DAMLA 2017 State of the Arts: DAMs in the cultural heritage sector

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State of the Arts:

DAMs in the Cultural Heritage Sector

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

10:20 am

Digital

Transformation

Douglas Hegley, Chief Digital Officer, Minneapolis Institute of Art @dhegley http://www.slideshare.net/dhegley

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Maybe if we ignore it,

it will just go away

Umm …

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Purpose

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794),

1891, Aimé-Jules Dalou,

The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund,

Minneapolis Institute of Art, 89.20

Cultural Heritage Sector

Responsibility • to collect, study and preserve

• both artifacts & knowledge from the past

• in order to share them in the present

• and maintain them for the benefit of future

generations

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• Needs

• Important role of DAMs

• Challenges

• Long view

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All core capabilities, plus:

Specific requirements & challenges

Persistent archive

Perpetual access

Digital Publishing House

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http://miltonlibrary.org/assets/ebook-tutorials.jpg

http://www.wordsinspace.net/lib-arch-data/2013-fall/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Digital_Asset_Management_DAM_file.gif

Unrealistic expectations for technology to perform miracles –leads to: inability to harness potential benefits (wishful thinking)

Benefits of technology have been demonstrated

Benefits of the technology have been demonstrated

Forward-thinking organizations realize the difficulties and complexities – use that understanding to develop practical approaches to implementation

The Gartner Hype Cycle @dhegley

Current Status of DAMs - Where are we?

View of Venice (1500) Jacopo de' Barbari; Woodcut from six blocks on six sheets of paper, The John R. Van Derlip Fund, Minneapolis Institute of Art 2010.88

The DAM Maturity Model

Developed by the DAM Foundation

Four categories to define the digital asset management ecosystem

Useful lens

@dhegley

Source: http://dammaturitymodel.org/

DAM Foundation Maturity Model Headings@dhegley

DAM Foundation Maturity Model Competencies (a bit simplified)

Ad Hoc - exposure

Incipient - casual understanding

Formative - demonstrated experience

Operational - standardization, formal practices, functional asset distribution/re-use

Optimal - proactive, value-driven, future-focused

Source: http://dammaturitymodel.org/

DAMs Maturity across the Cultural Heritage Sector

Wide variability

People - incipient

Information – incipient to formative

Systems – formative (big orgs with funding); ad hoc (smaller orgs with limited resources)

Processes - incipient

Challenge: DAMs and IT

Consider Do Don’t

Yes, you too can learn to “Speak IT” in five easy steps!

Consider Do Don’t

IT staff are dedicated

to being helpful

We’ve got a real puzzle, do you think

you can help us figure it out?

We need to have a new mobile app

by next week.

Consider Do Don’t

to being helpful

by next week.

IT staff are curious Let me fill you in on the thinking around

this new idea.

Because I said so, that’s why.

Consider Do Don’t

to being helpful

by next week.

this new idea.

Motivate by sharing

big goals

Our goal is to inspire visitors by sharing

interesting stories digitally.

Put a big touchscreen in the

gallery.

Consider Do Don’t

to being helpful

by next week.

this new idea.

Motivate by sharing

big goals

gallery.

Include, include,

include

We are planning new content for the

website; could you join the meeting,

lend your technical expertise, and

weigh in on the ideas?

We’ll let you know when we’ve

decided what you’re going to do.

Consider Do Don’t

to being helpful

by next week.

this new idea.

Motivate by sharing

big goals

gallery.

Include, include,

include

We are planning new content for the

website; could you join the meeting,

lend your technical expertise, and

weigh in on the ideas?

We’ll let you know when we’ve

decided what you’re going to do.

Connect personally Would you like to have lunch next

Tuesday?

Steve or Bob or whatever your

name is, why are your systems so

Challenge: Metadata Models and Standards

City Glow(2005), Chiho Aoshima; Collaborator: Bruce Ferguson

Five screen animated film installation. Gift of Funds from the Friends of the Institute and

The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, Minneapolis Institute of Art 2011.83

Challenge: Digital Collections

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Hurdy Gurdy Man (Chrysanthemums) (2006) Jennifer Steinkamp

Video components. Gift of Funds from Barbara Steiner, Diane and David

Lilly and Samuel D. and Patricia N. McCullough, Minneapolis Institute of Art

2010.57

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Challenge: Preservation

Challenge: Professionalization

What about:

Digital literacy?

Metadata standards?

Publishing workflows?

Digital content production?

What about:

DAMS Manager?

Digital Production Coordinator?

Chief Digital Officer????

Digital Stewardship

“ … the one with all the definitions” - Jaime McCurry, 2014

From: http://collation.folger.edu/2014/04/digital-stewardship-the-one-with-all-the-definitions/

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Digital Stewardship

“ … the one with all the definitions” - Jaime McCurry, 2014

From: http://collation.folger.edu/2014/04/digital-stewardship-the-one-with-all-the-definitions/

1. Care and management of digital objects over time

2. Conception, creation, appraisal, description, and preservation

3. Accessibility, reuse, and beyond

4. File formats

5. Metadata schema

6. Multiple copies in various locations to protect from data loss or corruption

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Technology

Equipment

Backup

Backup testing

Access copy

Preservation copy

Ongoing costs

Artist intent

Format

Emulation

Migration

What Does Success Look Like?

Valuable assets

Published/shared widely

Customers = delighted

Thriving business(Hmm ... maybe we’re not so unique after all ... )

Kiss of Victory, 1878–

1881, Sir Alfred Gilbert,

Marble, wooden base,

The John R. Van Derlip

Fund, Minneapolis

Institute of Art, 76.32

Thank you!and please keep in touch

@dhegley

artsmia.org

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