Zhao, CanTwidale, Michael B.Nichols, David M.Dobreva, MilenaHinze, AnnikaŽumer, Maja2019-01-1420182019-01-142018Zhao, C., Twidale, M. B., & Nichols, D. M. (2018). Acquiring metadata to support biographies of museum artefacts. In M. Dobreva, A. Hinze, & M. Žumer (Eds.), Proc 20th International Conference on Asian-Pacific Digital Libraries: Maturity and Innovation in Digital Libraries (ICADL 2018) (Vol. LNCS 11279, pp. 304–315). Basel, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04257-8_31978-3-030-04257-8https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12264Museum collections are primarily experienced in physical museums. Metadata and linked data have the potential to support new models of interaction with heritage objects outside museums. Object biographies are a conceptual lens through which to view object metadata. We explore the concept of object biography through an interview-based study of selected artefacts from local New Zealand museums. We discuss how the nature of this metadata can support new object-centric interaction in the wider environment.application/pdfen©2018 Springer Nature Switzerland AG.This is the author's accepted version. The final publication is available at Springer via dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04257-8_31computer sciencemetadatamuseumobject biographyConference Contribution10.1007/978-3-030-04257-8_31