1	Creating a Searchable Media Archive for Modern Language and Culture: The REALIA Project
2	Introduction REALIA: Rich Electronic Archive for Language Instruction Anywhere Database developed through a collaboration of faculty, librarians and technologists from Global Partners institutions:
3	Associated Colleges of the South
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5	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
6	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
7	Organization Managing Board comprises technologists, librarians, faculty members Language-specific editorial boards Role of ACS Technology Center
8	Organization Annual workshops Student-faculty teams Refine metadata, add images Policy-making, planning
9	Organization Cataloging workflow: Faculty contributor (or student-faculty team) Photographer, Title, Description, Pedagogical suggestions Librarian Realia type, LC subject, geographic locations, other… complete list
10	Partnerships and affiliations MERLOT Ideas, critiques, cross-promotion Federated searching Showcase best practices ARTstor Part of pilot project OAIster Part of this meta-collection
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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)
15	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
16	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
17	Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm http://contentdm.com Web-based presentation
18	Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm And web-based administration
19	Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm
20	CONTENTdm – export functions Thumbnail, service and full resolution images stored in directories in standard image formats
21	CONTENTdm – export functions Metadata exporting
22	CONTENTdm – OAI harvesting
23	CONTENTdm – support Distributed and supported by OCLC Predictable costs Continued development JPEG2000 PowerPoint plug-in Community open source developments
24	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
25	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)
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29	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
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34	Technologies behind REALIA What’s next? Automated metadata creation
35	Technologies behind REALIA What’s next? OCLC E-learning report: make content accessible Open standards, open source Interoperability with other repositories Sakai, Open Source Portfolio Initiative, Fedora
36	What’s next Forming language editorial boards NEH grant
37	By the numbers Involvement in REALIA Project Total images: ~1,000 Page accesses: ~2,000/month
38	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
39	Contact information REALIA Project http://realiaproject.org Presenters Jeff Overholtzer (joverholtzer@wlu.edu) Scott Siddall (siddall@denison.edu)
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