VirtualVirtual Exhibit:State of the art: 12 January 201112 January 2011

Virtual Exhibit: Where are we now?

10 Institutions in the consortium (shortly)More on their way

Development team expanded

Specs and feature list for phase one set

First ideas for stories are being developed

Virtual Exhibit: specsspecs

‘‘Static’ Static’ content content

• 6 themed ‘rooms’ (1 room per book),

• 36 ‘stories’ (6 stories per book)

• 144-216 ‘units’ (digital image + metadata +ca. 100 words narrative + keywords) (4-6 units per story)

• ‘theme paths’ cross-cutting series of 10 or more units

Virtual Exhibit: specsspecs

‘‘Dynamic’ Dynamic’ content, both ‘deep’ and ‘broad’:content, both ‘deep’ and ‘broad’:

• related objects (via keywords) appear as thumbnails, larger image, portal to original online collection to spark in depth exploration

• Europeana feed connecting to the vast amounts of material, broader visualizations of context possible

Virtual Exhibit: Interactive features

• Multiple views: automatically arrange story units and dynamic content into:

• gallery (giving an overview of all content)• map • timeline

• Search static and dynamic content• Filter dynamic content by keyword• ‘Share’ buttons• Customized session

• save story units/dynamic content to light table• save paths• allow others to see saved images/session•Add (non-published) comment

• Expert ‘tours’ as theme paths

Virtual Exhibit 2.0: Generating Use(rs) and content:

External applications

Targeted: projects for knowledge extraction from and with partners (students)

Open: develop apps/projects for sharing, creative re-use, notes and comments

Interaction/moderation in the form of links, expert commentary

To be developed

Virtual Exhibit team:

Web editors:Web editors:Alec BadenochSlawomir Lotysz

Communication/web editing:Communication/web editing:Suzanne Lommers

Software Designer:Software Designer:Brian Fuchs, Imperial College

Site Designer:Site Designer:Alan Outten

Virtual Exhibit: What next?

January 12 workshopJanuary 12 workshop: brainstorm themesEnd of January: End of January: stories for 4 roomsEnd of February: End of February:

Stories for all six books1st Metadata protocols

Beginning April: Beginning April: First keyword listsEnd of May: End of May: Final object list, keyword listsEnd of June 2011 End of June 2011 – Beta launch

Virtual Exhibit: What now?

Working Rounds (2)1. Brief introduction by the book authors2. Brief introduction by the museum partner3. Discussion. Select one emblematic object per collection4. Send object as link or attachment to A.Badenoch@nias.knaw.nl

In discussion after the break5. Book author: report back on discussion – how the image was chosen, what worked generally, what further information is needed6. Museum partners:.will respond