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Mining Intellectual Capital: Digital Assets & Virtual Communities
Internet Librarian 2004 Deb Hunt and Rose Falanga
Bacteria producing color
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Exploratorium
• Hands-on science museum
• 800,000 visitors a year• Web pioneer• Interested in
experimental media• Innovative teacher
professional development programs
Rotunda at Night
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Digital Assets• Science, Art and Human
Perception• Hands-on science• 11,000 assets• Images, PDFs, Word files,
audio and video files• Medium Resolution (.25 -
.5 Mpix)• High Resolution (6 Mpix)
Pinscreen Faces
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Information Professionals Wear Many Hats
• Library Manager• Web projects• Professional
Development• Intranet• Digital Assets• Virtual Communities
Eclipse Belly Dancer
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Evolving Information Roles
Important to reflect on both the similarities and thedifferences in what we are doingnow and what we did in thepast.
Recollections
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Similarities
• Marketing the Concept• Building a Collection• Centralization• Safeguarding• Increasing Assets
Anti-Gravity Mirror
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Differences
• Intellectual property• Preservation• Cataloging new media• Fluidity• Democratization of
asset creation• Audiences• Dissemination
Colored Shadows
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Guidelines
• Planning• Software selection• Digitization options• Media Options• Scanning • Storage• Institutional Change
Bending Light
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Planning
• Needs assessment• Digitization plan• International standards• Conceptual framework• Back-up, storage,
security, maintenance
Duck Into Kaleidoscope
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Software Selection• Difference between
database and DAM software
• Cross-platform• Staff vs. external user
needs• Ability to configure
metadata to DC or IEEE LOM standards
• Ability to export metadata
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Digitization Options
• Outsourcing vs. in- house
• Standards• Knowing your
audiences• Variety of formats
Salt Piece
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Media Options
• Using different media for same content
• Breaking up larger asset into smaller parts
Anti-Gravity Mirror
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Scanning Tips
• Scan once use many times
• Scan at highest print quality you can manage
• Issues: quality of scanner; time it take to scan
Bubbles
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Storage Issues
• Centralize for control and preservation
• Ability of computers to handle large files
• Space for primary and backup storage
Spinning Blackboard
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Institutional Change
• Creating vs. organizing assets
• Staff development• Supporting adoption
of asset creation standards
Exhibit Builder
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Central vs. Departmental Catalogs
• Central: best quality, both high and med resolution; full indexing; available to all staff and partly to external audiences. Copyright issue.
• Department Catalogs: range of quality and resolution; partial indexing; limited availability. Designed to help departments control access to their material.
Fracture in Granite
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Virtual Communities• ISEN/TEN• Museum Programs: IFI and TI• Snacktalk• Webcasts• Accidental Scientist• Educator Database Project
Colored Shadows
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Informal Science Educator Network/Teacher Educator Network
• 1995• National museum
educator group• Supporting entry
into digital world: email, website, grants, chats, full- text articles
Learning to Teach
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Teacher Institute/Institute for Inquiry
• 1997• Exploratorium
professional development programs
• Extending learning beyond workshops: directory, listservs, websites, online library, training activities
Shadow Activity
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SnacktalkPrint to web• Combined assets from 2
editions• Created hypermail
discussion so resource users could share ideas
• Ongoing editing of web version
• Teachers created new snacks that appear only on the web
Snack Book Series
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Eclipse Webcast
• 12-hour event• Webcast• Slumber party• Live chat• Multilingual
Eclipse Overnighter
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Accidental Scientist
• Explores the science of everyday life with webcasts, web interactives, and bulletin boards
• Cooking, Music (Gardening is on the way)
Bread Man
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Educator Database Project
• Brings together participants from all educator programs
• Expands to new audiences• Delivers resources• Encourages feedback• Recruits educators for
resource evaluation and focus groups
Distorted Room
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Final Thoughts
• Started out just working with stuff• First virtual communities focused
on shared experiences• Today’s efforts connect both
people and digital resources
Webcast of Eclipse in Zambia
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Rose Falanga and Deb Hunt
• [email protected]• [email protected]• http://www.exploratorium.edu/educate• This presentation can be found at:• http://www.information-edge.com/