Content aggregators contribute to the goals of eResearch in three key ways:
1) They help overcome social and technical challenges to make content available online and accessible to researchers.
2) They act as transformers by helping contributors and users work through issues to exploit technology in a sustainable way that builds confidence.
3) They serve as agents of transformation and connectivity by facilitating changes in practice that enable greater engagement with research content.
The document discusses how content aggregators take the first steps to address "social hitches" like different standards, skills, and practices in order to guide participants toward greater collaboration and use of technology in research.
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Putting Metadata Online: Practice Change + Technical Innovationcollectionsaustralia
Linked data requires practice change and the establishment and implementation of shared metadata standards to enable museum collection data to be widely accessed and used online.
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First Lecture in the
Australian American Leadership Dialogue Scholar Tour
University of Adelaide
Title: Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation Economy
Adelaide, Australia
Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation EconomyLarry Smarr
08.10.06
Second Lecture in the
Australian American Leadership Dialogue Scholar Tour
University of Western Australia
Title: Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation Economy
Perth, Australia
Technology and outdoor education: Some experiential possibilitiesJames Neill
There is a philosophical tension in outdoor education about the role of technology. On one hand, outdoor educators seek to distance participants from technology in order to provide “a place apart”. On the other hand, most outdoor education programs rely on a growing plethora of outdoor and safety gear, electronic navigation and communication, and transport technologies. Despite this, outdoor education tends to be somewhat unadventurous in its pedagogical use of technology. Instead, we might experiment with a wider spectrum of technologies (from low tech to high tech). By considering possibilities from across the technological gamut – e.g., from survival programs (low tech) to urban challenges with mobile electronic devices (high tech) – we might enrich our understanding of outdoor learning processes and engage different types of participants.
Putting Metadata Online: Practice Change + Technical Innovationcollectionsaustralia
Linked data requires practice change and the establishment and implementation of shared metadata standards to enable museum collection data to be widely accessed and used online.
Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation EconomyLarry Smarr
08.10.02
First Lecture in the
Australian American Leadership Dialogue Scholar Tour
University of Adelaide
Title: Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation Economy
Adelaide, Australia
Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation EconomyLarry Smarr
08.10.06
Second Lecture in the
Australian American Leadership Dialogue Scholar Tour
University of Western Australia
Title: Coupling Australia’s Researchers to the Global Innovation Economy
Perth, Australia
Working together to develop relationships with audiences and stakeholderscollectionsaustralia
Manchester Art Gallery's Kim Gowland and Jane Wilcox presented a paper on identifying and building audiences at the recent Museums Australia conference in Newcastle last month. The presentation titled outlines how the gallery worked with the UK government and the North West Museum Hub to attract under represented audiences. For more, go to www.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach
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A presentation given by Steve Warburton of KCL at the Where Next for Digital Identity event organised by Eduserv and held at the British Library in January 2010.
User-centred innovation at Digital World Research CentrePeter Lancaster
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This table lists some details of publicly funded projects at each of the KAPTUR partner institutions. The information is already publicly available, but was brought together at a project team meeting in July to inform ongoing discussion about visual arts research data.
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First presented at http://www.e2conf.com/virtual/
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Working together to develop relationships with audiences and stakeholderscollectionsaustralia
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How do collections and objects "speak" to audiences? How can museums present their collections online in ways that can be resourced and sustained at local level? Collections Australia Network national project manager Ingrid Mason used this presentation at the 2009 Museums Australia conference to discuss how museums can bring their collections to life online to engage new audiences.
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Designing Pervasive Enterprise Information Architectures (with Andrea Resmini...Milan Guenther (eda.c)
The way enterprises use information is changing. Well beyond the big transactional systems of the past, information appears as unstructured content, as loose data collections, or as volatile conversations, traversing systems, devices, media and physical contexts. Information architecture is considered an essential building block of enterprise architecture initiatives. In practice however, it is stuck with the formalism of data architecture on a technical level, suffers from misalignment with the business goals, and falls short of delivering the answer to the most basic question: how to provide valuable information to the right people, at the right time and in a useful form?
A presentation given by Steve Warburton of KCL at the Where Next for Digital Identity event organised by Eduserv and held at the British Library in January 2010.
