Summary of Clare Lanyon and Victoria Passau: User contributed content

00:00:00 - 00:15:00

The video discusses the work of Clare Lanyon and Victoria Passau on the online cenotaph, which allows users to add content, images, and notes to records of New Zealand servicemen and women. The importance of a team to work on online projects is discussed, as well as how Vernon is able to manage and keep user-generated content safe.

• 00:00:00 Online Cenotaph is a biographical database of New Zealand servicemen and women from the First World War to Afghanistan. It was established by the Oakland Museum in 1996 and includes records from the New Zealand Wars up until Afghanistan. The new database allows users to add content, images, and notes to the records.
• 00:05:00 The video discusses Clare Lanyon's work on the online cenotaph, which involves receiving and adding user-generated content. The video also discusses the importance of a team to work on online projects, and how Vernon is able to manage and keep user-generated content safe.
• 00:10:00 The YouTube video features Clare Lanyon and Victoria Passau discussing their project of digitizing the personal objects of World War I veterans to create an online database. The Roadshow unit is on display at the National Digital Museum in Wellington, New Zealand, and is open to the public for viewing. There is a four-year program to borrow one of the user-contributed cameras. The project's social media campaign, "Discover your connection," focuses on enabling people to connect with their ancestors and recognize their connection to World War I.
• 00:15:00 The video discusses how Clare Lanyon and Victoria Passau, two user-contributed content creators, have opened up their API so that others can use their content to create connections and learn more about their connections.