creating a searchable media archive for modern language and culture: the realia project
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Creating a Searchable Media Archive for Modern Language and Culture: The REALIA Project. Jeff Overholtzer, Washington and Lee University Scott Siddall, Denison University. Introduction. REALIA: Rich Electronic Archive for Language Instruction Anywhere - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Creating a Searchable Media Archive for Modern Language and Culture: The REALIA Project
Jeff Overholtzer, Washington and Lee UniversityScott Siddall, Denison University
Introduction REALIA: Rich Electronic Archive for
Language Instruction Anywhere Database developed through a
collaboration of faculty, librarians and technologists from Global Partners institutions:
Associated Colleges of the South
ACM and GLCA
Associated Colleges of the Midwest1.Beloit College2.Carleton College3.Coe College4.College of the University of Chicago5.Colorado College6.Cornell College7.Grinnell College8.Knox College9.Lake Forest College10.Lawrence University11.Macalester College12.Monmouth College13.Ripon College14.St. Olaf College
Great Lakes Colleges Association 1.Albion College2.Antioch College3.Denison University4.DePauw University5.Earlham College6.Hope College7.Kalamazoo College8.Kenyon College9.Oberlin College10.Ohio Wesleyan University11.The College of Wooster12.Wabash College
Rationale Strong mandate from language faculty Generation of visually-oriented students Authentic materials best promote cultural
literacy Serves a multiplicity of student learners:
images can serve at all levels of language instruction, in culture courses, in preparation for study abroad programs
Our Philosophy Archive significant images with cultural
information and pedagogical suggestions Ensure quality through
peer-review and editorial assistance Capture the present while preserving the past Free for educational use
Organization Managing Board comprises
technologists, librarians, faculty members
Language-specific editorial boards Role of ACS Technology Center
Organization Annual workshops
Student-faculty teams Refine metadata, add images Policy-making, planning
Organization Cataloging workflow:
Faculty contributor (or student-faculty team) Photographer, Title, Description,
Pedagogical suggestions Librarian
Realia type, LC subject, geographic locations, other… complete list
Partnerships and affiliations MERLOT
Ideas, critiques,cross-promotion
Federated searching Showcase best practices
ARTstor Part of pilot project
OAIster Part of this meta-collection
Technology and standards Software: CONTENTdm
server at ACS Tech Center Metadata: Standards-based structure
Fields mapped to Dublin Core Use of LC Subject Headings OAI metadata harvesting XML export of metadata
Demonstration of web site and database
www.realiaproject.org Browse by language, simple or complex
search, compound objects (multiple views), thematic groupings for searching, showcase contributor collections; teaching tools including comparisons, creating personal, downloadable collection
Demo 1 Demo 2 Demo 3
New image here…
Technologies behind REALIA System selection
Proprietary, homegrown, open source, partnerships
Centralized versus desktop Requirements
Metadata flexibility Avoid data lock-in Distributed management with approval queue Open standards Support and continued R & D
Digital Asset Management Marketplace Scope and size of DAM market
$1.5-3.0 billion annually; $320 million in profits 600+ vendors with 1,200+ applications Ripe for consolidation
The Commercial Players Artesia (publishing) Canto (desktop to small workgroup) eMotion (broadcast) MediaBin by Interwoven (corporate) North Plains ‘Telescope’ (publishing) Webware (corporate) IBM and Stellent (corporate) Extensis (desktop to small workgroup)
Digital asset management in higher ed
Auto-Graphics Digital Asset Management CONTENTdm Documentum DAM Dynix Horizon Digital Library Endeavor ENCompass Ex Libris Digitool Innovative Interfaces Millennium Metasource Luna Imaging Insight SIRSI Hyperion VTLS VITAL
Digital asset management – open source FEDORA
Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture
Release 1.2.1 released April 20, 2004 Digital Library Extension Service
from the University of Michigan Greenstone
e.g., Chopin collection at the University of Chicago Madison Digital Image Database
MDID; v2.0 in July
Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdmhttp://contentdm.comWeb-based presentation
Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdmAnd web-based administration
Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm
CONTENTdm – export functions Thumbnail, service and full resolution images stored in
directories in standard image formats
CONTENTdm – export functions Metadata exporting
CONTENTdm – OAI harvesting
www.oaister.org
CONTENTdm – support Distributed and supported by OCLC Predictable costs Continued development
JPEG2000 PowerPoint plug-in Community open source developments
CONTENTdm and open source Proprietary software + open standards has led
to an open source community Controlled vocabulary analyzer Importable Library of Congress Subject Headings E-commerce extension for ordering images RSS feed generator to subscribe to collections Direct linking to objects XML Gateway for federated searching of CONTENTdm
collections Feedback tool for commenting/reviewing objects OASIS – a web-based tool for organizing and
importing images
Feedback tool A means to solicit comments or
review of CONTENTdm images Feedback data sent via email to
collection administrators Modified from Oregon State’s e-
commerce scripts by Tim Moore (ACS)
OASIS A substitute for CONTENTdm’s
Windows-only image preparation tool PHP and MySQL Developed by staff at
The Midwest Instructional Technology Center
Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center
Technologies behind REALIA What’s next? Automated metadata creation
Technologies behind REALIA What’s next? OCLC E-learning report: make content
accessible Open standards, open source
Interoperability with other repositoriesSakai, Open Source Portfolio Initiative, Fedora
What’s next Forming language editorial boards NEH grant
By the numbers Involvement in REALIA Project
Total images: ~1,000 Page accesses: ~2,000/month
Role NumberFaculty contributors 19
Student contributors 2
Student technology assistants 2
Librarians 6
Technologists 2
TOTALDoesn’t include ACS, MITC, CET staff
31(17 ACS, 13 MITC, 2 other)
How you can be involved Use the resource for teaching; give us
feedback Contribute images Consider how we might collaborate if
you have complementary resource
Contact information REALIA Project
http://realiaproject.org
This presentation: http://siddall.info/talks/educause2004/http://home.wlu.edu/~joverholtzer/educause04/
Presenters Jeff Overholtzer ([email protected]) Scott Siddall ([email protected])