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Scrolls to Scrolling: The Shared Heritage of Digital Collections

Scrolls to Scrolling: The Shared Heritage of Digital Collections. Edward Benoit, III School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Introduction: Where are we?. Digital Archives Digital Libraries Digital Museums Move from silos toward collaborative projects

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Scrolls to Scrolling: The Shared Heritage of Digital Collections

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  1. Scrolls to Scrolling: The Shared Heritage of Digital Collections Edward Benoit, III School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  2. Introduction: Where are we? • Digital Archives • Digital Libraries • Digital Museums • Move from silos toward collaborative projects • Louis Shotridge Digital Archive • March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project • Maryland Digital Cultural Heritage • Wisconsin Heritage Online

  3. Introduction: Where are we going? So universal access to all knowledge—I think it can be one of the greatest achievements of humankind, like the man on the moon, or the Gutenberg Bible, or the Library of Alexandria. It could be something that we’re remembered for, for millennia, for having achieved. -Brewster Kahle, TED 2007

  4. Introduction: Where have we been? • Mouseion at Alexandria • National institutions movements • Library of Congress, Smithsonian, NARA • Bibliothèquenationale de France • British Museum/Library • Technical achievements & developments (Bearman, 2007; Fox & Urs, 2002) Representation of the Mouseion at Alexandria created for use in Carl Sagan’s Cosmos.

  5. Cycle of Inspiration Rather than predicting the future, the SF genre is much better at inspiring the future. Visionaries read or see cool ideas in their favorite SF books or films, then decide how to make it a reality. -Kevin Anderson, 2011 Minority Report, 2002, DreamWorks/ 20th Century Fox

  6. Early Science Fiction • Mechanically driven • Jules Verne (1828-1905) • From the Earth to the Moon (1865) • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869) • H. G. Wells (1866-1946) • The Time Machine(1895) • World Brain (1938) H. G. Wells in London, c. 1890, London School of Economics

  7. Charles Babbage • Charles Babbage (1791-1871) • Edward Page Mitchell (1852-1927) Difference Engine No 2 created by the Science Museum in 1991 based on the design of C. Babbage. Photo by speaker.

  8. Robots: TikTok SMITH & TINKER’S Patent Double-Action, Extra-Responsive, Thought-Creating, Prefect-Talking MECHANICAL MAN Fitted with our Special Clock-Work Attachment Thinks, Speaks, Acts, and Does Everything but Live. Manufactured only at our Works at Evna, Land of Ev. All infringements will be promptly Prosecuted according to Law.

  9. Danger, Will Robinson! • Metropolis& Maria (1927) • Forbidden Planet & Robby the Robot (1956) • Superman & Brainiac (1st appearance, 1958) • Lost in Space & Robot B-9 (1965-1968)

  10. “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” • Alan Turing (1912-1954) • Turing Machine (1937) • Automatic Computing Engine (1945) • Turing Test Alan Turing stands beside the Ferranti Mark 1 Console, the world’s first commercially available general-purpose computer. Photo care of On Being.

  11. “As We May Think” • Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) • Memex Dr. Vanneavar Bush, half-length portrait, seated at desk. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

  12. Computers: Comics, Movies, TV • Desk Set (1957) • Batman & the Batcomputer (1st apperance 1964)

  13. Computer Warnings HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

  14. “The Ultimate Computer • Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) • M-5 Multitronic System • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) • Holodecks • Andriod (Data) • Shadowrun RPG (1989) • The Matrix

  15. Bringing it all together: Conclusions and Future Work The Time Machine, 2001, DreamWorks/Warner Brothers

  16. Thank You!

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