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Louisiana Digital Library Collections As Data Intro Survey: Selected Survey Results To Support Reports And Publications, Sl Ziegler, Leah Powell Duncan, Elizabeth Joan Kelly
Louisiana Digital Library Collections As Data Intro Survey: Selected Survey Results To Support Reports And Publications, Sl Ziegler, Leah Powell Duncan, Elizabeth Joan Kelly
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Open Data In Cultural Heritage Institutions: Can We Be Better Than Data Brokers?, Sl Ziegler
Open Data In Cultural Heritage Institutions: Can We Be Better Than Data Brokers?, Sl Ziegler
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Treating collections in cultural institutions as data encourages novel approaches to the use of historic collections. To reframe collections as data is to focus on how digitized collection material, collection metadata, and transcriptions can be used and reused for various types of computational analysis. Scholars active in the field of digital humanities have long taken advantage of computational data. This paper focuses on the work of cultural heritage institutions, which are increasingly offering collections as data. This paper outlines the collections as data project and examines specific examples of cultural institutions active in this space. The paper then details the …
More Than A Pretty Interface: The Louisiana Digital Library As A Data Hub, Sl Ziegler
More Than A Pretty Interface: The Louisiana Digital Library As A Data Hub, Sl Ziegler
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The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online platform for libraries, museums, archives, and historical organizations across the state. The books, manuscripts, oral histories, maps, and photographs held in the LDL showcase the cultural resources of Louisiana. The interface enables users to discover materials through search and browse, and to view and interact with these materials. The metadata about these items is also a great asset. When explored in their entirety, the data held in the LDL is as valuable as the digital facsimiles. The LDL may be conceptualized as a data hub, a place to gather and share the …