Presentation at the Europeana 2019 conference in the National Library of Portugal in Lisbon, November 29, 2019

1. #FAIRGLAM
Towards FAIR digital
cultural heritage collections
in the Rijksmuseum
Saskia Scheltjens, Head of Research Services Department
@saschel – s.scheltjens@rijksmuseum.nl
Europeana AGM - Lisbon
29 November 2019 #europeana2019
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.9602

2. OPENING UP THE COLLECTION
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Between 2011 and 2013
the Rijksmuseum opened its
collections for everyone
2011
limited set CC-BY
2013
almost everything CC0
live API

3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Thank you Europeana
for the support!
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https://pro.europeana.eu/post/the-problem-of-the-yellow-milkmaid

4. CREATIVE / COMMERCIAL RE-USE
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5. DATA-FICATION
ByJohnLewisMarshall
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6. MORE AND MORE DATA
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Digitisation &
Registration object
collection
(2008-2020)
• Metadata for 666.089 objects
• High-resolution photographs
of 414.925 collection objects
• 450.000 bibliographic records
• 130.000 concepts for people
and institutions
• 40.000 thesaurus terms
And counting …

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Digital Transformation
of Research
• Rise of Technical Art History &
Conservation Science
• Influence of interdisciplinary
Digital Humanities research
• Rapid growth of research
data -> need for RDM is urgent
• Ex. Project Nightwatch
16 TB -> 600 TB for 1 painting …

8. Department of
Research Services
Integrated new department
centralising all kinds of
collection information & data
(digital ánd analog)
- including open data policies
- research data management
- data services
+/- 35 people
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9. RESTRUCTURING OF INFRASTRUCTURE
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https://www.slideshare.net/MereteSanderhoff/the-difficult-
second-date

10. RECONFIGURATION OF DATA SERVICES
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Unambiguous Access
Open Data policy
www.rijksmuseum.nl/data/policy
Data (developers)
data.rijksmuseum.nl
Descriptive (general public)
www.rijksmuseum.nl/data

11. Survey of Research
Data Needs
Conclusions
• Sustainable management
of the entire Research Data life cycle
• More visibility for research
Rijksmuseum through Open Science
• Connecting to sustainable
research re data publishing and
archiving, preferably using existing
tools and facilities
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12. Pilot Project
Landscape analysis of technical
solutions for improving internal RDM
Infrastructure
Current Steps
- Development of RMD policies &
procedures
- Extending the Open Data policy towards FAIR
developing an Open Access policy for
publications
- Staff training in research data support
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SHARING IS CARING X AMSTERDAM 22/11/2019
http://sharecare.nl/programme-amsterrdam

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SHARING IS CARING X AMSTERDAM 22/11/2019

15. CALL TO ACTION
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OPEN GLAM data >>> FAIR GLAM data
Beginning of a new dialog

16. FAIR data principles
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by Patrick Hochstenbach
FAIR Principles for LAM Collections: A proposal for standards for reusable
collections by Lukas Koster & Saskia Woutersen-Windhouwer (2018)
https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/13427

17. STATEMENTS
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OPEN as a paradigm has become too limited
to describe the complexities
that cultural heritage institutions
will be confronted with in the future
A more complex view on sharing is necessary
FAIR data principles as best practice help to keep
digital heritage data aligned with the ambitions
of the open web

18. CONTACT
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QUESTIONS? REMARKS?
Please reach out!
@saschel - s.scheltjens@rijksmuseum.nl
or talk to Chris Dijkshoorn in the audience ;-)