1. Online Exhibits and Collections Jenn Riley Digital Media Specialist IU Digital Library Program jenlrile@indiana.edu

2. Exhibits vs. Collections Exhibits  Selected items displayed  Interpretation fundamentally linked with presentation  Museum aesthetic Collections  Complete logical groupings displayed  Interpretation presented separately  Library aesthetic

3. Exhibit – Mystic Seaport

4. Collection – Cushman (IU)

5. Good practices Well-defined target users Complete, accurate description Logical organization Digital objects in appropriate formats Good web design Professional interpretation

6. Well-defined target users Guides all other decisions Making of America Reciprocal Net Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection

7. Complete, accurate description Good  Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection  Online Archive of California Online Archive of California  Getty Online Collections Getty Online Collections Not so good  Seattle Star Collection Seattle Star Collection  Early Las Vegas Early Las Vegas

8. Logical organization Good  Cuban Heritage Collection Cuban Heritage Collection  Sue at the Field Museum Sue at the Field Museum Not so good  Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection  City Engineer Photograph Collection City Engineer Photograph Collection

9. Digital objects in appropriate formats Audio, video, maps very difficult Good  Eighteenth-century Fiction Eighteenth-century Fiction Not so good  Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, PA Geology of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, PA

10. Good web design VERY subjective Good (by some standard!)  British Museum British Museum  Picture Australia’s Picture Trails Picture Australia’s Picture Trails Not so good (by some standard!)  American Memory American Memory  Artists of Brücke Artists of Brücke  Einstein Archives Online Einstein Archives Online

11. Professional interpretation Good  U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum  Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection  American Memory Learning Page American Memory Learning Page Not so good  Museum of the City of San Francisco Museum of the City of San Francisco  James Joyce Scholars’ Collection James Joyce Scholars’ Collection

12. Bottom line Balance marketing with content Select and present for your users Share your important and unique collections with the world! http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/l623fall2003/