Research Article
Elements for Constructing a Data Quality Policy to Aggregate Digital Cultural Collections: Cases of the Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Foundation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-77417-2_8, author={Joyce Siqueira and Danielle do Carmo and Dalton Lopes Martins and Daniela Lucas da Silva Lemos and Vinicius Nunes Medeiros and Luis Felipe Rosa de Oliveira}, title={Elements for Constructing a Data Quality Policy to Aggregate Digital Cultural Collections: Cases of the Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Foundation}, proceedings={Data and Information in Online Environments. Second EAI International Conference, DIONE 2021, Virtual Event, March 10--12, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={DIONE}, year={2021}, month={6}, keywords={Cultural data aggregation Data quality policy Institutional aggregator}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-77417-2_8} }- Joyce Siqueira
Danielle do Carmo
Dalton Lopes Martins
Daniela Lucas da Silva Lemos
Vinicius Nunes Medeiros
Luis Felipe Rosa de Oliveira
Year: 2021
Elements for Constructing a Data Quality Policy to Aggregate Digital Cultural Collections: Cases of the Digital Public Library of America and Europeana Foundation
DIONE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77417-2_8
Abstract
Institutions around the world have sought to aggregate different cultural heritage data sources in order to provide society with comprehensive and useful services. This qualitative exploratory study presents a comparative analysis of two paradigmatic institutional aggregators, namely the Europeana Foundation in the European Union and the Digital Public Library of America in the United States. To that end, strategic aggregation documents were identified and quality policy elements analyzed and compared. As a result, nine quality-oriented data aggregation elements were selected: data providers; application process; metadata model; data exchange agreement; copyright license; call for applications; metadata use; technical criteria for data quality and data validation and publication. The elements identified and described are important in formulating processes that make it possible to aggregate digital cultural heritage collections from different Brazilian institutions and provide support for the solution currently being developed in collaboration with the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram).