User-centred innovation at Digital World Research CentrePeter Lancaster
Summary of the research at the Digital World Research Centre of the University of Surrey. Presented at "Implementing Future Networks, Content and Services with Secure and Efficient Systems." At the University of Surrey 20th Sept 2010
Presentation of Diana Andone, EDEN Vice-president, PUT for the Open Education Week's third day webinar on "Open Education for Civil Engagement and Democracy" - 4 March 2020, 15:00 CET
More information and recordings of the discussion are available: http://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/open-education-for-civil-engagement-and-democracy/
This table lists some details of publicly funded projects at each of the KAPTUR partner institutions. The information is already publicly available, but was brought together at a project team meeting in July to inform ongoing discussion about visual arts research data.
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First presented at http://www.e2conf.com/virtual/
The value of Social Analytics can be surfaced in many ways. Sometimes is quite visual like a leader board that helps motivate participation. Other times it's behind the scenes like the algorithms used to recommend groups to join or pages to read. Either way, social analytics can help you make better informed decisions, provide more relevancies to your interactions and ultimately help you get you and your company be more successful. This session will take a look at some of the real world implementations of social analytics available today from many of the social business vendors. We'll talk about the trends in this space and discuss some of the possible future directions.
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Is eResearch about the technology? ...space, platforms, hubs and social change...
1. Is eResearch about the
technology?
…space, platforms, hubs and
social change…
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
2. Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
3. Roles..digital development
Copyright Clearance: Polytechnic
Research Librarian: Museum
Lecturer: Intellectual Access
Web Archivist: Cultural Heritage
Digital Repository Coordinator: University
Special Projects Manager: University
Manager: Collections Australia Network
…so this is a practitioner’s view…
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
4. Three questions..
Is eResearch about the technology?
What are the characteristics of content
aggregation (digital)?
How does content aggregation contribute to the
goals of eResearch?
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
5. Three answers..
eResearch – provide opportunities for
researchers to use technologies in the research
process
Content aggregators – conduits that provide a
base level of engagement with research content
by contributors and users
eResearch goals – by enabling engagement and
increasing the likelihood of more opportunities to
use technology being exploited by researchers
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
6. Engagement..
With technology..
With people..
With people using technology..
Aside the role that content aggregators have in
providing a base level of engagement to build on.
Lessons learned in facilitating online access to
research resources can be translated and are
reflective of common culture change issues and
changes in practice across sectors.
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
7. Is eResearch about the
technology?
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
8. Is eResearch about the
technology?
…or is it about culture change…?
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
9. Is eResearch about the
technology?
Yes.. it is about tools!
No.. it is what those tools enable!
Yes.. tool design is important.
Exactly.. who designs them?
OK.. and your point is?
How usable are they?
Why should we use them?!?!
The technologist and the reluctant technology user.
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
10. The utility value needs to be
demonstrated and understood.
The utility value of having digitised research
resources has already been demonstrated
through use of digital resources by scholars in
their research and the development of citation
standards in keeping with scholarly practices.
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
11. If culture change isn't on the
agenda, why not?
What happens when social context
and culture gets overlooked?
Depiction of technical networks.
Depiction of social networks..?
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
12. Social networks..
map of Seb Chan's Facebook friends and their
interconnections
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
13. Theories..
...the pivotal nature of culture in
technological change and innovation
in the social history, information
systems, information and knowledge
management discourses
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
14. Acknowledgement: Professor Jon Patrick, School of Information
Resources and Tools Used
Technologies, University of Sydney
Becomes Capacity
Turns into Confidence
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
15. Culture change..
- discernible stages of digital development
- patterns of digital development
(digitisation) around domains, group
dynamics, socio-technical capacity
- impact of governance mechanisms
- link between attitude to change and how
risk is viewed correlates with the type and
level of change that may occur and the
nature of the support/facilitation required
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
16. Is eResearch about the
technology?
First assertion: it is about culture change.
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
17. What are the characteristics of
content aggregation?
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, Museums Australia, WA, Changing Landscapes, 820092009
Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov Oct
19. Unique position
Social space
Macroscopic views
Multiple stakeholders
Cross-domain and discipline
Across sectors and
organisations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkframe/395951788
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
Space
Content Aggregators as Boundary Negotiators Core focus: digitisation
Induction/introduction
Shared/mutual outcomes
Collaboration a core factor
Relationship building crucial
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
21. Conduits
Engagement with
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/generated/2457576800/
participants
Trigger needs assessment
New processes, services,
relationships
Re-examine 'traffic’ rules
Hubs and controls
Technical and Social Brokers
Non-partisan role
Technical and social
connectivity
Connective design meets
the needs of the content
contributors/users
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
23. When travellers arrive in a new place…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages/155595849/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
24. …one of their first acts to
“ground” themselves is
to familiarise themselves
with the territory. That
might be the landscape, the
language, the music, the
transport systems, the
buildings, the smells, the
food, or the people….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedroqtc/238513904/
/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
25. Where do you want
to go?
