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Presented by Chris Strasbaugh at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, March 12-15, 2014 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Session #4: The Teaching Turn: From Static Collections to Dynamic Learning Centers ORGANIZER: Heather Lowe, California State University, San Bernardino (on behalf of the VRA Emerging Professionals and Students Group) MODERATOR: Jasmine Burns, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee PRESENTERS: • Stephen Cardinale, University of Colorado, Boulder • Anna Bernhard, Colorado State University • Molly Schoen, University of Michigan • Chris Strasbaugh, Vanderbilt University Much of the business of creating and disseminating images has moved away from individual academic departments and isolated image collections toward centralized cross-discipline departments. This has left many visual resource centers looking for new ways to engage users and support the educational goals of their institutions. One way centers are meeting these new challenges is by transforming from being a storage silo for physical slide collections to being a collaborative learning space where students and faculty alike can come to work on projects and refine imaging and videography skills. As many resource centers make this move toward more teaching and learning, the physical spaces and skill sets of employees have also shifted. This session will examine case studies of visual resource centers programming that is directed to teaching imaging skills and how this new role is shifting their profile within their institutions.
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A Case Study at Vanderbilt UniversityChris Strasbaugh: Director of Visual Resources
Collaborations and the Building of dimli (Digital Media Management Library)
Welcome to Vanderbilt University
April 2010
Day One: “You inherited a…
Disaster!” -New Chair
April 2010
What I Did Have
Distrust of the VRCMDID with 40 Displayed Search Fields
Homegrown Cataloging Tool About to Be Killed
An Amazing New SpaceThat No One But Our Faculty Knows Exists
A Fresh Canvas
April 2010
How Do You Approach a Disaster?
Stop, look, and listen to find priorities
Create long-term vision, a dream list, And focus on building a foundation
April 2010
DREAMS
Vision
Foundations
April 2010
Start SmallThe VRC as a helpful and productive place
Abolish the phrase “that’s not my job”
Teach tech trainings
Bake cookies
Make pancakes and coffee for faculty and students during finals
April 2010
DREAMS
Vision
FoundationsVRC
April 2010
Keys to Success in Undergrad
Administrative Assistants
Cafeteria Staff
Mailroom
Security
April 2010
Keys to Success at Vanderbilt University
Library IT
Campus IT
April 2010
Library IT
Designed first image database
Host our image archive and MDID collection
Collaboration on past projects
Interest in open-source database options
April 2010
Library IT: Challenges
Little time for non-library projects
Needed to kill old PERL image database
Google Spreadsheets
April 2010
DREAMS
Vision
FoundationsVRCLibrary IT
April 2010
Campus IT
Over-worked and under-staffed
Classrooms to care for
Computers to fix and install
No one really likes them
April 2010
Campus IT
Abandon the phrase “that’s not my job”
Fix a projector that died before an exam
Save the help desk from copy-and-paste questions
Learn to do a PRAM reset on early 2009 iMacs
Build trust and collaboration
April 2010
DREAMS
Vision
FoundationsVRCLibrary IT Campus IT
April 2010
Foundation of Collaborations
Not about placing others in your debt
Is about being a team player and wanting to help
Be patient and consistent
April 2010
DREAMS
Vision
FoundationsVRCLibrary IT Campus IT
Better CatalogingStable and Flexible Database
EfficientOpen Source
Shared CatalogingLocation-Based Searches
Inexpensive Hosting
Embedded Metadata DAM
April 2010
Temporary Solutions
Google Spreadsheets
MDID2July 2010
.csv
April 2010 July 2010
Discovering What Was Needed
VRC Campus Partners
Meetings highlighted similar problems and needs across campus
Make something perfect for us that could work well for others
Vision
FoundationsVRCLibrary IT Campus IT
Better CatalogingStable and Flexible Database
EfficientOpen Source
GoalsTo Do Lists
April 2010 July 2010
Cataloging in GoogleOrder Management
Images to MDID2
DREAMSShared Cataloging
Location-Based Searches
Inexpensive Hosting
Embedded Metadata DAM
April 2010 July 2010
Beginnings of dimli
February 2012
Hey Chris, I’m bored with Google Spreadsheets. Can I build a database?
Sure Matt! Have fun!
April 2010 July 2010
Beginnings of dimli
February 2012 February 2013
SQL, PHP, HTML, and CSS
April 2010 July 2010
Beginnings of dimli
February 2012 February 2013
April 2010 July 2010
Beginnings of dimli
February 2012 February 2013 April 2013
SQL, PHP, HTML, CSS, JSON,AJAX, JavaScript, JQuery
dimli2.0
April 2010 July 2010
Off-Campus Collaborations
February 2012 February 2013 April 2013
Highlighted different workflow, file-naming, import needs, and other features
Discussions of hosted vs. local systems led to focus on local for initial release but build for possible hosted.
No installations created but assisted in prioritizing feature development
April 2010 July 2010
VRC Campus Partners
Library initiative to only use open or source commercial products
dimli2.0 goes live on Github
April 2010 July 2010 February 2012 February 2013 April 2013 August 2013
Possible Installs dimli Installs
On-Campus Collaborations
Library IT was already familiar with dimli so they started encouraging its use among library departments
April 2010 July 2010April 2010 July 2010 February 2012 February 2013 April 2013 August 2013 October 2013
Transitions and Progress
Loss of our programmer
Hire of new programmer in a term position
Received VRAF grant to freelance programming from original developer to build a flexible import, different types of filenames, and shopping cart feature in DAM
Library invested in dimli and assists in development
April 2010 July 2010
VRC Campus Partners
April 2010 July 2010 February 2012 February 2013 April 2013 August 2013
Possible Installs dimli Installs
On-Campus Collaborations
October 2013 January 2014
New meetings and introductions
New interest and partners
New features and possibilities
Much bigger dreams
DREAMS
Shared Cataloging
Location-Based Searches
MOOC Interaction
Web Apps for Cataloging, Location Discovery, Crowd-Source Tagging
Inexpensive HostingLinked Data
Embedded Metadata
DREAMS
Vision
FoundationsVRCLibrary IT Campus IT
Better CatalogingStable and Flexible Database
EfficientOpen Source
MOOC Interaction
Web Apps for Cataloging, Location Discovery, Crowd-Source Tagging
Linked DataShared CatalogingLocation-Based Searches
Inexpensive Hosting
April 2010 July 2010April 2010 July 2010 February 2012 February 2013 April 2013 August 2013 October 2013 January 2014
Embedded Metadata DAM
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