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2022
Conference paper (published)
Locating a National Collection through Audience Research DH2022 Long Abstract
This abstract was submitted to the DH2022 conference where I presented a long paper. It explores how geography can help to engage the public with digital cultural heritage collections. It draws on audience research that examined values and motivations in the UK alongside the use of location-based interfaces such as...Rees, Gethin ; Vitale, Valeria ; Hunt, Alex ; Horgan, John ; Strachan, Peter
location, metadata, web maps, geography, cultural heritage, and interface design
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2022
Research report
Locating a National Collection (LaNC) Final Report
Locating a National Collection helps cultural heritage organisations to use geographical information — such as where objects were made and used or the locations they depict and describe — to connect collections and engage the public. Through workshops, audience research and software development the project has developed a set of...Rees, Gethin ; Gadd, Stephen ; Horgan, John ; Hunt, Alex ; Isaksen, Leif …
location, geographical information, collections, cultural heritage organisations, research data, and digital records
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2022
Journal article
Discovering the local in national cultural heritage collections. How web maps can help the UK public engage with their ‘own places’
Identity is a critical influence on the public’s engagement with cultural heritage. This article emphasises the role of geographical scale in this relationship examining how the presentation of local heritage can foster meaningful engagement with collections. The geographical information embedded in digital collections – such as where objects were made... -
2021
Dataset
Locating a National Collection Our Place audience survey results
Results of an audience survey conducted by Locating a National Collection and funded by the AHRC. The research has been led by the National Trust in collaboration with the British Library and Research Bods, a market research company who have delivered results using the NT’s ‘Our Place’ online audience research...Vitale, Valeria ; Rees, Gethin ; Hunt, Alex