Creating a Searchable Media Archive for Modern Language

Creating a Searchable Media Archive for Modern Language and Culture: The REALIA Project Jeff Overholtzer, Washington and Lee University Scott Siddall, Denison University

Introduction o o 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 Midwest 1. Beloit College 2. Carleton College 3. Coe College 4. College of the University of Chicago 5. Colorado College 6. Cornell College 7. Grinnell College 8. Knox College 9. Lake Forest College 10. Lawrence University 11. Macalester College 12. Monmouth College 13. Ripon College 14. St. Olaf College Great Lakes Colleges Association 1. Albion College 2. Antioch College 3. Denison University 4. De. Pauw University 5. Earlham College 6. Hope College 7. Kalamazoo College 8. Kenyon College 9. Oberlin College 10. Ohio Wesleyan University 11. The College of Wooster 12. Wabash College

Rationale o o 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 o Ensure quality through peer-review and editorial assistance o Capture the present while preserving the past o Free for educational use o

Organization o o o Managing Board comprises technologists, librarians, faculty members Language-specific editorial boards Role of ACS Technology Center

Organization o Annual workshops n n n Student-faculty teams Refine metadata, add images Policy-making, planning

Organization o Cataloging workflow: n Faculty contributor (or student-faculty team) o n Photographer, Title, Description, Pedagogical suggestions Librarian o Realia type, LC subject, geographic locations, other… complete list

Partnerships and affiliations o MERLOT n n n o ARTstor n o Ideas, critiques, cross-promotion Federated searching Showcase best practices Part of pilot project OAIster n Part of this meta-collection

Technology and standards o Software: CONTENTdm n o server at ACS Tech Center Metadata: Standards-based structure n n Fields mapped to Dublin Core Use of LC Subject Headings OAI metadata harvesting XML export of metadata

Demonstration of web site and database New image here… www. realiaproject. org o o 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

Technologies behind REALIA o System selection n n o Proprietary, homegrown, open source, partnerships Centralized versus desktop Requirements n n n Metadata flexibility Avoid data lock-in Distributed management with approval queue Open standards Support and continued R & D

Digital Asset Management Marketplace o Scope and size of DAM market n n n o $1. 5 -3. 0 billion annually; $320 million in profits 600+ vendors with 1, 200+ applications Ripe for consolidation The Commercial Players n n n n Artesia (publishing) Canto (desktop to small workgroup) e. Motion (broadcast) Media. Bin by Interwoven (corporate) North Plains ‘Telescope’ (publishing) Webware (corporate) IBM and Stellent (corporate) Extensis (desktop to small workgroup)

Digital asset management in higher ed o o o o o 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 o FEDORA Flexible Extensible Digital Object and Repository Architecture Release 1. 2. 1 released April 20, 2004 o Digital Library Extension Service from the University of Michigan o Greenstone e. g. , Chopin collection at the University of Chicago o Madison Digital Image Database MDID; v 2. 0 in July

Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm http: //contentdm. com Web-based presentation

Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm And web-based administration

Technologies behind REALIA - CONTENTdm

CONTENTdm – export functions o Thumbnail, service and full resolution images stored in directories in standard image formats

CONTENTdm – export functions o Metadata exporting

CONTENTdm – OAI harvesting www. oaister. org

CONTENTdm – support o o o Distributed and supported by OCLC Predictable costs Continued development n n n JPEG 2000 Power. Point plug-in Community open source developments

CONTENTdm and open source o Proprietary software + open standards has led to an open source community n n n n 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 o o o A means to solicit comments or review of CONTENTdm images Feedback data sent via email to collection administrators Modified from Oregon State’s ecommerce scripts by Tim Moore (ACS)

OASIS o o o A substitute for CONTENTdm’s Windows-only image preparation tool PHP and My. SQL Developed by staff at n n The Midwest Instructional Technology Center Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center

Technologies behind REALIA What’s next? o Automated metadata creation o

Technologies behind REALIA o o o What’s next? OCLC E-learning report: make content accessible Open standards, open source n Interoperability with other repositories Sakai, Open Source Portfolio Initiative, Fedora

What’s next o o Forming language editorial boards NEH grant

By the numbers o Involvement in REALIA Project Role Faculty contributors 2 Student technology assistants 2 Librarians 6 Technologists 2 TOTAL Doesn’t include ACS, MITC, CET staff o 19 Student contributors o Number 31 (17 ACS, 13 MITC, 2 other) Total images: ~1, 000 Page accesses: ~2, 000/month

How you can be involved o o o Use the resource for teaching; give us feedback Contribute images Consider how we might collaborate if you have complementary resource

Contact information o REALIA Project n n n http: //realiaproject. org This presentation: http: //siddall. info/talks/educause 2004/ http: //home. wlu. edu/~joverholtzer/educause 04/ Presenters o Jeff Overholtzer (joverholtzer@wlu. edu) o Scott Siddall (siddall@denison. edu)