Access to Digital Heritage Resources using What, Where, When and Who Michael Buckland Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative University of California, Berkeley DEN Conference, Rotterdam Dec 12-13, 2006
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20062 Support the Learner: What, Where, When and Who Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Five ideas Understanding means knowing the context. 2. Using internet resources should be like using a library reference collection? 3. Find context of any museum object, document, or performance: What is related to it in: what it is, where it came from, when it originated, and who associated with it? 4.WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and WHO as a useful structure. 5.Make better use of existing descriptive metadata.
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20063 Support for the Learner with a Query Any resource: Audio, Images, Texts, Numeric data, Objects, Virtual reality, Webpages Any catalog: Archives, Libraries, Museums, TV, Publishers Facet Vocabulary Displays WHAT Thesaurus Cross- e.g. LCSH references WHERE Gazetteer Map WHEN Period directory Timeline WHO Biograph. dict. Interpersonal e.g. Who’s Who relationships
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20064 WHAT Subject headings Cross-references LCSH: Kung fu films see Martial Arts films Previously Hand-to-hand fighting, oriental, in motion pictures Automobile: - PASS MOT VEH, SPARK IGN ENG (U.S.Import/Export statistics) - TL 205 (Library of Congress Classification) - 180/280 (US Patent classification) (Standard Industrial Classification) Computer: HS Digital auto data proc mach contng in the same housing a CPU and input & output device.”(International Harmonized Commodity Classification System). NEED TO MAP TO & BETWEEN UNFAMILIAR VOCABULARIES
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20065 WHERE Gazetteer Map Ctesiphon (Ancient site) Dots link to portal
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20066 Going places in the catalog! Linked to a gazetteer and map display. Geographic sort of books on Folklore.
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20067 WHERE Using a map and a gazetteer as a geographic search aid, e.g. lists capital cities (PPLC) in box around South America.
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20068 WHEN Time period directory Timeline Prototype time period directory at ecai.org/imls2004 Sample entry Generates catalog search
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20069 WHEN, WHERE and WHO. Search in LC catalog for yields 65 records showing who was doing what:
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ WHEN Time Period Directory Timeline Link to Catalog Link to Wikipedia
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ WHO Biographical Dictionary Complex relationships Life events metadata WHAT: Actions prisoner WHERE: Places Holstein WHEN: Times WHO: People Margaret Sambiria Need external links
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Linking vocabularies WHAT, WHERE, WHEN Library subject headings Topic – Geographic subdivision – Chronological subdivision Place name gazetteer: Place name – Type – Spatial markers (Lat & long) – When Time Period Directory Period name – Type – Time markers (Calendar) – Where
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Well-developed facet indexes include other facets. WhatWhereWhen Who WHAT (LCSH) A AAA WHERE (Place Gazet.) MMM- WHEN (Period dir.) MMM- WHO (Biogr dict.) MMMM M = Mandatory; A = If Applicable Need mappings between their vocabularies, e.g. From NGA Gazetteer Geographic Description Code “Lthse” (Lighthouse) to LCSH “Lighthouses.”
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Any document, object, or performance Any resource: Audio, Images, Texts, Numeric data, Objects, Virtual reality, Webpages Any catalog: Archives, Libraries, Museums, TV, Publishers Connect it with its context – and other resources. Facet Vocabulary Displays WHAT Thesaurus Cross- e.g. LCSH references WHERE Gazetteer Map WHEN Period directory Timeline WHO Biograph. dict. Personal e.g. Who’s Who relations
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Demo of search interface
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Entry Vocabulary Index suggests correct LCSH with different spelling Buttons for searchable resources & local catalogs Search term recommender service for LC Subject Headings
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Potentially related people
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Potentially related periods
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Mostly in India 16 th - 18 th century
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Find out more about this area.
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Different Browsing Options!
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Zooming in to South Asia Restricting time frame Select
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Information about the country of India… Interface generates menu page
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ More information about the country of India… Wikipedia CIA Factbook BBCEthnologue Berkeley Natural History Museums
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ Historical events – linked to Library catalog & Wikipedia : none avail. for this time period
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ ECAI Cultural Atlases: presenting history in its geographical & chronological contexts
Buckland. DEN. 12/12/ More at ecai.org/imls2004 or contact Michael Buckland Ray Larson