Post on 01-Apr-2015
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Grant partnersGrant partners
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Scenarios of Use forLocally-Owned Content Collections
• Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives (SC/UA)
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ• Passaic Valley Regional High School
Offerings for NJVid from SampleAlpha Implementers’ Collections
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Collections Profiled According to:• Content• Quantity• Permissions Status• Format(s)• Cataloging/Metadata Status• Physical Access to Material• Usefulness/Value
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Rutgers University SC/UA• Content• University Archives• RUTV programming• Other University programs• Rutgers Forum• NJ Symposium
• Promotional and Commencement footage
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Rutgers University SC/UA• Content (continued)• Special Collections• National Maritime Union
• Quantity• Thousands overall• Approx. 500 ¾” U-Matic tapes
(predominantly Rutgers Forum and Symposium)
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Rutgers University SC/UA• Permissions Status• Unknown or none on most material• RUTV – might have or likely to have permission• Permissions granted by RUTV, not RUL
• Format(s)• Film – 8mm, Super-8mm, 16mm• Tape – ¾” U-Matic, 1” and 2” open reel, BetaCam,
BetaCam SP, Digital Betacam
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Rutgers University SC/UA
• Cataloging/Metadata Status• Ongoing inventory of holdings• Have recorded readily available metadata
(e.g. taken from tape labels)• Level and detail of description varies
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Rutgers University SC/UA• Physical Access to Material• Easy access but physical condition is
questionable• Usefulness/Value• RUTV material likely to be viewed often• Other material• Unknown• Might be hit or miss
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ• Content
• History of Medicine Lecture Series• 8 speakers/year for 11 years• Funded by Medical History Society of NJ
• Local videos• TV Interviews with UMDNJ specialists• News stories about the University• Special events (e.g. lectures, symposia)• State of the University• White Coat series
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ• Quantity• Approx. 80-90 lectures/presentations• Unknown number of local videos
• Permissions Status• Unknown, but:• Possibly could be attained because
participants might still be alive• Footage is from 1980s and 1990s
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ• Format(s)• Lecture Series – ½” VHS• Local Videos – VHS and ¾” U-Matic
• Cataloging/Metadata Status• Lecture Series• Have recorded limited but essential metadata
• Local Videos• Little to none• Need to be viewed
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ• Physical Access to Material• Stored in good conditions at Special Collections
of Smith Library• Unknown physical condition – have not been
viewed for years• Usefulness/Value• High among both collections
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Passaic Valley Regional High School
• Content• Science in the Cinema Videoconferencing Series• Interactive discussions with students
regarding ethical and moral issues in science and technology
• Bookended with comments by experts in the field
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Passaic Valley Regional High School• Content (continued)• “How-to” professional development videos• Student-created videos• Some submitted for awards consideration in
Passaic County• Around the World• Global Nomads• Tsunamis and Iraq
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Passaic Valley Regional High School
• Quantity• Science in the Cinema – Approx. 12 tapes• Other collections – unknown
• Permissions Status• Unknown
• Format(s)• Unknown
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Passaic Valley Regional High School
• Cataloging/Metadata Status• Have only rudimentary metadata• Might need to be fleshed out
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Passaic Valley Regional High School• Physical Access to Material• Some are deposited at NJEDge• Unknown physical condition• Science videos are lengthy and need to be
segmented into learning objects post-digitization
• Usefulness/Value• High among both collections
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Summary and Trends
• Content• Two series covering sciences with field experts• Titles pertaining to sociology and weather• Multiple collections of University- created and
relevant videos• Student-created videos• Collection of nautical footage
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• Permissions• Widely unknown throughout all three surveyed
institutions• RUTV is through different organizational unit
• Format(s)• Have formats that will need to be
professionally transferred, or playback equipment will need to be purchased
Summary and Trends
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Summary and Trends• Cataloging/Metadata Status• Somewhat incomplete• Institutions might need to flesh this out
depending upon their needs and staff• Physical Access to Material• No known difficulty• Questionable physical condition of legacy
material necessitates added care during workflow
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Summary and Trends• Usefulness/Value• Largely high• Worthwhile for the institutions to upload this
content, but requires some preparatory work:• Rights/Permissions• Additional metadata• Preservation work on older physical assets prior to
digitization?