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Personal Digital Archiving 2011 Learnings from a life’s work: The Doug Engelbart Archives Christina Engelbart Executive Director www.dougengelbart.org

2 “B oosting our Collective IQ” 1964 Story in a nutshell 1951 1962 1967 1998 1969 1968 1988 1978

3 research team 1-47 people over 20+ years The human element • experimental methods, conventions, practices • new roles • strategic approach Alumni 100+

4 artifacts The stuff software photos repository texts Backup Personal Media audio / oral records histories press film / events video

5 Archiving real-time online physical

6 (Re)Archiving on the web 1990s Stanford MouseSite 1995 our first website preserved by Internet Archive

7 Archiving on the web 2010 Internet Archive Computer History Museum

8 Context What’s their story? What were they thinking? “firsts”

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13 13 Where to go from here • Learn from the Edgerton Digital Collection and archivists of notable persons • Digital storytelling • Digital museums – NMC MIDEA • Engage faculty and interns • Partnering and Funding

14 14 Objectives beyond webifying • Humanizing history • Connecting the technology to the vision • Communicating the primary significance of the vision

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16 16 Knowledge Ecosystem Reports Intell Contracts Mtg Records Email Lessons Commentary Learned Rationale Plans Source Proposals Code

17 17 Knowledge Ecosystem All plugged into a collective intelligence “B oosting our Collective IQ” Reports Intell Reports Contracts Contracts Mtg Records Plans Email Lessons Commentary Source Learned Rationale Proposals Code Plans Source Proposals Code Lessons Mtg Learned Records Rationale Commentary Email Intelligence

18 18 Dynamic Knowledge Ecosystem “B oosting our Collective IQ” dialog ~ intel ~ knowledge products Concurrently • developing • integrating Reports Intell Reports • applying Contracts Contracts Mtg Records KNOWLEDGE Plans Email Lessons Commentary Source Learned Rationale Proposals Code Plans Source Proposals Code Lessons Mtg Learned Records Rationale Commentary Email Intelligence

19 19 Dynamic Knowledge Ecosystem “B oosting our Collective IQ” dialog ~ intel ~ knowledge products Tool / Knowledge Functionality ubiquitous in all tools you use Requirements:  Open  Evolvable, migratable  Interoperable Concurrently  Malleable, custom views • developing  Permeable, every • integrating object addressable, linkable in any file Reports Intell Reports • applying  Identifyable, every object Contracts Contracts Mtg stamped with author and Records KNOWLEDGE time of creation/edits Plans Email Lessons  Annotate Commentary Source Learned Rationale Proposals Code  Extensible  Customizable Plans Source Proposals  Seamless experience Code  Shared desktop ubiquitous Lessons Mtg Learned Records Rationale  Online publishing with ID Commentary and version management Email Intelligence

Grand Challenge Complexity and urgency are scaling up exponentially Rate of change with exponential Collective IQ strategy with incremental Collective IQ strategy Organizations and societies with no Collective IQ strategy 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ...

21 Appreciation • Alumni from Doug’s lab and Institute – Jeff Rulifson, Harvey Lehtman, Jake Feinler , Bill Daul – Doug’s long-time secretary Mary Coppernoll • SRI International and Logitech at all levels • Stanford Library Special Collections – Henry Lowood, Tim Lenoir and team • Computer History Museum – Paula Jabloner, Marc Weber, Jake Feinler • Internet Archive – Brewster Kahle, Laura Milvy, Jeff Ubois, and team • New Media Consortium (nmc.org) – Larry Johnson and Alan Levine www.dougengelbart.org