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

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accessibl

e

* rich

*

engaging

*

useful

* easy to use

*

Coverage*

education

al

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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

1

2

3

4

* 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