VALA2016 Session 8 Mason

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Ingrid Mason
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Linked open data and Australia’s GLAMs

VALA2016 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Geek Speak
Wednesday 10 February 2016, 10:50 – 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2016-proceedings/vala2016-session-8-mason

Ingrid Mason

Intersect Australia, NSW

Rowan Brownlee

Australian National Data Service, ACT

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Abstract

Linked open data (LOD) methods are increasingly being applied to aggregate and integrate data and impact upon data and technical infrastructures enabling resource discovery and interoperability. In October to November 2015, the authors visited nine teams leading the way with LOD practices, in programmes, institutes, universities, and libraries in the USA, Europe, and the UK. This paper presents the nature of LOD methods, the context for practice change, insights from site visits as exemplars of practice change, and an accompanying analysis in support of Australian GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) practice change.

 

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VALA2014 Session 10 Mason

GLAM data hokey pokey/tokey and digital humanities research

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 10:30 – 11:00
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-10-mason

Ingrid Mason

Intersect Australia, NSW

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Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) have a long and rich history in providing services and maintaining collections in support of humanities research. New methods of scholarly research in the digital humanities have emerged. GLAM “data” is in the main still delivered in ways that suit traditional methods of research, that is, through a website, an online catalogue or exhibition, and social media sites. GLAMs can extend their collection services and repackage their content to meet increasing technical requirements of digital humanities researchers by making the content available in new ways.

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VALA2012 Session 14 Mason

 

VALA2012 Session 14 Mason

Are the GLAMs going to bring a steampunk/neo-Victorian sensibility and aesthetic to Linked Open Data?

VALA2012 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Museum Connections
Thursday 9 February 2012, 13:35 – 14:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2012-proceedings/vala2012-session-14-mason

Ingrid Mason

Intersect Australia Ltd / Australian National Data Service, NSW

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The premise underlying this paper is that the cultural collecting sector, that is, galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAMs) have established description practices, communities of practice, and shared interest in collaboration and exploiting Linked Open Data (LOD) technologies to improve resource discovery of cultural collections online. The question posed is a means of unpacking: what LOD means in technical terms; what other technologies support resource discovery; what impact using LOD might have on collecting sector description practices and more widely in other sectors with increasing levels of openness in the provision of data and metadata, such as eResearch and government sectors.

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