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Minnesota Digital LibraryMinnesota Digital Library
Steve In Action
Community Tagging Project
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A little context
406 miles
Minneapolis, MN Dassel, MN
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Minnesota Historical Society
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New Brighton Historical Society
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Pierre Bottineau and G. A. Bracket chart the course westward for the Northern Pacific Railway. 1869, New Brighton Area Historical Society
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James J. Hill warehouse on Upper Mississippi River 1869, Minnesota Historical Society
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The Minnesota Digital Library CoalitionThe Minnesota Digital Library Coalition
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The Minnesota Digital Library Coalition’sMinnesota Reflections
The Minnesota Digital Library Coalition’sMinnesota Reflections
• 105+ cultural heritage institutions
• 55,000 photographs, maps, journals, and documents
• State and federally funded small digitization grants
• Centralized digitization facilities
• 105+ cultural heritage institutions
• 55,000 photographs, maps, journals, and documents
• State and federally funded small digitization grants
• Centralized digitization facilities
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Dancing Bears, 1905, Stearns County History Museum
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Indian Home, 1890, Iron Range Research Center, Chisholm
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Picard Balloon Flight, 1937, Olmsted County Historical Society
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Picard Balloon Flight, 1937, Olmsted County Historical Society
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Picard Balloon Flight, 1937, Olmsted County Historical Society
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Picard Balloon Flight, 1937, Olmsted County Historical Society
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Picard Balloon Flight, 1937, Olmsted County Historical Society
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Mr. & Mrs. Mort Madden on their farm in Lansing, Iowa, 1937, Olmsted County Historical Society
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Here’s the problem!
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
• Research Question 1Can the Steve tagger be successfully integrated with a “black box” application, such as CONTENTdm, which the MDL uses to present Minnesota Reflections, so it is easy to use and informative from the end-user’s perspective?
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
• Research Question 2What type of marketing, education and training is necessary to engage MDL members and their communities of volunteers and end-users in the tagging of MDL assets?
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
MDL Partner TrainingThe MDL project team conducted 2 training sessions for interested MDL partners and the members of the public they recruit.
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
The training program included:• Definition of tagging• Potential public and institutional benefits of tagging• Overview of the components of a tagging application• How tagging is facilitated within Minnesota
Reflections• How tags can be used to query Minnesota
Reflections• Tagging Q & A• Goals for tag contribution short term and long term
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23,206 Items in the research
476 Items tagged
5,628 Tags/terms collected
31 Registered users who tagged
Some stats from the MDL Steve project research:
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
• Research Question 3What incentives in the way of feedback and interface are required or helpful to encourage and sustain community-generated tags?
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
• Research Question 4What was the perceived usefulness of community-generated tags by the members of the MDL before and after the Steve tagging initiative?
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MDL Steve Tagging Project
• Research Question 5What are the requirements needed to feasibly sustain community-based tagging within the MDL beyond the project period?
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Visit the Minnesota Digital LibraryVisit the Minnesota Digital Libraryhttp://www.mndigital.org
Scott SayreMinnesota Digital Library
Steve In Action Project Manager
Principal, Sandbox [email protected]
Twitter: @zbartrout