THE DIGITAL MUSEUM AS PLATFORM
Cultural Institutions, Libraries and Open Linked Data by GFII, Paris 2013 Jacob R. Wang, National Museum of Denmark, @jacob_wang
OUTLINE
Preamble // The switch from broadcast
CASE // #HACK4DK
Digital strategy // Look ahead, act now!
// Build a platform
The National Museum of Denmark
Established 1807
550 employees | 1 million hours | 35 million Euro
The National Museum of Denmark
Established 1807
10 million objects| 2 million images | 1 library
MISSION
The National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history
We’re not in the MONEY-business
We’re in the VALUE-business!
(RE)USE = VALUE
Experience economy | Education | Cultural plurality
Odense City Museums, 1998
1950s - Invented and developed 1990s - Commercially available 2000s - Exponential growth all over
We’re here
Graphics from Smithsonian Learning Model >> CLICK ME
NEW
social, communication, learning, creation, sharing
MECHANICS
SO WE’RE MOVING
From broadcast to dialogue From product to platform From analogue to digital
HACKATHON
A hackathon is an event in which computer programmers and
others in the field of software development, like graphic designers, interface designers and project managers collaborate intensively on software projects.
Wikipedia
Danish Agency for Culture National Museum of Denmark Royal Library of Denmark
The State Archives
We want to do a hackathon!!
To push for more open data To have something cool built To get in touch with developers
#HACK4DK KICKOFF
October 2012 – 8 Ignite talks on open data/culture/source
Videocamera = Youtube ;)
10 PROTOTYPES
Kulturarv Datafest
Adopt a mound Near something Dead neighbours
YES
Image analysis of artworks Image mosaic/smashup Danebrosmænd
SMK geoscraping Mapping artworks
OUTCOMES?
Documentation of #hack4dk 2012: http://goo.gl/gmPuv
GREAT MEDIA- COVERAGE
“Hack-a-what?! Sounds interesting!”
FIRST CONTACT
With developer communities in DK
GREAT FUN
Everybody had a blast!
COOL PROJECTS
Ideas and perspectives from “outsiders”
”This hackathon is a good example that (…) cultural institutions have embraced the digital challenge.
In my view, culture has great potential to become a much larger force in the Danish society, and free access to culture data is a big step in the right direction.“
- Uffe Elbæk, Minister of Culture
OUTCOMES “for us”
Deployment of Natmus API (beta) Documentation of Royal Library API
Deployment of CPH City Archive API (alpha)
Real-world application of DK Heritage Agency API Raised awareness of the value/potential of open data
PREPARATION
½ year easy + 2 weeks intensive planning
Budget: 4 x 650 Euro + 1300 Euro from Microsoft
Tools: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, G+ Hangouts, Google Docs
#HACK4DK 2013
MORE DATA, MORE TIME, MORE FOCUS
NEW PARTICIPANTS
Institutions Developers
Designers (GFX, UX, UI) Concept designers
Storytellers Teachers Editors
MORE THEMES
Gaming Culture Turism
”Borgerservice”
Education
#HACK4DK 2013
1st weekend in October (not confirmed)
MORE DATA, MORE TIME, MORE FOCUS
NEW PARTICIPANTS
Institutions Developers
Designers (GFX, UX, UI) Concept designers
Storytellers Teachers Editors
MORE THEMES
Gaming Culture Turism
”Borgerservice”
Education
MISSION
The National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history
MISSION
The National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history
We can’t do that alone!!!
MISSION
The National Museum embody and develop the prerequisites for everyone to be able to gain insight into cultural history
Via 3rd party mashups
Creating mashable content
DIGITAL HERITAGE STRATEGY
Principles, tactics, trends and perspectives
Photo: http://preparingyourfamily.com
Further ‘Social Local Mobile Web 2.0’
Semantic Web, Singularity, “The future”
Built for the early web + broadcast
Photo: http://preparingyourfamily.com
THE STRATEGIST
”I will predict the future, and use this to carefully plan our work in the years to come!”
Strategi & Vision
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?
Relevant trends and disruptive tools
(Further SoLoMo, Semantic Web, Natural interfaces, Image recognition, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence)
WHAT CAN WE DO NOW?
Pick principles and tactics + do stuff
(Government 2.0, Linked Open Data, Copyright Policy, Infrastructure development, Digitisation, Metadata
production, Devops, Lean Startup methodologies)
THE DIGITAL NATIONAL MUSEUM
1 strategy, 1 project, 3 themes
Openess, Accessibility, Transparency Digital platform development
Digital literacy
We’re putting the pedal to the metal!
THE DIGITAL NATIONAL MUSEUM
Full digitisation and accessibility Infrastructure development
Collection crowdsourcing Open Source Tools
Community Focus
SUMMARY
Supplement broadcast with dialogue
Build open and shareable ressources and tools Support local action, Engage with users
Look ahead – act now!
