A GLAM Workbench

Tim Sherratt ・@wragge ・#GLAMWorkbench

for humanities researchers

https://glam-workbench.net/

GLAM Workbench

GLAM is...

• Galleries

• Libraries

• Archives

• Museums

GLAM data is...

• collections
• text
• images, sound, & video
• 3d models
• user generated
• born digital
• extracted & enriched
• & more...

Available via...

• APIs
• CSVs
• downloadable datasets
• online databases

Lots of data!

https://glam-workbench.net/glam-data-list/

But...

How can researchers make use of GLAM data?

Researchers need...

• Documentation
• Tools
• Digital skills

HOW & WHY...

• multiple entry points

• jump in and get started

• learn while undertaking real research tasks

But...

What about the other 3 million?

1

https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/

2

3

4

But...

How does the total number of results differ from the proportion of results?

But...

How does 'radio' compare to 'telegraph' or 'wireless'?

But...

What am I actually searching?

But...

How do I examine results in detail?

pathways

questions

Not just newspapers...

Not just Trove...

Web archives

https://glam-workbench.github.io/web-archives/

National Archives of Australia

https://glam-workbench.net/recordsearch/

DigitalNZ

https://glam-workbench.net/digitalnz/

National Museum of Australia

time

space

https://glam-workbench.net/nma/

Commonwealth Hansard

https://glam-workbench.net/hansard/

GLAM datasets

Assembling data

Asking questions

Hacking heritage

Live documentation

• tools
• tutorials
• examples
• handy hacks
• pre-harvested datasets
• a work in progress...

The GLAM Workbench is...

• 100+ Jupyter notebooks
• Live code, text, images
• Same code, different views
• All in your browser!

pathways

technology

app

notebook

Different views

Jump in with Binder

one click to start

But...

What do I do if Binder is too limited?

Reclaim Cloud

https://glam-workbench.net/using-reclaim-cloud/

Docker

https://glam-workbench.net/using-docker/

Need help?

https://github.com/GLAM-Workbench/glam-workbench.github.io/issues

Need help?

https://ozglam.chat/c/glam-workbench/

Need help?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAclcciEeCD2z2BWQ2r3xD_Q8c05HppfP

Need help?

The GLAM Workbench is...

• Free!
• Openly licensed to encourage reuse & modification
• Shared through GitHub
• Preserved in Zenodo

https://github.com/sponsors/wragge

Thank you!

Tim Sherratt

@wragge

https://glam-workbench.net/

https://slides.com/wragge/eresearch2021