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Social Media for collaborative tagging in digital archives
Aytac, S. & Constantinou, C. (2016) Discovery of Karamanlidika Cultural Artifacts via Social Media Tools: Toward a Digital Repository for Karmanli Memories.
Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2016 – Columbus, OH – Connections. Collaboration. Community in Session 108 - Genealogy and Local History with Asia and
Oceania. Retrieved from http://library.ifla.org/1415/1/108-aytac-en.pdf
This conference proceeding proposes a digital library to facilitate online exchange and create connections among the geographically dispersed cultures
who spoke Ottoman Turkish and wrote in Greek during the Ottoman Empire (14th-20th centuries) by providing a platform for a “niche personal/community
knowledge environment”. Multilingual access is essential to provide an endeavor using open source repository software for collaborative working and meeting
online. Envisioned by current data collection from social media, this virtual library will function as an archive and genealogical source pooling from
user-generated contributions and tagging/folksonomy to provide a cohesive framework for finding and preserving cultural heritage.<ref>
Colquhoun, B. (2016) Making Sense of Historic Photographic Collections on Flickr The Commons: Institutional and User Perspectives. Retrieved from
http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/31176634/Museums_and_the_Web_2013-BC.pdf? AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1491682843&Signature=eiRU6DIXV1V5RI9xFWWFOH3QerY%3D&response-content- disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DMaking_Sense_of_Historic_Photographic_Co.pdf Flickr The Commons, as a venue for interactive development of meaning and content of photographic collections and as a social networking site, is presented in three case studies for selected institutional archival projects: Curate the Collection at the National Maritime Museum, My LOC Favorites at the Library of Congress, and Uncovering Archives Photography at the Tyne and Wear Archives and Museum during 2012-13. Participants in thematic groups selected, ordered, and placed objects in their galleries or favourites - building their own collections and tagging, commenting, noting, and/or sharing. Choice is found to be based on the aesthetic and technical merit of the photograph and the relationship between the past and the present.<ref>
Duff, W.M. & Johnson, C.A., & Cherry, J.M. (2013) Reaching out, Reaching in: A Preliminary Investigation into Archives’ Use of Social Media in Canada.
Archivaria, 75(Spring), 77-96.
Research conducted in Canada during late 2011-12 involved an environmental scan of Canadian archives and their social media applications, as well as
gathering insight from focus groups recruited at the Univeristy of Toronto regarding users’ impression and concerns of archives’ use of social media. Of
648 archives 1/3rd (217) comprise data finding Facebook and Twitter as the most popular applications with YouTube, Flickr, and blogs, respectively, and
primarily for marketing purposes to increase awareness. User engagement was explored with the focus groups based on assessment plans provided by the
Archival Metrics Project finding social media allowing user contribution of content, with similar feelings of hesitation as if contributing to Wikipedia,
to necessitate archivists’ mediation to maintain the legitimacy of the source. Archival online services are ranked with findings favorable for an archival
portal rather than individual sites and access to moving images and photographs, as well as full-text document searching capability.<ref>
Greenhorn, B. (2013) Project Naming/Un visage, un nom. International Preservation News, 61, 20-24. Retrieved from https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/pac/ipn/ipn-
61.pdf
This narrative article describes the development of a photographic identification project among the Inuit people in Nunavut begun locally in 2002 as
an analog school project and now implemented by the Library and Archives of Canada. The role of social media incorporated in Project Naming: Discover Blog,
Facebook, Flickr, Project Naming and Canada’s North podcast, and Twitter have been effective in disseminating knowledge, further discovery, and providing a
venue for communication. Benefits of the project include an appreciation by users of archival photographs, an increase in cultural identity and the
empowerment that comes with pride in one’s heritage. The project has now been expanded by LAC to all aboriginal groups in Canada and is ongoing on a w
website-based platform.<ref>
Harris, V. & Hepburn, P. (2013) Trends in image use by historians and implications for librarians and archivists. College and Research Libraries, 74(3), 272-
287. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/docview/1429844460?accountid=14925 The use of digital images by historians from selected journals, an authoritative set compared to an Open Access, peer-reviewed born-digital set from 2000-2009, was analyzed to determine whether the increase in visual imagery now readily available digitally is being utilized for scholarship. By attribution/citation of images, findings that journals’ imagery overall remains consistent with core journals at 43% while OA journals are 16% on average is contrary to the hypothetical impact expected by the explosion of available imagery online. The traditional character of historians, publishing costs, copyright concerns, and the necessity for collaboration to incorporate visual resources into the historical literature require a commitment to visual fluency.<ref>
Kriesberg, A. (2014) Increasing Access in 140 Characters or Less: Or, What Are Archival Institutions Doing on Twitter? The American Archivist, 77(2), 534-557.
