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6-7 December 2011 - Ghent - New Technologies for New Audiences
Experts and Non-expertsHarry van Vliet - Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
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Illusions rule! Illusions rule!
“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all
the new networks that are arising.”
“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all
the new networks that are arising.”
“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all
the new networks that are arising.”
“Nowadays people are experiencing more stress due to all
the new networks that are arising.”
1896, Erbs1896, Erbs
“Adding a computer to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with a computer”
Mintz, 1998
“Adding a computer to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with a computer”
Mintz, 1998
“Adding social media to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with social media”
van Vliet, 2011
“Adding social media to a boring exhibit, is a boring exhibit with social media”
van Vliet, 2011
The relationship between museums
and visitors changed due to the
influence of technological developments
such as the Internet and mobile
services this last decade.
The relationship between museums
and visitors changed due to the
influence of technological developments
such as the Internet and mobile
services this last decade.
http://www.leocaillard.com
There are a lot of objects in depots hidden for
the general public
There are a lot of objects in depots hidden for
the general public
Still in a digitization process: about 4 out of 10
objects is digitised
Still in a digitization process: about 4 out of 10
objects is digitised
Department Modern Art
Title The Innocent Eye Test
Classification Paintings
Artist Mark Tansey, American, born 1949
Date Label 1981
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 78 x 120 in. (198.1 x 304.8 cm)
Credit Line Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles
Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1988
Accession 1988.183
Department Modern Art
Title The Innocent Eye Test
Classification Paintings
Artist Mark Tansey, American, born 1949
Date Label 1981
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 78 x 120 in. (198.1 x 304.8 cm)
Credit Line Partial and Promised Gift of Jan Cowles and Charles
Cowles, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1988
Accession 1988.183
Tagging entails assigning labels and/or keywords to a
specific item.
E.g. the word ‘beautiful’ or ‘Cow’
Tagging entails assigning labels and/or keywords to a
specific item.
E.g. the word ‘beautiful’ or ‘Cow’
What the institutions say:
1. On average 66% of all
photos are tagged
2. On average 46% of all
photos have a comment
3. On average 19% of all
photos have notes
4. 1 institute out of 26 had
more than a million views
(4%)
What the data tells us:
1. it is 97%
2. it is 41%
3. It is 8%
4. It is 19 out of 56 (34%)
31%
69%
5
15
Tags Top 20Contribution
57%
89%
What are people REALLY doing?What are people REALLY doing?
Do experts add more tags than laymen?
Do experts add more unique tags than laymen?
Do experts use different kind of tags?
Do experts use different words compared to laymen?
Do experts add tags containing more information?
Do laymen add tags which are suitable for the retrievability of
objects?
Bringing the past to the present in
Greenland
Bringing the past to the present in
Greenland
THANK YOU!
Harry van Vliet
Utrecht University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands)
Faculty of Communication and Journalism
Research group Crossmedia Business
Room 0S142 / Crossmedialab
www.crossmedialab.nl
www.museumkompas.nl