Extending the reach of our collective cultural heritage: The IMLS DCC Flickr Feasibility Study

Jett, Jacob; Palmer, Carole L.; Fenlon, Katrina S.; Chao, Zoe

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Title

Extending the reach of our collective cultural heritage: The IMLS DCC Flickr Feasibility Study

Author(s)

• Jett, Jacob
• Palmer, Carole L.
• Fenlon, Katrina S.
• Chao, Zoe

Issue Date

2010-10-22

Keyword(s)

• digital collections
• digital images
• Flickr Commons
• IMLS DCC
• Web 2.0
• aggregator
• user-generated content
• tags

Abstract

The Flickr Feasibility Study investigated the roles and processes required for a digital collection aggregator to facilitate participation of cultural heritage institutions in Web 2.0 communities. The results demonstrate that providing this service for museums, libraries, and archives can be a natural extension of aggregation activities. While the role is complicated by the varying requirements of different kinds of institutions, analysis of user interactions can guide both collection development and building of communities of interest around cultural heritage collections.

Publisher

ASIS&T

Series/Report Name or Number

Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v. 47, no.1

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/meet.14504701420

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

IMLS LG-06-07-0020

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