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Wha could he di e se uses o digi al cul u al he i age
each us abou designing ac i i ies and se ices o
acili a e social de elopmen ?
0955 – 1010 F iday 7 Ma ch 2025
Helmi Ku ik Audi o ium, Ees i Rah a Muuseum (ERM)
Ta u, Es onia
Panel 3: Digi al cul u al he i age as a esou ce o social de elopmen a DHNB 2025
Digi al Cul u al He i age as a esou ce o social de elopmen p ojec
We a e ou his o y!
Image made up o
500 digi al he i age images
M Mahend a Mahey
Junio Resea che , ERM
Senio Resea ch and De elopmen Ad ise , Tallinn Uni e si y
PhD candida e, Uni e si y o S a hclyde, Glasgow, Sco land
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Sho URL o p esen a ion and con ac de ails
h p:// iny.cc/dhnb25-mahey
email p esen a ion
websi e
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Mahend a Mahey
People, da a and echnology in
esea ch, educa ion and he i age
The Cul u al Remixing Mindse and Digi al Cul u al He i age (Long ead)
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Es ablished 2012 – Le 2021
•Suppo ed / highligh ed hund eds o p ojec s+ wi h esea che s,
a is s, en ep eneu s, educa o s, communi ies and B i ish Lib a y
s a
•Compe i ions (Residences), Awa ds and P ojec s
•Now pe manen ly unded ea u e a B i ish Lib a y posi ioned a ound
da a science
•Galle ies, Lib a ies, A chi es and Museums (GLAM) Labs communi y
h ps://glamlabs.io/
Funded by he B i ish Lib a y and p e iously by he And ew W. Mellon Founda ion
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Wha is a (digi al) Galle y, Lib a y,
A chi e o Museum (GLAM )Lab?
•Physical/ i ual space/mindse in GLAM o encou age
expe imen a ion and inno a e wi h digi ised and / o bo n
digi al collec ions and da a
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My PhD
•S a ed in Oc obe 2024
•Supe iso s D Milena Dob e a and P o esso Ian Ru h en
•Wha lessons can be lea ned om he li e-cycle, impac , e olu ion
and u u e o Galle y, Lib a y, A chi e and Museum (GLAM) Labs?
•I you a e in e es ed in my esea ch, please con ac me.
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Two di e en lenses – in e iews
Digi al Cul u al He i age as a esou ce o social de elopmen p ojec
glasses by D ies an No en –
Fashion Museum o An we p, Belgium - Public Domain.
Nuo isoa kaupungilla. by Wesande , Me ja -
Helsinki Ci y Museum, Finland - CC BY.
Se ice P o ide s
o access and euse o
Digi al Cul u al He i age
Remixe s / Use s
o B i ish Lib a y
Digi al Cul u al He i age
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Indi idual
Communi ySocie y
Uses o
he i age
Ins i u ionalised
cul u al he i age
Pla o ms
Da abases
Exhibi ions
S o age
Skills
Li e acies
S o y elling
Technological
agency
Algo i hms
In e en ions enabling he
use o (digi al) he i age –
how do we cha ac e ise
hese?
Wha
shapes
and wha
media es
cul u al
he i age
Inspi ed by Lie ouw (2001)
Concep ualisa ion by Pille P uulmann-Venge eld , Malmö Uni e si y, Sweden
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Basic s uc u e o use in e iews (semi-s uc u ed)
•S o y o using digi al Cul u al He i age
•Wha you did and how?
•Wha challenges/oppo uni ies you expe ienced and wha you lea ned?
•Wha was he impac o he wo k on you and wide ?
•Wha a e you doing now and wha a e he key hings a e looking ou o ?
