Putting your archive online fulfils the basic prerequisite of providing remote access, but the real benefit occurs when online visitors can use it to extract meaning from your content.
In this talk I will explore how modern search and image servers, coupled with the latest browser capabilities, can allow you to create engaging interfaces for your users that are very far from the traditional data-driven approaches. Using examples from a range of projects, I will show how your archival metadata can be transformed from dry formats such as METS, MODS, EAD and ALTO into compelling and innovative interfaces for end-users, ranging from interactive graphs and charts, to arcade games and even 3D virtual reality environments.
