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• Wants to see the data space explore/represent the idea of ‘decentralisation’ more

• Suggests presenting the Aggregators differently - such as showing their own websites, as they are also part of the data space.

  • They have lots of data on their own website which is not forwarded to Europeana

  • Also the tools and things they’ve developed, which contribute to the data ending up on Europeana.eu

  • Carousel presentation at the higher level of the other portals, for example; the Aggregators' portals at the same level as the Europeana website and APIs

• More tailor-made connections to our data - what specific data do the other data spaces each need?

  • (We need to do market research for this)

• Mentioning the 'Data Space Blueprint' on the page? Comes from the Data Space Support Centre

  • e.g. ‘SIMPLE Framework’, Change Standards (IPMH), etc.

  • Henning will lead investigations on this starting in March

• Vermeer header image: Would like to see a greater diversity of cultural heritage material represented

  • E.g. documentary material, sound, 3D

  • (What kinds of documentary material would other data spaces be interested in?)

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• Logo is clear, easy to use

• Interested in brand guidelines that will be sent out with the brand (colour rules (black and white only), sizing, etc.)

• The black/white/yellow looks very similar to inDICEs

WEB PAGE FEEDBACK

• Aesthetically, the page looks/feels quite dark; less bright/energetic than europeana.eu

• Header image: feels too traditional; they want to see more ‘liveliness’, ‘modern’, ‘contemporary’, ‘kaleidoscope of images’.

• Aggregator section could be more prominent; for example, showing all of them at once.

  • Q: Why would this be useful to the ‘external’ audience for this page?

    • A: Domain/thematic and national/regional aggregators would illustrate/reaffirm the breadth and content of our collections to an audience.

  • Showing the Aggregators more prominently makes sense from the perspective of the 3 pillars of the data space: Europeana.eu (which we put first), ENA (which we mention), and the EAF - some kind of heading about the Aggregators about the EAF may contextualise them a bit better.

  • Many Aggregators do have data on their own portals which is not available through Europeana, but can be considered part of the data space

• They would like to see more emphasis on the ‘digital’ heritage, and what this encompasses; e.g. audiovisual, etc.

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• Vermeer as a header image doesn’t tell the story of data/nodes/innovation that she associates with the data space.

• Values section: see other examples for wording (e.g. National Library of Scotland - ‘they use the values as a way to present the content on the page’; see also, GLAM Labs.)

• Showcasing the data: the European open science cloud uses a list-style UI layout to showcase [links to] the data itself (see screenshot below)

• Aesthetically, feels a bit dark, which feels less aspirational, less dynamic

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Valentina and Antonella (PHOTOCONSORTIUM), Nov 30

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• Wants to see something more visual, illustrative, in the logo. Right now it’s too plain for him.

• Mentioned this book about Godel, Escher and Bach as inspiration, the way it uses a cube’s faces to project letters:

  

WEB PAGE FEEDBACK

• Echoed the point that the Aggregators could be better presented at the EAF level; EAF mentioned, at least.

Gerda Koch (AIT), Dec 7

• Consortium partner: AIT Angewandte Informationstechnik Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

• Aggregator(s): OpenUp! and Europeana Local Austria

• Recording can be found here.

BRAND FEEDBACK

• Prefers the version with ‘4' over 'for’

WEB PAGE FEEDBACK

• Don’t overuse black - more in favour of lighter, more lively

  • Try to make it feel colourful, optimistic; inspire/animate people

• Would like to see a menu/top nav with jump-to links to page sections ('Data offer', ‘Implementers/Aboutus/Consortium’, ‘Contributors/aggs/partners’)

• Would like to see in the future: infrastructure section (technical supporters)

• Showing the Aggregators/aggregation structure is useful for external audiences because it provides social proof of our data quality; builds trust

• She thinks an external audience might ask:

  • Where is the data? What kind of data, e.g. images vs. metadata

  • Where are the tools, and can I download/use them? e.g. APIs

  • Who has contributed? They may like to approach Aggs/partners directly

• Data space audiences, to her, include (based on this paper, I think):

  • Business (e.g. Tripadvisor); citizens (e.g. tourists, students); science (universities); government and public bodies (evaluating and creating policy).

• Internal audiences want to know:

  • Technical tools, e.g. IIIF; about data standards; about data governance/rights statements; and about IT capacity, e.g. storage/servers for smaller CHI’s)

• Showcase the diversity of the collections

  • Natural heritage!

• External audiences interested in natural heritage could include: Medicine, Agriculture, Education & Skills, Tourism, Climate, Energy

ENA - Tom (also British Library), 18 Dec

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• Supports the jump-to links idea

  • Helps people landmark within the page

• Likes that “people are seeing us at the higher/European-level” as one data space

• Thinks that it does make sense to have people from external audiences sign up to join the ENA

• Might be a good idea to ask Sophie and Rob for feedback

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• No recording (Zoom did not work for the participant so we moved to Google Meet).

BRAND FEEDBACK

• Suggested we check and make sure that when people read out the acronym it doesn’t sound weird in any languages.

WEB PAGE FEEDBACK

• Would like to see less common paintings/pictures rotated in with the Milkmaid

• The page gives the impression of a lot of numbers and text

  • “I was imagining something more attention-grabbing, eye-catching, different” - moving, dynamic

• Projects section: Switch the perspective to be less passive, “this is what we’re doing”, and more interesting to the audience - “here’s what YOU can do with our data/tools”

  • Currently, the way it’s written risks that they’ll read it but not connect it to themselves in any way

  • “In the form of inputs rather than passive descriptions”

• Aggregators section: Describe aggregators from the perspective that they provide content/data

  • In general, strategies towards digital transformation mention that you need to explain what you do in simpler terms, so it’s accessible to your newly wider audience

• ENA section: Agrees that she wants people to join; messaging could be clearer that it’s open to them (the external audience) too

  • Picture could be more smiley and exciting - Join us!! should feel inviting/fun

  • Consider mentioning the communities

  • “You will find your common interest communities you can join”

  • “We connect cultural professionals everywhere, from the EU and elsewhere”

  • People focused

• Stay in touch section: be more inspiring/visual here, maybe an image/animation?

  • Replace “stay in touch” and “sign up to receive updates” with a more inspiring CTA

  • “Welcome to the future”

  • “Get on board” + an animation

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