Recollection: A Linked Data Platform of America's Memory

Thursday, June 9, 2011

10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Level:	Case Study
Location:	Imperial A

The mission of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) is to develop a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available significant digital content, especially information that is created in digital form only, for current and future generations. In 2008, the NDIIPP partners shared content through a simple web page. In order to explore more useful tools and processes for sharing diverse content across partners' collections, the Library began the Project Recollection Pilot in 2009 with Zepheira to develop a proof of concept that can be used to collect and explore information about digital collections.

The Recollection platform has grown beyond its pilot phase and has begun to provide the tools and environment that will enable NDIIPP Partners to showcase their collections and data from a central point. Recollection is a free platform for generating and customizing views, (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow users to experience their digital collections. This presentation will discuss the architecture and features of the Recollection platform, highlight work done to date, discuss future directions of this work and gather input from the audience on how to build interest and involvement from the community.

Eric Miller is the President of Zepheira. Prior to founding Zepheira, Eric led the Semantic Web Initiative for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at MIT where he led the architectural and technical leadership in the design and evolution of the Semantic Web. Eric is a frequent and sought after international speaker in the areas of International Web standards, knowledge management, collaboration, development, and deployment.

Trevor Owens is an information technology specialist with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress. Before coming to the Library of Congress Trevor was the community lead for the Zotero project at the Center for History and New Media and before that Trevor worked for the Games, Learning, and Society Conference in Madison Wisconsin. Trevor received a BA in the History of Science from University of Wisconsin: Madison, and an MA in History, with a focus on American history and Digital history, from George Mason University. He is currently completing a PhD in Research Methods and Instructional Technology in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University.