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Comme cial /
C ea i e /
Communi y (3)
Lucy
Re i ed Lib a ian
Sa ah Cole
Consul an
Da id Z i Kalman
Academic & C ea i e
P ac ice
Kalman (2018) – Reimaging Jewish p aye book, c ea ing
edi ion ha was bo h isually and ex ually inno a i e,
inco po a ing his o ical p in ing echniques and inclusi e
language, pa icula ly o LGBTQ+ Digi ised Heb ew
Manusc ip s and BL Flick (Skill Le el: Medium)
(Open Access)
Cole (2016-2018) – Poe ic Places App using Open BL
con en using geoloca ion echnology o link poe y and
his o ical si es. Badgical Kingdom – making badges ou o
public domain con en BL Flick Commons - (Skill Le el:
Medium/High) (Open Access)
Lucy – Local His o y specialis ocusing on con en ocusing
on he in e es s, made bookle s and a book – Digi ised
Newspape s, Playbills (Skill Le el: Low o Medium)
(Open and Res ic ed Access)
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Compu a ional Use
Jack
Games
P og amme
Tim She a
His o ian &
DH De elope
Gus a o Candela
Academic Ma io Klingemann
Compu a ional A is
Candela (2020) – C ea ed Jupy e No ebooks o se e al
GLAMs’ me ada a and da a including om he B i ish Lib a y -
GLAM Labs – (Skill Le el: High) (Open Access)
She a (2020) – C ea ed Jupy e No ebooks o se e al GLAMs’
me ada a and da a including he B i ish Lib a y - GLAM Labs
– (Skill Le el: High) (Open Access)
Jack (2020) – C ea ed a game o ag BL Flick Commons images
- (Skill Le el: High) (Open Access)
Klingemann (2014-18) – Algo i hmic A , Cu a ion and iden i ying
Maps BL Flick Commons images API – (Skill le el: High)
(Open Access)
h ps://jupy e .o g/
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Use Jou ney
Gus a o Candela – Lec u e in Compu e Science, so wa e de elope and esea che - Wikimedian, euses da a
published by GLAM, blog 1, blog 2 and code eposi o y
NEEDS &
EXPECTATIONS
VOICE OF
CUSTOMER
AWARENESS CONSIDERATION CONVERSION ADOPTION
Ins i u ions explo ing new ways o euse
GLAM digi al collec ions, Social media
campaign o pa icipa e in a GLAM Labs
e en a he B i ish Lib a y
Gene a e Linked Open Da a om
Biblio eca Vi ual Miguel de Ce an es as
pa o my PhD
Mee ing wi h he people o he
In e na ional GLAM Labs Communi y,
disco e o he app oaches om o he
GLAM ins i u ions
Becomes ad oca e o GLAM, inspi es
o he s o euse GLAM digi al collec ions as
pa o my esea ch ca ee
Resea che was awa e o ins i u ion,
as he s udied in he same uni e si y
Resea che was o e ed o pe o m a
PhD based on GLAM digi al
collec ions
In his p ocess he c ea es his da ase
en iched wi h ex e nal eposi o ies
such as Wikida a o explo e new ways
o euse
The use becomes an ad oca e o
he GLAM encou aging and inspi ing
o he s o use i s digi al collec ions in
inno a e and c ea i e ways
Lib a y using adi ional
means o publish hei
con en , di icul ies o
euse
I s a a PhD on
digi al lib a ies
and he Seman ic
Web
I s a wo king
a he Lib a y,
IT depa men
T adi ional
websi e limi ed
op ions
Lib a ies using a wide
di e si y o on ologies
o desc ibe hei
con en
Lib a y no in e es ed
in upda ing he
adi ional websi e
Lib a y s a
helps wi h he
ca alogue and
on ologies Inspi e by he
GLAM Labs
communi y,
c ea e labs
Colleagues
men ion
Collec ions as
da a
S a a new
ca ee as a
Lec u e in CS
Wikida a and
lib a y a e
ede a ed
CS PhD
Doub s abou digi al
collec ions euse can be
ea ed as esea ch
Fellowship a
NLS
VOICE OF
CUSTOMER
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Typical pa e n o esea ch a GLAM Labs (A, B, C)
A. Finding in isible / well hidden hings in ‘messy’
his o ical da a, gi ing da a back (ci cula )
B. Unea hing / unlocking hidden his o ies & da a o
s imula e new esea ch
C. Celeb a ing hidden his o ies / da a c ea i ely
h ough e en s, a , exhibi ions & pe o mance
h ps://goo.gl/ J291F
h ps://goo.gl/mcpa8B
h ps://goo.gl/Ql0Bwz
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Key hemes eme ging om use in e iews
•Engagemen wi h cul u al he i age
–Di e en a ied pa hs
•Accessibili y and usabili y o digi al a chi es
–Challenges inding hings and quali y o me ada a, comme cial es ic ions, no easy o non expe s
•Expe imen al and c ea i e applica ions
–Joy o b owsing, , a is ic and c ea i e in e ac ion, gami ying in e ac ion
•Compu a ional app oaches
–AI, linked open da a, and machine lea ning, we e essen ial ools o se e al in e iewees.
