Madison Digital Image Database User Group

1. March 9, 2005 Kevin Hegg, Andreas Knab, Christina Updike James Madison University Madison Digital Image DatabaseUser Group VRA Conference 2005 Miami Beach

2. Agenda • Developments since VRA Conference 2004 • MDID 2 survey responses • Upcoming features discussion and demonstration • Open Content • Guest speakers • Leigh Gates • Heather Cleary • Allan T. Kohl • Long-term development plans • Questions

3. Developments since VRA 2004 • New project website at http://mdid.org • MDID 2 demo site published in April 2004 • MDID 2 released to the public in July 2004 • Image management tools released in August 2004 • ImageViewer 2 released in January 2005 • New help file for students and instructors published in March 2005

4. These institutions report using MDID 2: American University Arizona State University Davidson College East Carolina University Grinnell College Illinois Institute of Technology James Madison University La Trobe University New Mexico State University Otis College of Art and Design Portland State University Temple University University of Manitoba University of Missouri University of Washington West Virginia University Wheaton College MDID2 Survey Responses

5. MDID2 Survey Responses • Of the institutions using MDID 2 > 50% also use PowerPoint ≈ 30% also use custom applications ≈ 18% also use ARTstor

6. Upcoming Features • Next major release (0.5.0) is scheduled for early Summer 2005 • Faculty will be able to upload their own images to any collection • Curators can moderate image submissions targeted for inclusion in a collection • Institutions using MDID 2 can share collections with each other • ImageViewer 2 is improved • Return of the right-click menu • Minor bug-fixes and stability enhancements • Student and faculty help files

7. Faculty Images • Previous MDID 2 versions: • Faculty can only upload images to the “Personal Collection” • Faculty must use the Dublin Core to catalog their own images • Faculty can keep their images private or share them • MDID 2 version 0.5: • Curators can configure a collection to allow faculty to store their own images in the collection • Faculty storing their images in a collection will catalog them using that collection’s data structure • Faculty can keep their images stored in any collection private or share them

8. Involve Faculty in Collection Building • Curator allows faculty to upload their own images to a collection • Faculty optionally mark uploaded images for inclusion in the collection • Curator reviews each faculty-submitted image • Curator decides whether or not to include submitted images in the collection • Curator optionally edits the catalog data after accepting image

9. Remote Collections • Allow other MDID installations to access appropriate collections on your system • To users, remote collections look like local collections • Search for images • Add images to slideshows • Annotate images • Provides a foundation for interoperability with other software systems • When are remote collections useful? • Universities with separate campuses and multiple MDID servers • Institutions offering public domain content to others

10. Open content, coined by analogy with "open source," (though technically it is actually share-alike) describes any kind of creative work including articles, pictures, audio, and video that is published in a format that explicitly allows the copying of the information. Content can be either in the public domain or under a license like the GNU Free Documentation License. "Open content" is also sometimes used to describe content that can be modified by anyone[…]. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_content

11. Open Content • In a pilot test, JMU will share its Madison Art Collection (MAC) with a small number of educational institutions • http://web.jmu.edu/mars/overview.htm • JMU will host the Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) collection on a trial basis for interested institutions

12. Guest Speakers • Allan T. KohlMinneapolis College of Art and Design • Leigh GatesArt Institute of Chicago • Heather ClearyOtis College of Art and Design

13. Long-term Development Plans • Improved search capabilities • New browse feature • Improved search result screens • List and grid views • Filter by keyword • Cross reference catalog entries • Support for other media types (e.g. video, QT VR) • Better integration with portals and course management software • Image service for delivering larger images • Virtual galleries/exhibitions

14. Support • MDID project web site at http://mdid.org/ • MDID users list at http://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/mdidusers-l.html • SourceForge public forums and trackers at http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdid • Email: mdid@jmu.edu

15. Information Product and company names mentioned in this presentation may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Authors • Kevin HeggSenior Programmer Analystheggkj@jmu.edu • Andreas KnabComputer Systems Engineerknab2ar@jmu.edu • Christina Updikeupdikecb@jmu.edu Further Information • Visit http://mdid.org/ • Email mdid@jmu.edu