Browsing by Subject "RAMP (Remixing Archival Metadata Project)"

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    Bringing archival collections to Wikipedia with the Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) editor
    (2017-07-03) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Thompson, Timothy A.
    Wikipedia has been in existence for 16 years, but it was not until recently that GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) institutions started to see it as a trusted source and one they were interested in contributing to. Libraries and archives, in particular, have been slowly embracing the idea of contributing to Wikipedia, often motivated by the prospect of increasing the visibility and impact of their distinctive collections, which have been carefully curated by librarians and archivists alike. Different approaches have been taken by libraries and archives when it comes to contributing to Wikipedia. Some institutions have focused on adding links to Wikipedia articles in order to point back to their unique archival collections, whereas others have concentrated on enhancing the content of existing articles. Another way in which librarians and archivists can work together to share our collections is to collaborate on projects to enrich and repurpose the metadata that has already been created to describe them. The University of Miami Libraries took this approach and developed a tool to facilitate the creation of Wikipedia articles using relevant metadata from the libraries’ finding aids (documents that describe the scope, content, and context of archival collections). In this chapter, we will introduce the RAMP (Remixing Archival Metadata Project) editor and share our experience working on a pilot project conducted to test its viability.
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    Building an on-RAMP to Wikipedia
    (The Wikipedia Library, 2015-04) Thompson, Timothy; Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
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    Maximizing the use and exposure of archival authority data
    (2017-05-22) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; Thompson, Timothy
    In the library profession, we have become increasingly aware of the benefits of creating and sharing authority data. More specifically, archivists have identified the need to have a standard structure that would make it possible to record and exchange information related to creators of archival materials. A group was formed to address this issue, and as a result the EAC-CPF standard emerged. EAC-CPF, an XML Schema, encodes contextual information about persons, corporate bodies, and families related to archival materials and is the basis for a new discovery system called SNAC (Social Networks & Archival Context). SNAC aims to provide a platform where resources from cultural heritage institutions around the world can be aggregated, which would make it easier to locate and discover archival materials. Having this unified access will be beneficial not only to participating institutions, but also to researchers because it will provide a global social network connecting the past to the present. With the idea of sharing archival data on a global scale, the Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) was developed. RAMP allows users to generate enhanced authority records for creators of archival collections and publish their content to the English Wikipedia through its API. By creating a Wikipedia entry using curated archival metadata, it is possible to actively shape the online encyclopedia with reliable information. This presentation will focus on how archival authority data is being used to build the SNAC discovery system and how librarians/archivists are actively taking advantage of their curated data to shape Wikipedia, one of the most used sites on the web.
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    RAMP-ing up access to collections through Wikipedia
    (2017-03-31) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys; White, Angela
    Cultural heritage institutions have created and curated a body of biographical descriptions over the years. This data created in libraries/archives for a specific community of practice can be repurposed in an effort to share it with other communities on a global scale. The Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) editor, a web-based tool, emerged as the result of the increasing interest from the library community to expose their collections to the ubiquitous Wikipedia platform. The tool allows users to extract biographical data from EAD (Encoded Archival Description) finding aids, enhance it with information from other sources like WorldCat Identities and VIAF (Virtual International Authority File), and ultimately republish it to the English Wikipedia through its API. Our curatorial attention to detail places us in a unique position to shape Wikipedia by contributing reach descriptions to the encyclopedia.
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    Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP)
    (2016-10-09) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
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    Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) 2.0: Recent Developments and Analysis of Wikipedia Referrals
    (2016-10-13) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
    In 2014, a pilot project was conducted using the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) Theater Collections. Google Analytics was used to track usage and referrals from Wikipedia to the University of Miami finding aids website, and a noticeable increase in traffic was seen. A report of the results of the pilot project was presented at the Fonds & Bonds DCMI Preconference in 2014. Later, the RAMP tool was further developed and has been used to contribute additional collections to Wikipedia. RAMP 2.0 was recently released, and a number of issues identified during a round of usability testing conducted at the library were addressed. This poster shows RAMP's system overview, referrals from all Wikipedia pages created using the tool, and highlights the most recent usability testing and development. With this development, we are providing the library community with a tool that is easy to use and install and that offers a convenient way to share data with other communities on a global scale.
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    Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) 2.0: Recent Developments and Analysis of Wikipedia Referrals
    (2016-10-13) Lemus-Rojas, Mairelys
    The RAMP (Remixing Archival Metadata Project) tool, developed at the University of Miami Libraries, emerged as a way of facilitating the contribution of library data to the English Wikipedia in alignment with the increasing interest in sharing and exposing distinctive library collections in the online encyclopedia. RAMP is an open source web-based editor that extracts biographical information from EAD (Encoded Archival Description) finding aids using the EAC-CPF (Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons, Families) format. It also allows for the integration of additional data from other sources like WorldCat Identities and VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) and transforms all the information into wiki markup for publication to the English Wikipedia through its API. In 2014, a pilot project was conducted using the Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) Theater Collections. Google Analytics was used to track usage and referrals from Wikipedia to the University of Miami finding aids website, and a noticeable increase in traffic was seen. A report of the results of the pilot project was presented at the Fonds & Bonds DCMI Preconference in 2014. Later, the tool was further developed and has been used to contribute additional collections to Wikipedia. RAMP 2.0 was recently released, and a number of issues identified during a round of usability testing conducted at the library were addressed. This presentation will cover an analysis of referrals from all Wikipedia pages created using the tool. It will also feature a demo of the tool, and will highlight some of the recent developments, which include a major overhaul of the interface, more secure Wikipedia log in, easy upload capabilities, and an effective and convenient installation process. With this recent development, we are providing the library community with a tool that is easy to use and install and that offers a convenient way to share data with other communities on a global scale.