Block 2.1: Connectivities built by people and groups. Myrto Theocharidou (Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus): Uses of digital cultural heritage databases maintained by memory forming institutions.

1. USES OF DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE DATABASES
MAINTAINED BY MEMORY FORMING INSTITUTIONS
(working title)
WP2 “Connectivities built by people and groups”
PhD Project 9
Myrto Theocharidou
Knowledge Hub 1 | Hamburg, 14.12.2018

2. 1. How digital archives are used by people?
2. What groups of people are using digital archives?
3. Which are the factors which are influencing usability?
4. How users could be encouraged to use digital cultural heritage
resources?
Research Questions

3. 3,182,371 Images
available in
Smithsonian Learning Lab

4. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Smithsonian
Institution. (2017, March 20). Smithsonian Learning Lab
Resource: Henry Dreyfuss Archive. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
DIGITIZATION FEVER
“The term “rapid capture” refers to the speed of the
workflow. Before this process was in place, digitizing a
single sheet could take as much as 15 minutes, at a cost
of $10 per sheet. Now, the team works through 3,500
sheets a day, at less than $1 per sheet.”
Kutner, M. (2015, January 14). Museums Are Now Able to Digitize Thousands of
Artifacts in Just Hours. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-
institution/museums-are-now-able-digitize-thousands-artifacts-just-hours-180953867/

5. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
(2015, November 07). Smithsonian Learning Lab Resource: Arc Touch.
Retrieved November 26, 2018.
USAGE and USABILITY
“Having a better understanding of
users, their goals and tasks can
therefore help with the design of
more effective information systems.”
Clough P., Hill T., Paramita M.L., Goodale P. (2017) Europeana: What Users
Search for and Why. In: Kamps J., Tsakonas G., Manolopoulos Y., Iliadis L., Karydis
I. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. TPDL 2017.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10450. Springer, Cham

6. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
(2016, October 28). Smithsonian Learning Lab Resource:
Untitled (Memory Jug). Retrieved November 26, 2018.
Uses of digital cultural
heritage databases for
people’s memory and
identity work
IMPACT

7. Training on DIGITAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF DIGITAL DATABASES
MAKE STRATEGIC USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA USING
PRIMARY SOURCES
MONITOR AND EVALUATE LEARNING EXPERIENCES
IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

8. THANK YOU!