Post on 17-Nov-2014
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Getty Scholars’ WorkspaceAn Online Collaboration and Publication Tool for Scholars
The Getty Research InstituteThe Getty
Susan Edwardssedwards@getty.edu@jolifanta
Will Lanniwlanni@getty.edu
@altinjimbiz
“Attempting to transform the way that art history research is conducted and published.”
- Murtha Baca, Head, Digital Art History, The Getty Research Institute
Scholarly Process
Photo: Kamal H. http://www.flickr.com/photos/97715891@N00/384258821/
Scholarly Process
Photo: David VDM. http://www.flickr.com/photos/12915821@N00/4746094571/
Analog Scholarship
Analog Scholarship
• Solo exploration• Verbal idea-sharing• Unlinked data• Image rights issues• Physical publications
Analog Scholarship
• Solo exploration• Verbal idea-sharing• Unlinked data• Image rights issues• Physical publications
Digital tools used primarily for access
“Scholars are working on the same topics separately. We may have these tools, but we don’t cooperate. This is a way to bring these people together around a single object.”
- Thomas Gaeghtens, Head of the Getty Research Institute
What would a digital version of this look like?
http://prezi.com/01fiqg2xasig/copy-of-digital-mellini/
The Mellini document
A 17th-century Roman inventory, written in rhyming verse
The experiment—Digital Mellini
Image of annotation from Mellini
Annotation—a discussion within the text
More please!
More please!
More please!
Scholarly Process
Photo: Kamal H. http://www.flickr.com/photos/97715891@N00/384258821/
Lessons
• Scholars usually don’t have a specific methodology in mind we don’t have requirements to work from
• Technologists are more comfortable with messy content.
Lessons
• Changing social behavior is much more difficult than the technology!
• Scholars and technologists have different mental frameworks for work.
Collaboration Insights
• Technologists need to be part of the research team.
• Make no assumptions!• Role of collaboration in our worlds is different.
…more digital projects
New methodologies = new tools
New methodologies = new tools
"The design of digital tools for scholarship is an intellectual responsibility, not a technical task.”
- Johanna Drucker, Professor of Information Studies, UCLA
Johanna Drucker, “Blind Spots: Humanists Must Plan Their Digital Future,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, volume 55, issue 30, page B6 (April 3, 2009).
Scholars’ Workspace
• Scholarly process—methodologies emerge in process of exploring the material
• Different projects will have different needs
• Are there some common methodologies art historians need? Can we build a suite of tools to accommodate those needs?
Scholars’ Workspace
Scholars’ Workspace – text annotation
Scholars’ Workspace – image annotation
Scholars’ Workspace—light table
Scholarly Process
Photo: Kamal H. http://www.flickr.com/photos/97715891@N00/384258821/
Digital Mellini Publication
Digital Mellini Publication
What is this thing?
What is a “digital publication” anyway?
Digital Mellini Publication
What does it look like?
Digital Mellini Publication
“Where’s the research?”
Digital Mellini Publication
Who is the audience?
Digital Mellini Publication
How do we edit it?
Digital Mellini Publication
How will we maintain it?
Digital Mellini Publication
Where are the standards?
Digital Mellini Publication
What does the team look like?
“Attempting to transform the way that art history research is conducted and published.”
- Murtha Baca, Head, Digital Art History, GRI
Transforming Art History• Catalyze a paradigm shift—break with single
authorial model
• Capture conversations, debates, different interpretations and perspectives
• Enable production of new knowledge, visualizations, new types of publications
• Validate digital publications
Getty Scholars’ WorkspaceAn Online Collaboration and Publication Tool for Scholars
The Getty Research InstituteThe Getty
Susan Edwardssedwards@getty.edu@jolifanta
Will Lanniwlanni@getty.edu
@altinjimbiz