OPEN DATA. Challenges & Opportunities. Saskia Scheltjens Head of the Research Services Department * *

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1 OPEN DATA Challenges & Opportunities INSIGHT project - Launch event MIM Brussels - 9 November 2017 Saskia Scheltjens Head of the Research Services Department * *

2 OUTLINE Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum data Open Rijksmuseum data

3 National Museum of Art and History Mission: Connect People with Art and History *

4 A LOT OF DATA * Research Services Department Mission: Connect People with Art and History through data

5 small HISTORY OF DATA & COLLECTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

6 De bedreigde zwaan, Jan Asselijn, ca History Nationale Kunstgalerij 1808 Koninklijk Museum 1815 Rijks Museum (+ Print Room) 1875 Design by PJH Cuypers 1885 Opening Rijksmuseum building 2004 Start renovation & restoration 2013 Reopening Physical Collection (2017) - Collection of ~1,200,000 objects -> Prints & Drawings ~ objects - Library collection ~ volumes - Current artworks on display (7%) Facts and Figures

7 Library as THE 19th century place for art and research

8 Reading Room (Cuypers Library Hall), 1928 Study Room (Prints & Drawings), 1928 The world of connaisseurs

9 PROFESSIONALISATION Formal collection registration & policies for library & object collection cataloging 1981 Standardized library cataloging (ISBD) 1988 Implementation of MARDOC rules for collection registration (-> SPECTRUM)

10 Ben Strik The Challenges of Metadata

11 ORGANISATIONAL pre-2007 Integrated responsabilities within curatorial departments regarding information / data management

12 ORGANISATIONAL Separated responsabilities between curatorial & supporting departments 2007 Collection Management Conservation 2016 Research Services

13 AUTOMATION & REGISTRATION 1980 First computer in the museum 1989 First modem, terminal & automated library system (TinLib) 1990 Collection registration in automated collection management systems (Quixis ; Adlib 1998-now)

14 Olivetti M24 (1989) Geert-Jan Koot with first modem & terminal Rijksmuseum (1989)

15 REGISTRATION & DIGITIZATION Mass digitization complete RMA collection (Print Room/Collection) Online Project

16 Registration through acquisition

17 SCALING UP - NETWORK POWER 1999 First Rijksmuseum website 2002 First online library catalogue (OPAC) + first open data exports via Z39.50 > SRU 2005 CHIP project NWO/CATCH reseach program (personalization using semantic data)

18 Part of the CHIP data model

19 Museum renovation/restoration, closed

20 Re-opening of the museum (2013)

21 AND DURING THAT TIME THE INTERNET HAPPENED EXPLODED

22 The Yellow Milkmaid Syndrome

23 Regaining control by sharing

24 Knowledge needs to be shared Taco Dibbits General Director Rijksmuseum Core of current de facto Open Data Policy

25 SCALING UP - NETWORK POWER Open collection data policy Collection Rijksstudio - discovery interface (2013) API s -> Europeana (2013), Library SRU -> AdamNet (2003); VKK (2004); WORLDCAT (2012); ADGC (2014)

26 EVOLUTION OPEN DATA POLICIES RMA 2011 CC BY (Attribution only) licenses/by/ CC0 Waiver publicdomain/zero/1.0

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29 Collection discovery interface (Q42/Fabrique)

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31 API Key -> controlled access

32 - data format: DC

33 (documentation) (code)

34 JSON Elements Collection: The complete online collection of the Rijksmuseum with all public data Content pages: Static pages as used on the website. Usersets: Sets from Rijksstudio users. Calendar: Calendar and availability of expositions, tours, etc.

35 COMMIT SealincMedia Project ( ) + first tests with triple store RMA

36 Photo by Romaine CC COMMIT SealincMedia Project ( ) + first public crowd-sourcing events

37 Floor Koeleman (C2DH) RMA data visualization project (2017)

38 RESEARCH SERVICES CHALLENGES To name but a few. Overcome death by silo Interdisciplinary co-operation New additional information services Renewed sustainable data architecture Extended open data strategy Interoperable, networked (semantic), open

39 Rijksmuseum Library (2004) cop. Candida Höfer Rijksmuseum Library (2013) From a closed library to an open collection data space

40 QUESTIONS? Saskia Scheltjens This presentation uses images with an open license, except otherwise indicated by * Contact information

41 THANK YOU Parts of this presentation are based upon work of and talks with Taco Dibbits Geert-Jan Koot Trilce Navarete Lora Aroyo Lizzy Jongma Chris Dijkshoorn and many more

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