Wilbert Helmus Presentation #BeMuseum2016

‘Network Digital Heritage’

StrategyDutch National Digital Heritage

BeMuseum - Kick-off conference on innovation in museumsBrussels, 14 October 2016

Wilbert Helmus

What is the National Strategy for Digital Heritage?

=‘Network Digital Heritage’

Focus on users Value of networks

Pillars Network Digital Heritage

Decentralised approach:• Strengthening local activities and innovation• Promoting creation of institutional ICT policies• Investing in staff training• Funding on national, provincial and local level

Strengthening the national infrastructure (in EU-context):• Digital Collection Netherlands - Linked Open Data• Infrastructure for preservation and access• Legal framework / copyright• Quality assurance based on self regulation

Focus on users

Cross domain openness and connectivity

Creating shared facilities for digital preservation

Top 20 most popular websites in NL in 2016Digital heritage…?

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1. Google.nl /.com2. Youtube.com3. Facebook.com4. Wikipedia.org5. Live.com6. Marktplaats.nl7. Yahoo.com8. LinkedIn.com9. ING.nl10.Twitter.com

11.Nu.nl12.Instragram.com13.Telegraaf.nl14.Dumpert.nl 15.msn.com16.Rabobank.nl17.Bol.com18.Aliexpress.com19.ABNamro.nl20.Netflix.com

User surveying by Dutch heritage institutions

56%

44%

Do you measure the use of your digital services? (n=103)

ja nee

Web

statisti

eken

Socia

le media

gebruik

Gebruikerso

nderzoek

Databasestatisti

eken

98%

49%40%

29%

How do you measure the use of your digital services? (n=55)

% instellingen

Offline

Institutional website

National aggregator

Europeana

Other aggregator

Institutional API

Other Social media platforms

3rd party API

Other Access channels

Wikipedia

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

42%

34%

14%

10%

5%

5%

3%

3%

2%

2%

42%

42%

21%

18%

8%

7%

5%

4%

3%

3%

2 years from now Now

Estimated percentage of all the digital objects that are and/or will be accessible by access form

creators are consumers are creators are consumers are cr

Source: meSch project

33%

67%

Do you have a digital preservation strategy? (n=101)

ja nee

29%

71%

Digital collections managed in a certified deposit? (n=94)

ja nee

Marjan Hammersma, DG Culture & Media, Ministry of Culture (and chair NDE)

“Digital is the new normal!”

(Quote from her speech to the National Strategy, March 2015)

Share your knowledge about digital heritage!

Wilbert Helmus

wilbert.helmus@den.nlwww.den.nl/pagina/511/netwerk-digitaal-erfgoed/