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Working paper
An Introduction to AI for GLAM
There is a growing interest in utilising Machine Learning (ML) techniques within Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM), and a corresponding demand for training to enable practitioners to engage confidently in this area. Staff at these institutions are seeking practical knowledge and skills in ML concepts and methods specific to...van Strien, Daniel ; Bell, Mark ; McGregor, Nora Rose ; Trizna, Michael
ICML, GLAM, and Machine Learning
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Journal article
Participation in heritage crowdsourcing
This paper draws upon the experience of several years of running a multi-application crowdsourcing platform, as well as a longitudinal evaluation of participant profiles, motivations and behaviour, to argue that heritage crowdsourcing cannot straightforwardly be considered a democratising form of cultural participation. While we agree that crowdsourcing helps expand public...Bonacchi, Chiara ; Bevan, Andrew ; Keinan-Schoonbaert, Adi ; Pett, Daniel ; Wexler, Jennifer
audience development, crowdsourcing, cultural participation, GLAM, representation, and heritage
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Journal article
Can I believe what I see? Data visualisation and trust in the humanities
Questions of trust are increasingly important in relation to data and its use. The authors focus on humanities data and its visualisation, through analysis of their own recent projects with museums, archives and libraries internationally. Their account connects the specifics of hands-on digital humanities work to larger epistemological questions. They...Boyd Davis, Stephen ; Vane, Olivia ; Kräutli, Florian
scepticism, critical design, interdisciplinarity, ethics, digital humanities, interrogability, data visualisation, and GLAM
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Research report
Intersectional Taxonomies: Current and Future Practice (V.1)
This research project has been divided into two phases of completion, the first resulting in V.1 of a Research deck to be shared on Monday, 11 July, and the second, with a written Project report, including Literature review and Bibliography, informing V.2 of the deck to be delivered Monday, the...Kelleher, Ashley
GLAM, shared repository service, taxonomies, and cultural heritage
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Research report
Intersectional Taxonomies: Current to Future Use (V.2)
The methodology below has enabled the author to examine the applied structures of metadata currently employed throughout the Repository Shared layer, as well as with in each partner’s live environment, as well as gain a look and feel of the current UX experience of the Research Repository. 1. Page visits...Kelleher, Ashley
shared repository service, taxonomies, cultural heritage, and GLAM
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Research report
British Library Research Report 2021–22
The latest edition of our Research Report, covering the academic year October 2021 to September 2022 is available. This is the sixth issue of this publication, which has become an annual highlight in our communications about our research. It is an opportunity to reflect on and celebrate achievements of the...The British Library
Research partnerships, Research support, Research engagement, Eccles Centre, Visual arts, Postgraduate research, GLAM, and Research projects
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Presentation
British Library Shared Repository Service: Research Showcase. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
This talk outlines the experience of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew with the British Library's shared repository service. The range of research undertaken at Kew is outlined. The reasons Kew was interested in establishing a repository included needing a mechanism to publicly share all its research outputs, to be able to meet their future obligations...Griffin, Anne
research, independent research organisation, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, repository service, and GLAM
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Presentation
Copyright and rights management
Focussing on UK copyright law this talk discusses the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 and how different types of copyright cover different types of output e.g. literary, artistic, dramatic and musical. The complex area of copyright clearance and the different layers of rights within one item is outlined. Who...Davidson, Alison
UK copyright, copyright exceptions, rights management, copyright clearance, and GLAM
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Presentation
Research Data Management
Research Data Management (RDM) is an active process and should be considered throughout the research lifecycle. Ethical principles such as FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reproducible) data sharing and the CARE principles are outlined. Data Management Plans and where to store research data are also addressed.Holt, Ilkay
ethical research data management, GLAM, data management plans, and research data management
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Presentation
Persistent identifiers
This talk outlines the basics of persistent identifiers and some of the activity the British Library is doing around persistent identifiers. How persistent identifiers such as DOIs and ORCiDs are used within research systems is described.Kotarski, Rachael
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Presentation
Repositories to facilitate open research
Description of the British Library's research repository service, how it works, what you can find there and the range of research undertaken at the British Library.Basford, Jenny
research, GLAM, and repository
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Presentation
Research and practice in heritage
The British Library is an example of an independent research organisation and the types of research that is undertaken in GLAM institutions is outlined. Research within GLAM institutions will feed into things like exhibitions, access, assessment and interpretation of the collections. Activities can include providing the metadata for collection items, preservation, conservation, development of...Kotarski, Rachael
PR Voices, SPARKLE, Practice based research, Independent Research Organisation, and GLAM
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Presentation
Opening up heritage research
This module covers the topics of understanding research landscape in GLAM organisations, benefits of openness for heritage research, basic concepts of open principles, value of repositories in GLAMs and the British Library’s Shared Research Repository as an example.Holt, Ilkay
repository, open scholarship, GLAM, and research
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Presentation
Introduction
The presentations from this first webinar address some of the topics that attendees at the first in person event for the Repository Training Programme for Cultural Heritage Professionals raised. The topics covered in this webinar included: research activities in GLAM, benefits of research repositories, persistent identifiers, research data management, and...Holt, Ilkay
copyright, repository, persistent identifiers, rights management, GLAM, and research data management
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Conference paper (unpublished)
"This is not IP I'm familiar with." The strange afterlife and untapped potential of public domain content in GLAM institutions.
Cultural institutions are vital stewards of public domain works and artefacts, billions of which have now been digitised and placed online. Yet few institutions release this content for free and unrestricted reuse. Why? In this talk, Douglas will illuminate this complex landscape and show how open access can unlock opportunities...McCarthy, Douglas
open scholarship, GLAM, copyright, and intellectual property
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Conference paper (unpublished)
Where do I stand? Deconstructing digital collections [research] infrastructures: a perspective from Towards a National Collection
This presentation sheds light on the critical challenges of establishing a sustainable digital infrastructure in the United Kingdom. The work conducted by TaNC plays a crucial role in addressing key factors within the realm of digital infrastructure, including: Tools and Pipelines: This encompasses software and related components. User Knowledge Needs:...Pereda, Javier
digital infrastructure, GLAM, and Towards a National Collection