A few metrics about Open Data in the cultural sector
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A few metrics about Open Data 16-09-2013, OKCon Geneva
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Presentation at the Open Knowledge Conference in Geneva. Here I talked about the importance of good quality metadata and open licenses in order to get institutions data to be found, and included some metrics.
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A few metrics about Open Data
16-09-2013, OKCon Geneva
Content
Open Metadata
• Licensing
• Quality
Open Content
• Licensing
• Case Study: The Science Museum in London
Conclusion
What is Europeana?
Europeana’s vision and mission
Europeana is a catalyst for change in the world of cultural heritage.
Our mission: The Europeana Foundation and its Network create new ways for people to engage with their cultural history, whether it’s for work, learning or pleasure.
Our vision: We believe in making cultural heritage openly accessible in a digital way, to promote the exchange of ideas and information. This helps us all to understand our cultural diversity better and contributes to a thriving knowledge economy.
29m records from 2,400 European galleries, museums, archives and libraries
Books, newspapers, journals, letters, diaries, archival papers
Paintings, maps, drawings, photographs
Music, spoken word, radio broadcasts
Film, newsreels, television
Curated exhibitions
31 languages
Europe’s cultural heritage portal
Open Metadata
Metadata in Europeana
Image title
Description
Open – CC0
Quality
Metadata Quality: It’s not this…
Metadata Quality: It’s not this…
Metadata Quality: The results..
Metadata qualityIt’s this
http://europeana.eu/portal/record/90402/18B27E0B0BE485841E31A57093650D3431F36444.html?start=3&query=melkmeisje+vermeer&startPage=1&rows=12
Metadata Quality: The results..
Creative Commons Zero Waiver (CC0)
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Labeling
http://pro.europeana.eu/web/europeana-awareness/outcomes/-/document_library_display/5Qtl/view/982551
Open Content
Science museum London
Science museum London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage
Science museum London
50 Images
20.000 views Per Day (!!!)
Europeana gets 50.000 hits per day
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sciencemuseum/sets/72157635363091572/with/9660575567/
GLAMwiki Toolset
Make batch upload to Wikimedia Commons as easy as possible
Include good metadata
Metrics
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAMToolset_project
Conclusion
Conclusion
Provide good quality metadata to get your material to be found
Openly license to make the use of it as easy as possible
Open Content can massively increase your institutions outreach – which can lead to other benefits, such as funding.
