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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
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20062 Support the Learner: What, Where, When and Who Supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Five ideas... 1. 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.
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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
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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) - 3711 (Standard Industrial Classification) Computer: HS 847120 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
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20065 WHERE Gazetteer Map Ctesiphon (Ancient site) Dots link to portal
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20066 Going places in the catalog! Linked to a gazetteer and map display. Geographic sort of books on Folklore.
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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.
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20068 WHEN Time period directory Timeline Prototype time period directory at ecai.org/imls2004 Sample entry Generates catalog search
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/20069 WHEN, WHERE and WHO. Search in LC catalog for yields 65 records showing who was doing what:
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200610 WHEN Time Period Directory Timeline Link to Catalog Link to Wikipedia
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200611 WHO Biographical Dictionary Complex relationships Life events metadata WHAT: Actions prisoner WHERE: Places Holstein WHEN: Times 1261-1262 WHO: People Margaret Sambiria Need external links
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200612 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
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200613 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.”
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200614 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
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200615 Demo of search interface
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200616 Entry Vocabulary Index suggests correct LCSH with different spelling Buttons for searchable resources & local catalogs Search term recommender service for LC Subject Headings
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200617 Potentially related people
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200618 Potentially related periods
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200619 Mostly in India 16 th - 18 th century
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200620 Find out more about this area.
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200621 Different Browsing Options!
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200622 Zooming in to South Asia Restricting time frame Select
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200623 Information about the country of India… Interface generates menu page
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200624 More information about the country of India… Wikipedia CIA Factbook BBCEthnologue Berkeley Natural History Museums
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200625 Historical events – linked to Library catalog & Wikipedia : none avail. for this time period
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200626 ECAI Cultural Atlases: presenting history in its geographical & chronological contexts
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Buckland. DEN. 12/12/200627 More at ecai.org/imls2004 or contact Michael Buckland buckland@sims.berkeley.ed Ray Larson ray@sims.berkeley.edu
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