What do you want
to do when you get
there?
What time and
money do you
have?
How much do you
want to do this?
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugovk/488327730/
When do you want
to go?
Ingrid Mason, National Project Manager, Collections Australia Network, eResearch Australasia, Sydney, 10 Nov 2009
26. The characteristics of
content aggregators
are: boundary
negotiators, hubs,
platforms, incubators,
and travel agents.
Second assertion:
Content Aggregators
are social agents.
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27. How does content aggregation
contribute to the goals of
eResearch?
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28. ..by helping people work through
the issues to get content well-
formed, uploaded and available
online, made accessible and used
in ways that are amenable to
content contributors and
researchers and machines.. and
the law/lore
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29. ..seems simple enough..
but it's not..
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31. Technical hitch
Social hitch
Tangles, knots and walls
Expectations (realistic or
otherwise)
Content contributors/users
Content Aggregators Broker/guide
as Transformers
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Change in practice
On both sides
Exploiting technology
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32. ..in a sustainable manner in taking
those first and/or new steps so
those participants
(contributors/users) have a
positive sense of ownership,
achievement, confidence and
(hopefully) eagerness to undertake
further engagement..
..i.e. once the social hitches have been gotten over..
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33. Social hitches Scenarios
Description standards Culture change issues in the
Technical know-how collecting sector
Social behaviours and Patterns of practice and
group dynamics social hitches reflected in
culture change that can be
Diverse collection systems seen in the research sector
Analogue practices Small to large scale
groups/entities
Bat and ball syndrome
Small to large scale politics
Computer literacy levels
Small to large scale projects
Rights: ethical/legal
Do it ALL syndrome
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34. Social hitches Scenarios
Description standards Evolution of historical
Technical know-how societies into museums
Social behaviours and Convergence of community
group dynamics gallery and library services
Diverse collection systems Search across collections in
university GLAMs
Analogue practices
Major initiative lead by a key
Bat and ball syndrome national institution
Computer literacy levels
Rights: ethical/legal
Do it ALL syndrome
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35. Social hitches Scenario
Description standards Evolution of historical
Technical know-how societies into museums
Social behaviours and Small, local, FNQ
group dynamics Local politics and industry
Collection description
No money, some time and
Analogue practices an ageing and uninitiated
workforce
Volunteer workforce
Computer literacy levels
Shared domain knowledge
Rights: ethical/legal
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36. Social hitches Scenario
Description standards Convergence of community
gallery and library services
Social behaviours and Regional, NSW
group dynamics Shared collection system
Diverse collection systems Perceived cost-savings and
professional conflict
Bat and ball syndrome Regional politics and
industry
Professional workforce
Computer literacy levels
Different collecting practices
Rights: ethical/legal
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37. Social hitches Scenario
Description standards Search across collections in
Technical know-how university GLAMs
Social behaviours and Somewhere, Australia
group dynamics One place to search
Diverse collection systems No shared information
Analogue practices management practices
Bat and ball syndrome Professional workforce
Computer literacy levels Different collecting practices
Rights: ethical/legal Diverse collection 'owners'
Heterogeneous collections
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38. Social hitches Scenario
Major initiative lead by a key
Social behaviours and national institution
group dynamics National Library of Australia
Newspaper digitisation
Copyright issues
Voluntary correction
Rights: ethical/legal
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40. Acknowledgement: Professor Jon Patrick, School of Information
Resources and Tools Used
Technologies, University of Sydney
Becomes Capacity
Turns into Confidence
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44. Before you cruise off... takeaways
Pay attention to technical hitches
but pay a WHOLE LOT MORE
attention to the social hitches
Culture change doesn't happen
overnight and any change needs
to be driven by the stakeholders
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Establishing the roles and the
rules of engagement is important
so all parties understand their part
to play in that process of change
Patterns of social behaviour and
group dynamics will change as
progress is made
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45. Third assertion:
Content aggregators
help prepare
eResearchers for
takeoff….
and..… landing
and…. refuelling
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and….. maintenance
to take… further
flights of intellectual
fascination and
imagination.
Thank You
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