sxsw 2016 - give it away to get rich: open cultural heritage
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G I V E I T AWAY T O G E T R I C HO P E N C U LT U R A L H E R I TA G E
#SXSWopen
“Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose.”
Open Knowledge Foundation
P H O T O B Y D AV I D L O F I N K
O P E N A C C E S S
I M PA C T O F O P E N A C C E S S• New fundraising and brand licensing opportunities.
• More efficient image management and digitization processes.
• Institution & staff more mission-focused.
• Furthers research, educational and creative activities.
• Increases use and awareness of an institution’s collections.
• Creates a strengthened and more relevant brand.
• Increased goodwill leads to increased public engagement.
C R E AT I V E R E - U S E R I J K S M U S E U M
TA M A R S H A L E M - S A I L O R ' S B O O T S
H A L F M O D E L O F A 1 8 - G U N B R I G , A N O N Y M O U S , C . 1 7 9 5
C O M M E R C I A L R E - U S E R I J K S M U S E U M
D I G I TA L H U M A N I T I E S
F U R T H E R I N G S C I E N C E B I O D I V E R S I T Y H E R I TA G E L I B R A R Y
Effie Kapsalis - @digitaleffie
Dallas Museum of ArtShyam Oberoi, Director of Technology & Digital Media@shyamoberoi
DALLASTEXAS
10% Dallas = 7.2M People - 750k Projected FY16 AttendanceUp from < 7% in FY12
Track 1: object digitization Oct 2013 Oct 2016
OBJECT DIGITIZATION
COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT 24,000 objects
DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT 72,000 media assets
DOWNLOAD & ZOOM
Track 1: object digitization Oct 2013 Oct 2016
Track 2: content coordination Oct 2013 Oct 2018
CONTENT COORDINATION
CONTENT BLOCKS
CONTENT BLOCKS
CONTENT BLOCKS
CONTENT BLOCKS
RESULTS & NEXT STEPS
OPEN ACCESS!
Thank You!Shyam Oberoi, Director of Technology & Digital Media@shyamoberoi
Image by Astra Wijaya
The Story of NYPL’s Public Domain Drop
Shana Kimball, NYPL Labs SXSW March 12, 2016
#SXSWOPEN
@shanakimball | @nypl_labs
The Facts• On January 6, 2016, NYPL announced
high-resolution downloads of 187,000 out-of-copyright materials.
• No permission required: everyone can go forth & reuse!
• Remix Residency program announced
• Labs also released several demonstration projects
The Agenda
• How we gave away ~200K Public Domain images • Examples of Engagement and Reuse • The Response so far
NYPL Labs
librarians developers designers
photographers liberal arts refugees
NYPL Labs
select convert share
R&D Engagement
NYPL Labs 2011-14
Digitization Metadata AccessPermissions/
Reproductions R&D Engagement
NYPL Labs 2014-present
(a new kind of digital library program)
Digitization Metadata AccessPermissions/
Reproductions R&D Engagement
NYPL Labs 2014-present
digitalcollections.nypl.org
publicdomain.nypl.org
NYPL Labs Remix
Residency
but wait, there’s more
publicdomain.nypl.org
Mansion Maniac
publicdomain.nypl.org/mansionmaniac
Fifth Avenue, Then & Now
publicdomain.nypl.org/fifth-avenue
Navigating the Green Book
publicdomain.nypl.org/greenbook
publicdomain.nypl.org/pd-visualization
the response so far
“This is absolutely marvelous. Many many thanks! As we are doing online classes at Yale these will be invaluable. I congratulate the dedicated staff and assistants who worked to make this possible. Let's continue to support the NY Public Library as a unique culture treasure!”
“WOW! thank you so much for giving us the ability to use these amazing images. Always great to find a new collection of images that everyone has not used a million times before.”
“¡¡Muchas gracias !!... Compartir es preservar para el futuro. ;)”
“Merci ! c'est la meilleure nouvelle depuis le début de l'année ... et continuez !”
#nyplremix
~300 applications for Remix Residency
new baseline traffic increase to NYPL Digital Collections platform
245% increase in monthly traffic
18% increase in average session duration
53% increase in average pages per session
Early conclusions: baseline increase
In perspective: first 7 weeks post launch vs. all of 2015
Digital Collections sessions1.5M (7wks) vs. 1.6M (all 2015)
API sessions2M vs. 1.2M (all 2015)
Shana Kimball @shanakimball | @nypl_labs
Thank you!
How has your open collections program changed your organization?
What has been your favorite result of your open collections initiative?
Anything that surprised you about opening up your collections?
How do you see open cultural heritage & science impacting you?