Waking a Sleeping Beauty

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Waking a Sleeping Beauty
Increasing the Usability of the DoBeS-Archive
for Various Audiences
Julia Miller Gabriele Müller Beaver-Team
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Introduction
From the DoBeS Code of Conduct
The parties understand their participation as
part of the great challenge to preserve cultural
heritage for future generations. This includes
the obligation to make material as accessible for
interested non-commercial users as possible.
www.mpi.nl/DOBES/ethical_legal_aspects/DOBES-coc-v
2.pdf
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Overview

• searchability of archive
• introductory page to individual archives
• general portal to the whole archive
• community portal to individual archives
• suggestions for action

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Searchability of Archive

• search the archive-page in addition to
  right-click option

Metadata search

• simple search as default search option

• expand search options in advanced search

e. g. search session description search
actor by anonym or name
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Searchability of Archive
Annotation search

• make elan search interface available for corpus
  search

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Introduction page for team archives
Why would this be helpful?

• introduces team archive structure to visitors
• gives information on main areas of research for
  team
• highlights finished products for guidance and
  inspiration
• links to a standardized project profile for
  quick scanning

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Introduction page with profile
Profile of language and data in the archive

• standardized information for all teams
• searchable information about individual archives
• gives quick information about features of the
  language
• gives quick information about content of the
  archive
• suggestions for future research based on data in
  the archive

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General Portal to Whole Archive
screenshot or browser and go over it
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Community portal to single archive
screenshot or browser.
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Summary

• small changes in search options of archive
• intro page for each team archive including a
  profile
• create a general portal to the DoBeS archive
• create individual community portals based on
  your communitys interests needs

So, how can we help the archive come alive?
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Suggestions for Action

• create a working group for accessibility issues
• every team should fill out a simple survey
• small amount of work with great rewards
• advanced workshop with sessions on archive
  usability
• start now!

Questions or Comments?
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Links Literature
http//www.mpi.nl/DoBeS/Projects/Beaver
http//www.mpi.nl/DOBES/ethical_legal_aspects/DO
BES-coc-v2.pdf http//www.lat-mpi.eu/papers/paper
s-2006/marc-slides.pdf http//www.lat-mpi.eu/pape
rs/papers-2005/exploitation.pdf