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AKDC@MIT VRA 2014 Session 2: Case Studies in International Resources Archnet 2.0: Building a new Digital Library of the Built Environment in the Islamic World http://archnet.org Andrea Schuler Aga Khan Documentation Center, MIT Libraries March 12, 2014
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Presented by Andrea Schuler at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, March 12-15, 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Session #2: Case Studies in International Resources MODERATOR: Bridget Madden, University of Chicago PRESENTERS: Bridget Madden, University of Chicago Patrice-Andre Prud'homme, Illinois State University Amy Robinson, University for the Creative Arts (UK) Andrea Schuler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This session will present four web resources that are international in origin, audience, material, and/or scope. The presenters will discuss various aspects of visual resources librarianship, including project management, workflow, cataloging, digitization, digital library platform design, interactive and special features, digital preservation, and collaboration. Andrea Schuler will present the new digital library for Archnet, Patrice-Andre Prud’homme will speak about the creation of an interactive website for Niiyama Poetic Japanese Pottery, Amy Robinson will present the Zandra Rhodes Digital Study Collection which features digitized materials from the designer’s archive, and Bridget Madden will discuss hosting a public collection of the South Side Community Art Center’s images at an academic institution.
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VRA 2014 Session 2: Case Studies in International Resources
Archnet 2.0: Building a new Digital Library of the Built Environment in the Islamic
World
http://archnet.org
Andrea SchulerAga Khan Documentation Center, MIT LibrariesMarch 12, 2014
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What can you find on Archnet?
Architecture, urban planning, landscape design, restoration, conservation, and visual culture in the Islamic world
• 6,571 site records• 7,759 publication records• 84,586 image and video records• 51 unique collectionsAs of March 4, 2014
Majorelle Gardens, Marrakesh, Morocco © 2008 Nancy DemerdashPlanispheric Astrolabe, 14th c. © Aga Khan Museum
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The old Archnet site
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A site record with associations:
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A publication record with associations:
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Open source tools:
• Ruby & Ruby on Rails• Git• Capistrano• Puma• iQuery• Bootstrap• Backbone JS• Jetty• Solr• Project Hydra• Fedora• Ubuntu• Nginx• Postgre SQL
360° Leti Resort, Almora, India, local construction © Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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Site record, back end view
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All fields are repeatable
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Multiple parents and children & easy associations
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Easy reordering of images
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Free text descriptions with editing tools
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Name authority
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Multiple types of media in a collection
Name authority records too
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Field mapping and delimiters!
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The future• Improved searching• Documentation• User feedback• Release of the open source tool
Dubai Mall, © Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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What did we learn?
• It will take longer than you think• Chose a developer carefully• Don’t build in a vacuum or reinvent the wheel• Do a thorough needs & wishes assessment• Write everything down• Make sure the tool works for you
Chengdu Hualin Elementary School, Chengdu, China. © Li Jun
