm.at/en/
hfp://www.louvre.fr/en
hfp://www.hermitagemuseum.org
hfp://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300074512
hfp://www.hendrickbrugghen.org/Woman-­‐Playing-­‐the-­‐Lute-­‐1624-­‐26.html
hfp://www.cambridge.org/sg/academic/subjects/arts-­‐theatre-­‐culture/
western-­‐art/golden-­‐age-­‐dutch-­‐painDng-­‐historical-­‐perspecDve
hfp://press.princeton.edu/Dtles/8513.html
hfps://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/explore-­‐the-­‐collecDon/Dmeline-­‐dutch-­‐history
hfp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slag_bij_Nieuwpoort.jpg
Slide
12:
hfp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
File:P._Bodart_Portrait_of_Henric_Ter_Brugghen.jpg
hfp://www.music.iastate.edu/anDqua/bagpipe.htm
Slide
13:
hfp://explore.balDmoreheritage.org/items/show/78#.U0BUz1zQnA2
Slides
14
and
28:
hfp://openstreetmap.org
Slide
40:
Image:
Earth
from
Space,
10.17.2000,
NASA
Earth
Observatory
hfp://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=885
Quote:
AfribuDon
unclear.
hfp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Think_globally,_act_locally
Slides
4-­‐10
from:
“Designing
for
Informa@on
Objects”,
Degler
&
Johnson,
EdUI
2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/designing-­‐for-­‐informaDon-­‐objects
Slide
31
from:
“Suppor@ng
Relevance
for
Users:
A
Design
Challenge”
Degler,
SemTechBiz
6.2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/supporDng-­‐relevance-­‐for-­‐users
Slide
37
from:
“Enhancement
Ecosystems”,
Degler
&
Vander
Wal,
SemTechBiz
10.2013
hfp://www.designforcontext.com/publicaDons/enhancement-­‐ecosystems-­‐enriching-­‐
structured-­‐content-­‐with-­‐user-­‐tagging-­‐and-­‐annotaDon
EXAMPLES
IN
PRESENTATION
MOMA
InvenDng
AbstracDons
exhibiDon:
hfp://www.moma.org/interacDves/exhibiDons/
2012/invenDngabstracDon/
Rijksmuseum
RijksStudio:
hfps://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio
NaDonal
Gallery
of
Art
(Online
EdiDons
-­‐
OSCI):
hfp://nga.gov
Cleveland
Museum
of
Art,
Gallery
One
and
ArtLens:
hfp://www.clevelandart.org/gallery-­‐one
ConservaDonSpace
project:
hfp://www.conservaDonspace.org
ADDITIONAL
SITES
USED
AS
BACKGROUND
eCulture
data
broswer
prototype:
hfp://e-­‐culture.mulDmedian.nl/demo/session/search
Smithsonian
cross-­‐selecDon
search:
hfp://collecDons.si.edu/search/
ResearchSpace
project:
hfp://researchspace.org
Kindred
Britain
person
relaDonship
browser:
hfp://kindred.stanford.edu/#
StackLife
book
browser:
hfps://stacklife-­‐dpla.law.harvard.edu
VisualizaDon
of
Museums
and
the
Web
AAT
LOD
hierarchy:
hfp://mafhewlincoln.net/
2014/02/21/hierarchies-­‐of-­‐the-­‐Museums
and
the
Web.html
RKD
Dutch
art
search:
hfp://www.rkd.nl/en/
SerendipomaDc
enDty
extracDon
search:
hfp://serendipomaDc.org
mSpace
semanDc
browser:
hfp://mspace.fm
Parallax
data
relaDonship
browser:
hfp://parallax.freebaseapps.com
Smithsonian
community
transcripDon
site:
hfps://transcripDon.si.edu
NY
Times
topics
as
LOD:
hfp://data.nyDmes.com