iDAH- Consolidating the Museum Data Service as research infrastructure

iDAH - 将博物馆数据服务整合为研究基础设施

• 批准号: AH/Y007468/1
• 负责人: Ross Parry
• 金额: $ 42.01万
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FY007468%2F1
• 关键词: iDAH; Consolidating; Museum; Data; Service

Of the estimated 80 million object records held by UK museums, only 25 million or so are currently online. Of these, fewer still meet the requirements of the FAIR principles. November 2023 will see the beta launch of the Museum Data Service (MDS) that will, uniquely, address both problems, providing the raw material for anyone wanting to work at scale with collections data from UK museums.Within five years, the MDS aims to bring together online, in one place, the object records of at least half the country's c.1.7K accredited museums, and almost all of them within a decade. Between them, the three MDS partners (Art UK, Collections Trust, and the University of Leicester) have the connections and community trust needed to achieve this goal and truly unite UK museums large and small online.Moreover, the MDS (and the future Art UK 2.0) will ensure for researchers that this data becomes: Findable (ingesting tens of millions of object records across the UK museum sector, and transforming these into web-ready datasets); Accessible (for the first time providing the museum sector with a trusted 'back-up of last resort'); Interoperable (for the first time enabling cross-searching across the UK's digital cultural record); and Re-usable (for the first time a unique persistent identifier being assigned to every object - essential for reference and long-term research).The MDS collaboration has start-up funding (via Art UK) from Bloomberg Philanthropies to the end of May 2024. The Bloomberg grant is building the core technical infrastructure and providing staff time from Art UK and CT to manage the project, and ingest collections data from the first 100 institutions. By the end of the start-up phase, the founding organisations will have jointly established a new non-profit company capable of taking long-term responsibility for the MDS.The core MDS provides the raw material for researchers wanting to work at scale with collection data. WPs 1-6 of this iDAH proposal focus on consolidating the start-up service: more than doubling the number of museum datasets available; ensuring the needs of researchers are met; and refining the low-cost operational model key to long-term sustainability. WPs 7-10 focus on the greater, and costlier, challenge of transforming raw MDS data into an enhanced resource offering image-rich records and compelling related content.In particular, building on the success of Art UK's present platform, the planning and design of Art UK 2.0 in WP 9 will show the potential for powerfully combining HE-designed tools and research outputs into a compelling audience-facing offering, of great value to members of the public and researchers alike, and one that underpins and demonstrates research impact.The present proposal seeks AHRC support (via UoL) initially for the consolidation phase of the MDS to March 2025, taking it from start-up project through the first year of operation and outlining a roadmap towards steady-state and, ultimately, long-term sustainability for the MDS. The proposal underpins the success of the first major use case of the (raw) art data transformation service; enables Art UK to convert this service into a more generic tool allowing others to transform and enhance raw data from MDS for their own uses; whilst also laying the foundations for Art UK 2.0 and a framework for measuring ROI. While there is a timing overlap between the Bloomberg start-up project and the proposed AHRC-funded consolidation phase, there is no duplication or double-counting of funded activity; Appendix 1 delineates the Bloomberg investment and value added by the AHRC's funding.

在英国博物馆估计拥有的8000万件物品记录中，目前只有2500万件左右在网上。其中，符合公平原则要求的仍然较少。2023年11月，博物馆数据服务（MDS）将推出测试版，该服务将独特地解决这两个问题，为任何希望大规模使用英国博物馆藏品数据的人提供原材料。MDS的目标是在五年内将全国至少一半的c.1.7K认证博物馆的文物记录集中在一个地方，并在十年内几乎全部集中在一起。在他们之间，三个MDS合作伙伴（Art UK、Collections Trust和莱斯特大学）拥有实现这一目标所需的联系和社区信任，并真正将英国大大小小的博物馆在线联合起来。（以及未来的英国艺术2.0）将确保研究人员的这些数据成为：可发现（整合英国博物馆部门的数千万对象记录，并将其转换为网络数据集）;可访问（首次为博物馆部门提供了一个值得信赖的“最后备用”）;（首次实现跨英国数字文化记录的交叉搜索）;可重复使用（首次为每个对象分配唯一的持久标识符-对于参考和长期研究至关重要）。MDS合作的启动资金（通过Art UK）来自彭博慈善基金会，直到2024年5月底。彭博社的赠款正在建立核心技术基础设施，并为Art UK和CT的工作人员提供时间来管理该项目，并从前100个机构获取藏品数据。在启动阶段结束时，创始组织将共同建立一个新的非营利公司，能够长期负责MDS。核心MDS为希望大规模收集数据的研究人员提供原材料。该iDAH提案的WPs 1-6重点关注整合启动服务：将可用的博物馆数据集数量增加一倍以上;确保满足研究人员的需求;并改进长期可持续性的低成本运营模式。WP 7-10专注于将原始MDS数据转换为增强型资源的挑战，提供丰富的图像记录和引人注目的相关内容。特别是，在Art UK现有平台的成功基础上，WP 9中的Art UK 2.0的规划和设计将展示将HE设计的工具和研究成果有力地结合成引人注目的面向观众的产品的潜力，本提案寻求AHRC的支持（通过UoL）最初为MDS的巩固阶段到2025年3月，从启动项目到第一年的运营，并概述了MDS稳定状态和最终长期可持续性的路线图。该提案巩固了（原始）艺术数据转换服务的第一个主要用例的成功;使Art UK能够将此服务转换为更通用的工具，允许其他人转换和增强MDS的原始数据以供自己使用;同时也为Art UK 2.0和衡量ROI的框架奠定了基础。虽然彭博启动项目和拟议的由澳大利亚人权委员会供资的整合阶段之间存在时间重叠，但供资活动没有重复或重复计算;附录1描述了彭博的投资和澳大利亚人权委员会供资的增值。