Information System, Multimedia archives and digital Libraries, Media editors

Prepared By: Shankar Pd. Dahal

Information Systems: 

All systems whose main purpose is to provide information to a user (or a group of users).

Six component that must come together in order to produce an Information System. i.e.

1. Hardware, 2. Software, 3. Data, 4. Procedure, 5. People, 6. Feedback

Example application areas are :

· Electronic publishing : Electronic newspapers (e.g., the Age or The Australian and magazines (e.g.,

HotWiRED or Time Magazine online)

· Hospital information systems : Patient monitoring systems, multimedia patient databases, mixed reality surgery(e.g.,

virtual reality goggles)

· Navigation and information systems :  shopping center /airport and other public spaces offer touch screen

multimedia orientation systems

· Museums : Online catalogs using high definition rendering of paintings, interactive online museum tours (the Virtual

Museum in Victoria or the Paris Louvre WebMuseum offer virtual reality museum trips ).

Multimedia Digital Libraries

A digital library is a collection of documents in organized electronic form, available on the Internet or

on CD-ROM (compact-disk read-only memory) disks. Depending on the specific library, a user may

be able to access magazine articles, books, papers, images, sound files, and videos.

Vicomtech-IK4 research in Multimedia Digital Libraries is centered in the following aspects: 

Trust and Security (including Provenance and Rights Management)

Experience Creation (including authoring tools, multichannel visualization and interaction and

search/browsing).

Requirement of digital Libraries

1. Audio visual2. Computer 3. Network4. Printer5. Scanner6. Storage devices7. Software

Multimedia Archives

The Multimedia Archives contain the non-textual archives of the Special Collections. (i.e. Photographs and the Audio-Visual materials. )

The Photograph Archive houses over 1300 separate photograph collections, which together contain approximately 3 million photographs.

The Audio-Visual Archive contains over 900 collections and includes; audio cassettes, reel-to-reel tapes, vinyl recording discs, VHS, 8mm, Super-8, 16mm, and 35mm film and more.

The goals of the Multimedia Archives are:

Expand access to the library's unique photographic resources. 

Make a significant contribution to web culture. 

Represent the contents of the individual photo collections. 

Allow for wider viewing of fragile photos without the need for them to be physically handled

Media Editors

The Multimedia Editor is primarily responsible for managing our website - including generating, editing and uploading content and for enhancing its digital presence and outreach.

The role also requires working across the medium of print and video as and when required, and managing corporate social media profiles.

Name of Multimedia Software Application Fields

Adobe PhotoShop Creating Graphics

Animator pro Creating 2D Animation

Maya Creating 3D Animation

Microsoft PowerPoint Creating Presentations