•Challenges in digi al humani ies
–Many ins i u ions emain hesi an in engaging wi h wide audiences, con incing ins i u ions o adop open da a policies and
in es in new echnologies,
•B oade impac o digi al he i age wo k.
–Lo s o measu es, clea ly impac o wo k
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Basic s uc u e o se ice p o ide in e iews
(semi-s uc u ed)
•S o y o using and p o iding se ices o digi al Cul u al He i age?
•Wha you did and how (i any hing)?
•Wha challenges/oppo uni ies you expe ienced and wha you lea ned?
•Wha was he impac o he wo k on you and wide ?
•Wha a e you doing now and wha a e he key hings you a e looking ou o ?
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Se ice P o ide s (15)
Abbey Po e Ka ine Gasse
Royal Danish Lib a y
Sa ah Ames
Na ional Lib a y o
Sco land
Digi al Schola ship
Se ice
Lib a y o Cong ess
Lab
Paul B ay
S a e Lib a y NSW
& Vic o ia
S ephanie
Na ional Lib a y
Lucy
Na ional Lib a y
Nele Gab iëls
KU Leu en Sally Chambe s
DARIAH &
B i ish Lib a y
Lib a ies (8)
Ei ini Gouda alouli
UK Na ional A chi es,
B i ish Lib a y
A hens His o ical A chi es
Dan Pe
B i ish Museum
His o ic England
Fi zwilliam Museum
He i age Lo e y Fund
K is y Kokegei
His o y T us o
Sou h Aus alia
Sou h Aus alian
Ma i ime Museum
Museums & A chi es (4)
Paul B ay
Aus alian Ma i ime
Museum
Powe house Museum
Thomas Padilla
Collec ions as Da a Tim She a
Collec ions as Da a
Jupy e No ebooks
Gus a o Candela
Collec ions as Da a
Jupy e No ebooks
Compu a ion (3)
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Key hemes om se ice p o ide in e iews
•Democ a izing access
•Engaging new and di e se audiences h ough c ea i e and in e ac i e app oaches.
•Enhancing educa ion by in eg a ing digi al ools and p ima y sou ces in o lea ning en i onmen s.
•Ampli ying ma ginalized his o ies, making he i age mo e inclusi e.
•C ea ing economic oppo uni ies, pa icula ly in digi al s o y elling and echnology-d i en he i age ini ia i es.
•Highligh ing ins i u ional challenges, emphasizing he need o sus ainable unding and be e in as uc u e.
•Encou aging public pa icipa ion h ough open-access a chi es and communi y-d i en me ada a.
•Need ac i e engagemen , social inclusion, and cul u al inno a ion.
•Digi al he i age play g ea e ole educa ion, public discou se, and communi y iden i y o ma ion.
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Be he change ha you wan o see in he wo ld
Maha ma Gandhi (1931)
