Tag Archives: stories

Small stories in a big data world

Presented at the National Digital Forum, Wellington, 20 November 2012. You can also watch the video. Previously at NDF: Jon talked about Linked Open Data… Chris talked about making stories… As we return to the action, Tim is wondering what happens when we bring stories and data together… As historians, as cultural heritage professionals, as [...]

Treasures

Australia is blessed, it seems, with a frightening abundance of treasures. A quick survey of our cultural institutions reveals an escalating ‘treasures race’, as libraries, museums, and archives bombard the public with accounts of their rarest, most beautiful, and most interesting items. The State Library of Victoria, for example, has published a lavish description of [...]