‘Inspiring Ireland: Preservation, the public and collaborative collection’ (Poster)
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Poster presented by Dr Natalie Harrower, Dr Caroline McGee & Kevin Long, Digital Repository Ireland, at CONUL Conference, May 2017, Athlone, Ireland
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- 1. Inspiring Ireland: Preservation, the Public and Collaborative Collection WHAT? Inspiring Ireland is an award-winning •Single online open access portal to Ireland’s digital cultural heritage •Unique collaboration: DRI, Irish &Welsh National Cultural Institutions (NCIs), Private collectors •Collections of objects about life in Ireland in 1916 •Site that promotes knowledge of Ireland overseas WHY? •Speaks to DRI's core principles: preserve,discover,share •Multi-institutional, transnational and private content •Pilot project to test the DRI’sApplication Programming Interface (API) functionality •Curated exhibitions to enhance and expand the user experience •Long-term preservation of content in a trusted digital repository infrastructure Inspiring Ireland 1916 weaves public and private narratives with expert commentary alongside iconic objects from NCIs, and‘found’objects from private collections,to create a multi-media reflection on the people,events,and legacy of 1916. HOW? •Digitised objects contributed by NCIs •Public Memorabilia digitised at national/international‘Collection Days’ •Metadata and OpenAccess licensing applied to DRI collections •Published to the Inspiring Ireland Drupal site via DRI’sApplication Programming Interface (API) •Thematic exhibitions with contextual history essays •Deeper object knowledge via curatorial text & personal narrative CHALLENGES •Metadata control •Site functionality vs. collection integrity •Rights Management RESULTS •Global user base •OpenAccess to Irish history sources •New modes of hybrid digital scholarship •Serendipitous research finds •Over 300 digital objects •10 thematic exhibitions •4 Collection Days •84 private donors Clockwise from top left:Tommy 'Banker'Walsh (donated: RTE), Fairyhouse Race Card, Easter Monday 1916 (donated: Patricia Hendrick), PocketWatch Hopkins &Hopkins (donated: Caroline McGee), Eden Quay, May 17 1916 (donated: Royal IrishAcademy).