A GLAM Workbench
for humanities researchers
GLAM Workbench
GLAM is...
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Galleries
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Libraries
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Archives
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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!
But...
How can researchers make use of GLAM data?
- Examples
- Encouragement
- Motivation
Researchers need...
- Documentation
- Tools
- Digital skills
HOW
WHY
HOW & WHY...
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multiple entry points
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jump in and get started
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learn while undertaking real research tasks
But...
What about the other 3 million?
1
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
gov.au subdomains
abc.net.au
National Archives of Australia
#redactionart
White Australia policy
DigitalNZ
open collections
Papers Past
National Museum of Australia
time
space
Commonwealth Hansard
GLAM datasets
9.6 million names
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
Docker
Need help?
Need help?
Need help?
Need help?
The GLAM Workbench is...
- Free!
- Openly licensed to encourage reuse & modification
- Shared through GitHub
- Preserved in Zenodo
Thank you!
A GLAM Workbench Tim Sherratt ・ @wragge ・ #GLAMWorkbench for humanities researchers