The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) highlights its innovative integration of technology in enhancing art and culture engagement, showcasing a vast collection, and the development of tools like the TAP mobile tour platform. IMA's initiatives include the use of social tagging, the ArtBabble video platform for educational content, and efforts to improve user experiences across various digital mediums. The document emphasizes IMA's commitment to collaboration, open-source solutions, and strategies aimed at fulfilling museum technology goals.

1. AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND TECHNOLOGYRobert SteinDeputy Director for Research, Technology, and EngagementIndianapolis Museum of Art

2. Some facts About the IMAIMA BY THE NUMBERS152 Acres300 Staff127 Years

3. “The Indianapolis Museum of Art might be the web-smartest museum in America, and its blog is one of my favorite daily reads”– Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes

4. 50,000 objects in collection2,242 objects on display (4%)27,131 objectimages (54%)

5. 2010 Web Stats942K Visits (3.75M Hits)51% (480K) not in Visit53% (498K) not in Indiana2010 Museum Attendance428,213

6. IMA LabsInnovative Technology Solutions for Arts and Culture

7. The Team

8. What We DoDedicated to strategies that help museums meet their technology goals through collaboration, and open-source tools

9. Open Tools and Collaboration

10. IMA’S DASHBOARDSince Oct 200778 Statistics135 Users250k+ Hits6 Topics13Departmentshttp://dashboard.imamuseum.org

11. Steve.MuseumExploring Applications of Social Tagging for MuseumsFounded in 20052006 Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Research Grant2008 IMLS NLG Steve In Action2008 IMLS NLG Research Grant T3: Text, Tags, TrustOpen Source software supporting tagging in museums

13. Say Hello to TAPIMA’s Mobile Tour Platformhttp://code.google.com/p/tap-tours/

14. TAP into TAPFirst-Class Content ManagementOpen-SourceCommunity Owned, Freely AvailableOpen Standards (TourML)Multi-PlatformEasy-to-Use iPod Client

15. Drupal Tour CMS

16. iPod Touch Client

17. IMA Mobile / TAP

18. IMA Mobile / TAP

20. ArtBabble Today

29. Video Centered Experience

30. Note Centered Experience

34. Feedback from teachersFollow-Up SurveysDifficult finding / using search features to retrieve videos on a particular topicAssumed there were millions of videos available, and so got frustrated with not finding what they wanted (1000+ videos available today)Teachers trusted ArtBabble as a source for classroom contentAuthority of ArtBabble videos is unique to the classroomArtBabble Building is more visually appealing with less effort than PowerPoint

35. Getty’s Online Scholarly Catalogue InitiativeCredit Flickr ~scotttboone

36. OSCI ReaderUser Experienced Tailored for Scholars and Citable Content

37. Multiple Layouts (no pages)

44. Highlights, Notes & Citations

45. Highlights, Notes & Citations

46. Highlights, Notes & Citations

47. Highlights, Notes & Citations

52. We’ve tested this on all size screensIphoneFlatpanels 1,2,3, 4, column3-screenTiled display wall

54. Up NextThe creation of a modular publishing toolkitEnhanced layout enginesOffline and print supportIntegration with core museum systemsFaceted search across catalogues

55. Prego!Thank You!