Museums and the Web

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Museums and the web 2013

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Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data on the Web

Jon Voss, We Are What We Do, United States

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Abstract

What happens when hundreds of thousands of archival photos are shared with open licenses, then mashed up with geolocation data and current photos? Or when app developers can freely utilize information and images from millions of books? Like the web of documents that became the World Wide Web, a web of data is the goal of Linked Open Data.  This paper examines how a cultural, technological, and legal environment is enabling a growing ecosystem of open historical data.  We explore the fundamental elements of Linked Open Data, how a global community within libraries, archives and museums is beginning to play a critical role, and how we are moving toward broader adoption.

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Radically Open Cultural Heritage Data on the Web

The Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum

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Collections database
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copyright
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public access
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Web 2.0
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In 2011, the Walters Art Museum launched a major revision of its online collection. Alongside that launch, the museum removed copyright from the images of more than 10,000 artworks and provided those images for free download on the internet.

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Demonstration - show your project
Site: 
http://art.thewalters.org
Authors: 
Dylan Kinnett

The Mystery of the “1940s Time Traveller”: The Changing Face of Online Brand Monitoring

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viral marketing
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virtual museum of Canada
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CHIN
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social media
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copyright
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intellectual property
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In the spring of 2010, the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC) at the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) witnessed a viral Internet phenomenon.

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Paper - in formal session
Site: 
http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/
Authors: 
David Harkness
Sheila Carey
Julie Marion

Interactivity Comes of Age: Museums and World Wide Web at Five

Bearman, D., & Trant J. (1999).  Interactivity Comes of Age: Museums and World Wide Web at Five. Museums and the Web '99.

Legal Aspects of Multimedia in Europe

Hoeren, T. (1995).  Legal Aspects of Multimedia in Europe. (David Bearman, Ed.).Hands On: Hypermedia & Interactivity in Museums: Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Hypermedia and Interactivity in Museums: Volume 2 (ICHIM 95 / MCN 95).