Paper Info
Title
Metadata-enhanced exploration of digital cultural collections
Abstract
The increased digitisation of cultural collections and their availability on the World Wide Web has made access to these valuable documents much easier than ever before. However, despite the increased availability of access to cultural archives, curators still struggle to instigate and enhance engagement with these resources. The CULTURA project is actively addressing this issue through the development of a metadata-driven personalisation environment for exploring cultural collections and instigating collaborations. This paper discusses the state of the art in this area and the various innovative approaches used in the CULTURA project, with a special focus on how the underlying metadata helps to facilitate its semantically rich environment. An evaluation of the CULTURA project with students is detailed, highlighting its relevance for those without domain expertise. This is vital as the system needs to adapt and support a full spectrum of users, from professional researchers to interested members of the public.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1504/IJMSO.2014.060342
IJMSO
Keywords
DocType
Volume
cultural archives,CULTURA project,digital cultural collection,full spectrum,cultural collection,domain expertise,increased digitisation,increased availability,semantically rich environment,metadata-driven personalisation environment,Metadata-enhanced exploration,World Wide Web
Journal
9
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
2
1
0.38
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Cormac Hampson18010.97
Séamus Lawless211130.18
Eoin Bailey3264.01
Christina M. Steiner48314.93
Eva-Catherine Hillemann5304.66
Owen Conlan644763.88