Future of the Past: DIgital Libraries in the Age of Social Software

The Future of the Past Digital Libraries in the Age of Social Software

History : There Will Be More Of It
More information being recorded
Ubiquitous photography
More complex written record: e-mail, blogging, wikis, social networking, Twitter, IM, SMS, etc.

People Will Be Interested In It
But not as passive consumers
Comments, conversation and stories
Contributions and crowdsourcing
Creativity through remixing and mash-ups
Say goodbye to “look but don’t touch”

Commercial Sites
CardCow – Online postcard store, but note the tools and social features
Francis Frith – Local history publishers in the UK, many social features including shared memories

Comments and Conversation
Many sites, groups, forums for people to share memories, information and
Gone But Not Forgotten – Worcester memories, sponsored by the local newspaper
Shorpy – “The 100 Year Old Photo Blog”
Includes member-contributed images

Flickr
“ Historical” Images :
Edgemere Diner | Swift’s Beach
Groups :
North Shore | Diners | 100 Years Old

Using Flickr
Use Flickr as another way to share (with links to digital library or website)
University of Delaware
Use Flickr as a way to invite contributions
Boston Swan Boats

Contribution Projects
Picture Australia – Uses Flickr as a way to encourage sharing of images
BBC Memory Share – Project to collect movies of the past, oral history

Map It
Think geographically
Geocoding – Longitude and latitude
How about the address?
New York City Photo Map – A Google map from Shorpy
Google Maps  Google Earth

Google Earth
3D Globe : Fly around the world
Download free program
Google Earth Gallery – A collection of some of the best KML files
Phillis Wheatley -- Combines map data with images and text (by LuciaM)

Ideas from Social Sites
Make it easy for people to save and share
Bookmarkable links
Code for embedding images
Badges and other tools
Multiple RSS feeds
Widgets, gadgets, plugins, apps

Encourage Participation
Encourage users to share their own photographs, home movies, memories, and more…even though it means giving up some control
Encourage people to use your material and create new tools…even though it means giving up some control

Questions?
Elizabeth Thomsen
http://wordpress.noblenet.org/ethomsen/
[email_address]

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Future of the Past: DIgital Libraries in the Age of Social Software

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