Walk1916: Exploring how a mobile walking tour app can provide value for LAMs

摘要

In this paper, we describe preliminary findings of semistructured interviews with eight testers of the Walk1916 mobile walking tour of the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland. While some LAMs have begun to integrate mobile technology into their suite of tools to enhance the cultural heritage experience, most studies align the value of these tools with existing institutional measures of impact. Understanding the ways in which users value a mobile app that integrates digital collections with a walking tour allows LAMs to develop best practices for use of such tools associated with the cultural heritage experiences, as well as ways to assess such tools. Preliminary findings suggest that geo-location and the ability to compare between archival image and modern day add significant value to the users’ cultural heritage experiences.