Brooklyn Museum Puts Collection Online
The Brooklyn Museum has been working hard over the past year to put their collection online and will launch it on their website early next week. Currently there are 5168 items already online and that number is increasing.
The interface that they have developed is very slick and easy to use. One of the most exciting aspects of the way they have implemented the online collection is by utelising the ‘Social Networking’ model. Visitors are encouraged to become involved by tagging items in the collection and adding comments.
“All of these factors are in careful balance. The strict data is there in clearly formatted areas and we provide an easy way to print this kind of information. We’ve implemented a very visual “related” column to promote browsing and accidental discoveries (serendipity is key). We’ve created a social component where visitors can create accounts and then anything they favorite, tag or comment on will be attributed to them both in the collection area and on their profiles…”
“In terms of the social component, the biggest thing we did was look at established tagging models and sort of reverse them. Sure, we’ve made it easy—if visitors want to tag they can do so without logging in, but I really wanted to re-think this and put the “social” back into tagging. When I tag another person’s photos on Flickr, I know the owner is going to see my contribution coming from me and even though that exchange is private, it is distinctly social. Even in The Commons on Flickr, as the manager of the Museum’s account, I know the taggers—Flickr lets me see their contribution and I get to know them as individuals. We took this same idea and made that a public exchange in our Collection.”
Read the full entry at the Brooklyn Museum’s Blog.
Browse through a preview of the Egyptian collection.
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