Creating a Searchable
Media Archive for Modern Language and Culture: The REALIA Project
Introduction
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REALIA: Rich Electronic Archive
for Language Instruction Anywhere |
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Database developed through a
collaboration of faculty, librarians and technologists from Global Partners
institutions: |
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Associated Colleges of
the South
ACM and GLCA
Rationale
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Strong mandate from language
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Generation of visually-oriented
students |
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Authentic materials best
promote cultural literacy |
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Serves a multiplicity of
student learners: images can serve at all levels of language instruction, in
culture courses, in preparation for study abroad programs |
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Our Philosophy
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Archive significant images with
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information and pedagogical
suggestions |
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Ensure quality through |
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peer-review and editorial |
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assistance |
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Capture the present while |
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preserving the past |
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Free for educational use |
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Organization
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Managing Board comprises
technologists, librarians, faculty members |
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Language-specific editorial
boards |
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Role of ACS Technology Center |
Organization
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Annual workshops |
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Student-faculty teams |
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Refine metadata, add images |
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Policy-making, planning |
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Organization
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Cataloging workflow: |
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Faculty contributor (or
student-faculty team) |
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Photographer, Title,
Description, Pedagogical suggestions |
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Librarian |
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Realia type, LC subject,
geographic locations, other… complete list |
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Partnerships and
affiliations
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MERLOT |
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Ideas, critiques,
cross-promotion |
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Federated searching |
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Showcase best practices |
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ARTstor |
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Part of pilot project |
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OAIster |
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Part of this meta-collection |
Technology and standards
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Software: CONTENTdm |
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server at ACS Tech Center |
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Metadata: Standards-based structure |
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Fields mapped to Dublin Core |
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Use of LC Subject Headings |
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OAI metadata harvesting |
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XML export of metadata |
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Demonstration of web
site and database
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www.realiaproject.org |
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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 |
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Demo 1 |
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Demo 2 |
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Demo 3 |
Technologies behind
REALIA
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System selection |
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Proprietary, homegrown, open
source, partnerships |
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Centralized versus desktop |
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Requirements |
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Metadata flexibility |
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Avoid data lock-in |
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Distributed management with
approval queue |
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Open standards |
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Support and continued R & D |
Digital Asset Management
Marketplace
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Scope and size of DAM market |
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$1.5-3.0 billion annually; $320
million in profits |
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600+ vendors with 1,200+
applications |
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Ripe for consolidation |
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The Commercial Players |
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Artesia (publishing) |
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Canto (desktop to small
workgroup) |
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eMotion (broadcast) |
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MediaBin by Interwoven
(corporate) |
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North Plains ‘Telescope’
(publishing) |
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Webware (corporate) |
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IBM and Stellent (corporate) |
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Extensis (desktop to small
workgroup) |
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Digital asset management
in higher ed
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Auto-Graphics Digital Asset
Management |
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CONTENTdm |
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Documentum DAM |
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Dynix Horizon Digital Library |
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Endeavor ENCompass |
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Ex Libris Digitool |
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Innovative Interfaces
Millennium Metasource |
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Luna Imaging Insight |
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SIRSI Hyperion |
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VTLS VITAL |
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Digital asset management
– open source
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FEDORA |
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Flexible Extensible Digital
Object and Repository Architecture |
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Release 1.2.1 released April
20, 2004 |
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Digital Library Extension
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from the University of Michigan |
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Greenstone |
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e.g., Chopin collection at the
University of Chicago |
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Madison Digital Image Database |
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MDID; v2.0 in July |
Technologies behind
REALIA - CONTENTdm
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http://contentdm.com |
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Web-based presentation |
Technologies behind
REALIA - CONTENTdm
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And web-based administration |
Technologies behind
REALIA - CONTENTdm
CONTENTdm – export
functions
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Thumbnail, service and full
resolution images stored in directories in standard image formats |
CONTENTdm – export
functions
CONTENTdm – OAI
harvesting
CONTENTdm – support
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Distributed and supported by
OCLC |
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Predictable costs |
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Continued development |
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JPEG2000 |
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PowerPoint plug-in |
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Community open source
developments |
CONTENTdm and open
source
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Proprietary software + open
standards has led to an open source community |
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Controlled vocabulary analyzer |
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Importable Library of Congress
Subject Headings |
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E-commerce extension for
ordering images |
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RSS feed generator to subscribe
to collections |
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Direct linking to objects |
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XML Gateway for federated
searching of CONTENTdm collections |
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Feedback tool for
commenting/reviewing objects |
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OASIS – a web-based tool for
organizing and importing images |
Feedback tool
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A means to solicit comments or
review of CONTENTdm images |
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Feedback data sent via email to
collection administrators |
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Modified from Oregon
State’s e-commerce scripts by Tim
Moore (ACS) |
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OASIS
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A substitute for CONTENTdm’s
Windows-only image preparation tool |
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PHP and MySQL |
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Developed by staff at |
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The Midwest Instructional
Technology Center |
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Associated Colleges of the
South Technology Center |
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Technologies behind
REALIA
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What’s next? |
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Automated metadata |
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creation |
Technologies behind
REALIA
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What’s next? |
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OCLC E-learning report: make
content accessible |
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Open standards, open source |
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Interoperability with other
repositories |
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Sakai, Open Source Portfolio
Initiative, Fedora |
What’s next
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Forming language editorial
boards |
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NEH grant |
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By the numbers
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Involvement in REALIA Project |
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Total images: ~1,000 |
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Page accesses: ~2,000/month |
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How you can be involved
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Use the resource for teaching;
give us feedback |
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Contribute images |
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Consider how we might
collaborate if you have complementary resource |
Contact information
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REALIA Project |
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http://realiaproject.org |
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Presenters |
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Jeff Overholtzer (joverholtzer@wlu.edu) |
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Scott Siddall (siddall@denison.edu) |
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