Date: 2018 - Media Collections Online Search Results

Date:: 2018-11-28
Main contributors:: Dunn, Jon, Hardesty, Juliet
Summary:: In recent years, concern over the longevity of physical audio and video (AV) formats due to media degradation and obsolescence, combined with decreasing cost of digital storage, have led libraries and archives to embark on projects to digitize recordings for purposes of long-term preservation and improved access. IU's Media Digitization and Preservation Initiative (MDPI) is one of those projects, estimated to digitize 325,000 audio and video items and 25,000 film items overall. Beyond digitization, in order to facilitate discovery and research use, AV materials must also be described, but many items and collections lack sufficient metadata. Join us to learn more about a planned project at IU with experts from University of Texas at Austin School of Information and AVP to create a technology platform and workflow to support the incremental application of both automated and human-based processes to create and augment metadata at large scales for AV collections. The project is called AMP: Audiovisual Metadata Platform.

Date:: 2018-04-11
Main contributors:: Hardesty, Juliet
Summary:: 3D digitization, born-digital 3D objects, and Virtual Reality (VR) - the techniques to create these kinds of items and the access and scholarly research applications for these items within libraries and cultural heritage institutions are becoming more real (and less virtual) as costs come down and technical equipment becomes more friendly to use. IU already has 3D digital collections that are actively growing. We need a way to describe these items so they are discoverable and accessible for research use, even when that means extremely large files that can require specialized software to recreate or evaluate the models. We also need to be able to preserve 3D digital and VR objects. This talk will consider how we can accomplish these goals, the work currently occurring among libraries and cultural heritage institutions, and how best to apply metadata in the third dimension.

Date:: 2018-12-17
Main contributors:: Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:: This week: A Chinese law threatens to reduce the number of endangered Amur tigers in the wild, and your choice of Christmas tree could make a significant environmental and economic difference.

Date:: 2018-12-10
Main contributors:: Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:: This week: Citizen scientists help make sure your waterways stay healthy, and researchers find out if people are willing to pay more for environmentally friendly beer.

Date:: 2018-12-03
Main contributors:: Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:: This week: Two plans submitted by consecutive administrations, the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and the Trump administration's Affordable Clean Energy Rule, have different views on how the nation should regulate power plant emissions. Hear why both sides say their plan is better for the U.S.

Date:: 2018-11-26
Main contributors:: Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:: This week: Many Hoosiers don't realize they are feeling the effects of climate change every day. Hear why scientists in Indiana say the changes will adversely affect current and future generations of Hoosiers.

Date:: 2018-11-12
Main contributors:: Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:: This week: A team of Indianapolis artists are using shapes and open spaces to teach about the environment, and people are raising chickens in their backyards.

Date:: 2018-11-05
Main contributors:: Edwards, Beth, Saenz, Enrique
Summary:: This week: you could be living in a toxic home and not even know it, and one of the nation's top animal conservation awards is based in Indianapolis.

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