CLIO (toolkit)
CLIO is a toolkit containing two web applications and all of the resources needed to create your first digital interactive. We are aiming to provide resources tailored to helping non-profit institutions create and display digital interactives, without a huge knowledge or financial buy-in. The CLIO project is open-source and that means you can choose to use it however works best for you.
CLIO
CLIO consists of two web application graphical user interfaces. CLIO Create can be used to create and manage Activities, define their Audience, organize them into Programs, and then export an Interactive to a package file. CLIO Exhibit uses these packages to update the content available within the web application and display them, on-line and in-person, as a facilitated experience or a static exhibit kiosk. You can use your own electronics, or you can follow our guides to recreate POP, our portable prototype touchscreen kiosk.
POP
The POP kiosk was built with open hardware and open-source software technologies. The prototype is designed to have a mobile and modular form factor, allowing it to be integrated into a variety of pop-up exhibit scenarios. It is constructed using off-the-shelf parts and doesn't require any soldering, meaning all hardware is easily replaceable in the event of damage, failure or obsolescence. If you ever need another kiosk, they can also be easily replicated.
This kiosk is a low-cost option for integrating CLIO activities into pop-up exhibits, performing user and pilot testing on a physical interactive display and generating a proof-of-concept for planning meetings.
Examples
CLIO and POP can used together to create a variety of different interaction experiences. You can use a POP kiosk to integrate digital activities into pop-up exhibits at local schools, libraries and community centers. A program facilitator can select the activities to display on-the-fly, or you could also create a kiosk to always display the same activities.
Take those same activities and display them online as part of a virtual exhibit, use them within an online lesson plan, or send links to remote learners while you facilitate a full online lesson plan through video conference. CLIO was created to be a framework that supports and adapts to your institutions specific needs.
Documentation
Our documentation contains everything you need to get CLIO installed and operating exactly as you want for your institution. CLIO is meant to be molded to your institution's design, content, compliance and operational needs.
Guides
Non-profit and cultural heritage professionals often wear many hats and balance numerous responsibilities. Some are educators, some are designers, and some are developers. Many professionals are more than one. In order to help you make sense of the documentation, we've broken them down into guides for different needs.
Development
CLIO has gone through a multi-year continuous development cycle with separate host institutions. This project is based on the MUSETECH model, a comprehensive framework for the design and evaluation of museum technology. We document our research, design process and evaluation results.
Compendium
The Compendium is a limited encyclopedia of terminology and concepts within areas related to CLIO's development. In order to help communication across fields and foster collaboration, we are hoping to create a centralized lexicon.
