PATCH 2015 - Personalized Access to Cultural Heritage L. Ardissono and C. Gena Lora Aroyo T. Kuflik and A.J. Wecker University of Torino VU University Amsterdam University of Haifa Computer Science Department The Network Institute Department of Information Italy The Netherlands Systems liliana.ardissono@unito.it, lora.aroyo@vu.nl Israel cristina.gena@unito.it tsvikak@is.haifa.ac.il, ajwecker@gmail.com Johan Oomen Oliviero Stock Netherlands Institute for Sound FBK-ICT IRST and Vision Italy The Netherlands stock@fbk.eu joomen@beeldengeluid.nl ABSTRACT planning shows an avalanche of diverse initiatives focused Since 2007, the PATCH workshop series on creative urban development. Consequently, it has become fashionable to regard the many forms of cultural (https://patchworkshopseries.wordpress.com/) have been expression, like art, festivals, exhibitions, media, design, gathering successfully researchers and professionals from various countries and institutions to discuss the topics of digital expression and research as signposts for urban digital access to cultural heritage and specifically the individuality and identity and departures for a new urban personalization aspects in this process. Due to this rich cultural industry. history, the reach of the PATCH workshop in various Personalisation also has a role to play in supporting research communities is extensive. collaboration that enables groups of people to take part in the preservation, enrichment and access to cultural heritage. Author Keywords This is because it can be an enabler for people to be both Cultural Heritage; Multimedia Interaction; Personalization; information consumers and producers, and actively involve them in the management of cultural heritage information. ACM Classification Keywords Methodologies and technological utilities for online J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES, H.5.3 Group and communities can help them to become actively engaged in Organization Interfaces, H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia the publishing process, contribute their knowledge, and H.5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI). partake in a dynamic creation and conceptualisation of the cultural resources will be thus central to the workshop INTRODUCTION themes. Cultural heritage (CH) is a privileged area for During the workshop we aim to identify the typical user personalisation research because CH sites are rich in objects groups, tasks and roles in order to achieve an and information, far more than the visitor can absorb during adequate personalisation for cultural heritage applications. the limited time of a single visit. Moreover, the Important aspects to discuss evolve around: convergence between CH and the Internet has made huge § In-door localisation, navigation and browsing amounts of information about CH readily available in patterns; electronic format. Two important challenges to be § Interaction concepts with personal (mobile or addressed are thus: desktop) and group (on-site public or desktop) § How to provide an engaging experience for the displays; digital, mobile and traditional CH visitor before, § Collaboration, communication and sharing during and after a visit, by exploiting information aspects in the process of cultural heritage from previous interactions on CH sites and production and consumption. The sense of elsewhere on the ubiquitous Web? presence computer-mediated environments’; § Can this kind of support can be a basis § Information needs, information access (including for maintaining a lifelong chain visualisation for various sources of information, of personalised CH experiences, linked to broader not only textual, but also 2D and 3D objects) and lifelong learning? search pattern; – Exploiting data from various sources, i.e., catalogues, Linked Open Data, and Not only traditional CH sites, but also cities are excellent usage logs; test-beds for personalisation research: modern urban § Digital storytelling, narratives, smart summaries and recommendation explanations; § Novel ICT and their impact on CH organisations and their longer-term strategies. Finally, we aim at identifying a set of requirements for personalized interaction and interfaces in the cultural heritage domain, and provide practical guidelines for deploying such personalization techniques in this domain. Have a look at the past editions of the PATCH workshop series organised multiple times at various international conferences: § PATCH 2014 at the Intelligent User Interfaces 2014 Conference § PATCH 2013 at the UMAP 2013 Conference § PATCH 2012 at the ACM MultiMedia 2012 Conference § PATCH 2012 at the UMAP 2012 Conference § PATCH 2011 at the Intelligent User Interfaces 2011 Conference § PATCH 2008 at the Adaptive Hypermedia 2008 Conference § PATCH 2007 at the User Modeling 2007 Conference