http://dx.doi.org/10.17723/aarc.77.2.7661l201544xv5qr During October 2011, including the Day of Digital Archives (#digitalarchivesday, 10/6) the author gathered Twitter activity data of 34 selected, English-speaking digital archives. Half of the 1,880 tweets analyzed came from the 5 most active accounts with the primary purpose of announcements and links to institutional content. While the opportunity for smaller cultural institutions allows for unlimited postings thus increasing their digital footprint the findings provide that active engagement, sending messages and initiating conversations, require knowledgeable and dedicated staff. Immediacy of this nature varies from traditional archival practices and increases access moving forward with a broader archival user base inclusive of non- academicians.<ref>
Peccatte, P. (2011) Liberating archival images : the PhotosNormadie Project on Flickr. ( L.M. Thomas, Trans.) In Theimer, K. (Ed.) (2011). A different kind of
web: new connections between archives and our users. Chicago: Society of American Archivists.
This case study discusses the initiative taken by the author and his associate, a historian, to utilize Flickr for descriptive enhancement of 2,763
thematic photos. 2 challenges stated are maintaining interest for additional discussion/corrections and the method of updating causing loss of comments.
Lessons for success include the two-sided aspect of the project: technical production of managing image/metadata and creation of community through
reaching-out to the network for contributors. Incorporation of GPS coordinates and bilingual capability, i.e. addition of English, inclusion of additional
relevant material and images that are not in the public domain are stated as future goals. Interest in an improved platform giving collaborators more e
editorial control and improved metadata schema are mentioned.<ref>
Sroka, M. (2011) Identifying and Interpreting Prewar and Wartime Jewish Photographs in Polish digital collections. Slavic & East European Information Resources,
12(2-3), 175-187. DOI: 10.1080/15228886.2011.594986
The 1996 exhibit And I Still See Their Face: Images of Polish Jews was the product of a press and television appeal by the Shalom Foundation for the
Promotion of Polish-Jewish Culture resulting in a selection of 450 of 8,000 submitted photographs, spawning a growth of Jewish digital archives and
repositories and portals. An assessment of these cultural digital presentations provides insight into access to online collections, identification, and
subject analysis through tagging. Opportunities and challenges of collaborative social tagging is found to add more value to historically important visual
culture and the impact of rediscovering the past.<ref>
Terras, M. (2011) The Digital Wunderkammer: Flickr as a platform for amateur cultural and heritage content. Library Trends, 59(4), 686-706. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/docview/881454081?accountid=14925 The author presents strong support for the amateur Flickr-based digitization movement as contribution to the cultural heritage resources available rather than consideration of Flickr as only a “cabinet of curiosities”. From a UK perspective, the collaborative effort of libraries, archives, and institutions of higher education have a role to enable the general public in developing community content. Aside from lack of observance to standards, guidelines, and copyright specifications adhered to by memory institutions, the 100 Flickr groups of amateurs studied were found to provide a novel, detailed, and specific niche on a non-profit hobby basis. Flickr provides the advantages of ease, being free, and intuitively available for searchers while providing a community of specific interests creating attention. The necessity for institutions to implement dedicated digital outreach officers to meet the demands of their online presence in serving the public and tracking of traffic statistics are concluding suggestions.<ref>
Xie, I. & Stevenson, J. (2014) Social media application in digital libraries. Online Information Review, 38(4), 502-523 Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.wayne.edu/10.1108/OIR-11-2013-0261 This survey of social media use involved analysis of 10 digital libraries social media use, selected on four specific criteria: a) Institutions have a DL; b) Institution has published about the DL and/or social media applications; c) Institution utilizes at least one social media application; and d) Each institutions’ DL has its own social media application. The study evaluated social media tools with utilization by greater than three of the selected institutions and reports on four aspects of social media use by these DLs, including archival collection: 1) various types of social media applications utilized; 2) the placement of social media applications – both the level - institution, DL homepage, or collection - of icon placement and page position; 3) Frequency of updates; and 4) the purpose of the social media application for utilization of the DL. Findings indicate blogs as the most specific application for dedicated use by the DL within these institutions. Exclusive use of social media applications by the DLs rather than outside of or in conjunction with their institutions can be problematic, as can be facilitation of two-communication and interaction with users, which is the purpose of social media.<ref>
