Cultural data collections are intended to document, archive, and share information and materials gathered from across the arts and humanities, broadly defined. While these collections reflect and instantiate many “human” endeavours, it can be easy to overlook human needs and experiences in their design, management, and execution. People searching, using, and contributing content to these collections have specific needs and requirements that must be reflected in systems architecture, interfaces, and management practices to ensure long-term sustainability and relevance of these collections.
This event will present details on current projects from the Australian Cultural Data Engine, positioned alongside broader discussions of theory, policy, and practices influencing our collections ecosystems. The day will be of interest to digital humanities and arts scholars, information scientists, software engineers, and GLAM sector practitioners.