Museums and the Web: Current Issues

Museums and the Web: Current Issues J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com January 24, 2009

whitehouse.gov – with a blog on the front page J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

on-line activism J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Jane Sledge’s photos of the Inauguration taken from the terrace of the National Museum of the American Indian. J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Availability of Data: Satellite images of Inauguration J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Not Just Current Events: Historical Geography J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Museum Collections in Context: Prado Museum in Google Earth J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: Place building in urban context J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: Explore building J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: Explore building in detail J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: Explore some of the collection J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: See cataloguing J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: Explore painting J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Prado in Google Earth: Explore painting in detail J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: Only possible for a few works Prado in Google Earth: Explore painting in detail J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

On-line Collections: Powerhouse Museum: Most popular item J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

On-line Collections: Powerhouse Museum: J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

On-line Collections: Powerhouse Museum: First “delta goodrem dress” on Google J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

On-line Collections: Powerhouse Museum: Tags helped fans identify it J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Most Tags not found in Museum Cataloguing Found 14% Not Found 86% steve.museum: multi-institutional research project J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

On-line Collections: Powerhouse Museum: J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: Enabling effective collections search J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: Museum images in public photo space J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: Sample images J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: A Powerhouse Museum work J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: A video feature exploring that work J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: A Library of Congress work with description J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: A Library of Congress work with description corrected J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: Corrections from user tags, notes and comments J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: Different type of comments J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: Tag Game J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Flickr Commons: Then and Now J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

For the Common Good: The Library of Congress Flickr Pilot Project • 10.4 million views • 79% of the 4,615 photos have been made a “favorite” • More than 15,000 Flickr members made Library of Congress a ‘contact’ • 7,166 comments were left on 2,873 photos by 2,562 unique Flickr accounts. • 67,176 tags from 2,518 unique Flickr accounts. • 40% from 10 super-taggers • 98% of photos given at least one tag. • < 25 cases of inappropriate content J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Indiecommons: a blog for the Commons Community J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

ArtShare on Facebook J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

ArtShare on Facebook: Participating Museums J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Art on Personal Proﬁle Pages J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: Changing platforms ... J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

YouTube: The Black List Project. Participatory Media. “Using kiosks in the gallery, visitors are sharing their personal experiences related to race and the impact it has had on their lives and accomplishments.” J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

YouTube: The Black List Project. Active and responsive community J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

YouTube: The Blacklist Project: Featured Video J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Brooklyn Museum Blog: How it was done... J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Brooklyn Museum Blog: The Black List Project. In-gallery installation J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Mattress Factory: iConfess quick capture video J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: managing user generated content over time Mattress Factory: iConfess quick capture video J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Twitter: a microblogging platform J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Twitter: Signiﬁcant usage, with peaks around major events J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Twitter: Analysing behaviour using twitter as evidence J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Twitter: 1st fans @ Brooklyn Museum J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Twitter: What do you get as a 1st fan? J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Wikipedia Loves Art: J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Wikipedia Loves Art: Bridging Wikipedia, Flickr and Museum Collections J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Wikipedia Loves Art: Yes – you can make the rules complicated! J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: Working with what’s already happening Wikipedia Loves Art: Yes – you can make the rules complicated! J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Social Network for Single Museum: Shedd Aquarium’s own site J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: Our space or public space? Social Network for Single Museum: Shedd Aquarium’s own site J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Expectations of participation are changing J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: On-line parallels to events - whether you want them or not J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: Policy questions J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Pew Internet and American Life Survey: Adults and Social Network Websites ➡ 35% of American adults have a proﬁle on an on-line social network site. 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Age J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Webkinz: Mixed reality for kids J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Webkinz: Stuffed toys have ‘life’ online J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Webkinz: Rooms, spaces, things to do J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Webkinz: some kids have lots of rooms ... J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Webkinz: Your toy talks to you J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Webkinz: Chat with your friends and invite them over J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Issue: expectations of inter-penetrated spaces Webkinz: Chat with your friends and invite them over J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Bring the collection out of the museum: National Museum of the American Indian J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

putting the Museum where the people are enable use + re-use of museum content today’s examples @ http://delicious.com/jtrant/jtrant-tokyo-0901 my blog @ J. Trant | Archives & Museum Informatics | www.archimuse.com

Museums and the Web: Current Issues

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