From Vision to Fulfillment; Accessing the Digitized Archive
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The Israel Archive Network Project ( ישראל ארכיוני רשת (פרויקט
* From Vision to Fulfillment; Accessing the Digitized Archive
EVA/Minerva 2011Digital Heritage, Israel
שראל ירכיוני אשתרISRAEL ARCHIVES NETWORK
*The project
Background: * Most historical archives in Israel unknown, inaccessible to the
public
* Real danger of losing historically valuable national material
IAN: * Preservation:
National “preservation copy” of records and their digital copies
*Access:
National Internet portal for federated search and retrieval from many archives and collections
* Office of the Prime Minister
* Israel State Archives
* The National Library of Israel
* The Israel Archives and Information
Association
*Project lead
*Challenges
*
accessibl
e
* rich
*
engaging
*
useful
* easy to use
*
Coverage*
education
al
*
valuable
*How?
* Engage the public - NEW approaches
* Create a RELATIONSHIP with the public
*Create dialogue with the end-user
*Involve the users to enrich our knowledge and database
* Access
* CrowdSourcing (UGC?,Tagging)
* User input (social media)
*Access = dialogue
*Create VALUE
Who is the End User?IAN
Archivists
The Public
IAN
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* The Wise Son
* (The Wicked Son)
* The Simple Son
* The Son who does not know to ask
*The 4 sons
*Value
* Good user experience
* Useful, simple, intuitive
* Good search
* Linked related objects
* Enhance search results
* Federated search
* Faceted search
*How do we BEST present the material?
*How do we encourage participation?
*How do we achieve a collaborative environment?
*Information sharing (Twitter, facebook, Google+, Flickr,)
*How do we ensure the user finds what he wanted and
MORE
* “If we build it they will come” (?) – Movie: Field of Dreams
*We are asking
1 + 1 = 3
*Designing portals 101
*Federated Search
IANBirth Certificate
University DegreeThe Jewish Battalion
Photo
Tel Yosef Archive
Birth Certificate
NLIUniversity Degree
“Joseph Trumpeldor”
* The Portal
יוסף טרומפלדור
יוסף טרומפלדור
*The portal
יוסף טרומפלדור
*The portal
יוסף טרומפלדור
*The portal
*CrowdSourcing
*“the act of sourcing tasks traditionally performed by specific individuals to a group of people or community” – WIKIPEDIA
* “ because it is an open call to a group of people, it gathers
those who are most fit to perform tasks….” – Jeff Howe
*Previous Successes
*WIKIPEDIA
*National Library of Australia
*Yad Vashem –”I Remember Facebook App”
*New York Public Library
*In Conclusion
* Many challenges
* Innovation. We must be alert to new user trends
* Enormous sandbox. Not every attempt will be successful;
* Learning process - by trial and error we will get there
* Know our users!
*Thank You!
“We Are Making History by Re-Creating History…”
Chezkie KasnettProject Manager, Israel Archive Network
*The portal