Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress
With the advent of powerful computing devices, ubiquitous connectivity and affordable gadgets, a large amount of research data is produced every day. In the Bagan Mural project, a history professor had taken many photographs of the mural paintings in the temples of Bagan in the course of her field t...
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| description | With the advent of powerful computing devices, ubiquitous connectivity and affordable gadgets, a large amount of research data is produced every day. In the Bagan Mural project, a history professor had taken many photographs of the mural paintings in the temples of Bagan in the course of her field trips. These photographs are simply stored in her computer folders and are therefore not easily searchable or shareable. Ideally, these photographs should be made available online and come with descriptions to provide users with a perspective on the meaning behind the murals. Over one year, NTU librarians collaborated with the professor to design and implement a low cost solution to archive, organise, and search the photographs. Equally important, it will enable and promote access to this repository of photographs which may otherwise remain under-utilised. Leveraging on the internally hosted WordPress platform, the team encouraged user participation by integrating a number of social media tools. Now, the content is more easily shared and retrieved and user contribution is supported, leading to increased use of the site materials. The project suggests that: 1) WordPress is a suitable platform for storing digital content. This would lower the barriers for librarians who are keen to offer digital content management services but are deterred by the complexity of elaborate content management systems. 2) There should be adequate communication between the librarians and the faculty member involved so that a storage platform fully customized to his needs can be created. 3) In providing an alternative to traditional content management systems, it is important that the social media tools do not distract users from the main content but add value to the user experience. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1036202020-09-21T20:10:32Z Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress Chia, Yew Boon Ng, Kiak Peng IATUL Conference (34th: 2013) Library DRNTU::Library and information science With the advent of powerful computing devices, ubiquitous connectivity and affordable gadgets, a large amount of research data is produced every day. In the Bagan Mural project, a history professor had taken many photographs of the mural paintings in the temples of Bagan in the course of her field trips. These photographs are simply stored in her computer folders and are therefore not easily searchable or shareable. Ideally, these photographs should be made available online and come with descriptions to provide users with a perspective on the meaning behind the murals. Over one year, NTU librarians collaborated with the professor to design and implement a low cost solution to archive, organise, and search the photographs. Equally important, it will enable and promote access to this repository of photographs which may otherwise remain under-utilised. Leveraging on the internally hosted WordPress platform, the team encouraged user participation by integrating a number of social media tools. Now, the content is more easily shared and retrieved and user contribution is supported, leading to increased use of the site materials. The project suggests that: 1) WordPress is a suitable platform for storing digital content. This would lower the barriers for librarians who are keen to offer digital content management services but are deterred by the complexity of elaborate content management systems. 2) There should be adequate communication between the librarians and the faculty member involved so that a storage platform fully customized to his needs can be created. 3) In providing an alternative to traditional content management systems, it is important that the social media tools do not distract users from the main content but add value to the user experience. Accepted version 2014-12-30T01:37:20Z 2019-12-06T21:16:28Z 2014-12-30T01:37:20Z 2019-12-06T21:16:28Z 2013 2013 Conference Paper Chia, Y.B., & Ng, K.P. (2013). Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress. Paper presented at the 34th Annual IATUL Conference, Cape Town, ZA. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103620 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24563 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2013/papers/18/ en © 2014 The Author(s). This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in 2013 IATUL Proceedings, published by International Association of Technological University Libraries on behalf of The Author(s). It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2013/papers/18/ ]. 6 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Library and information science Chia, Yew Boon Ng, Kiak Peng Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress |
| title | Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress |
| title_full | Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress |
| title_fullStr | Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress |
| title_short | Bagan Mural project : building a robust digital library on Wordpress |
| title_sort | bagan mural project building a robust digital library on wordpress |
| topic | DRNTU::Library and information science |
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