Columbia University Libraries
September 16, 2003
 Brief History and Mission of CRIA
 Brief Review of current projects
 The CLiMB project
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– To build externally funded projects to bridge the gap in digital library research
– To create an interdisciplinary environment for research on new technologies for digital libraries
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Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building
(CLiMB). Mellon ($ .5M)
PERSIVAL: Personalized Search and
Summarization over Multimedia Information. NSF
Digital Libraries ($6M)
Columbia NewsBlaster: DARPA TIDES:
Translingual Information Detection, Extraction and
Summarization Program ($2M)
Digital Government. NSF ($2.5M)
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Funded by Mellon Foundation 2002-2004
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Center for Research on Information Access
Computer Science Dept
Libraries Special Collections
– Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library – 4000 images
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Greene & Greene
Starr East Asian Library – Chinese Paper Gods
South Asian Collections
– South Asian Temples
Library Systems Office
Electronic Text Service
Libraries Digital Program Division
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Libraries have the challenge of cataloging large scholarly collections of images.
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Users might search for: a specific material (marble) a specific subject (cup of wine, satyr)
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Traditional approaches use manual expertise: slow expensive often limited in scope
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CLiMB will identify and extract detailed
➢ proper nouns
➢ terms and phrases from text related to an image:
Messer Iacopo Galli , a Roman gentleman of good understanding, made Michelangelo carve a marble
Bacchus , ten palms in height, in his house; this work in form and bearing in every part corresponds to the description of the ancient writers – his aspect, merry; the eyes squinting and lascivious , like those of people excessively given to the love of wine . He holds a cup in his right hand, like one about to drink, and looks at it lovingly, taking pleasure in the liquor of which he was the inventor; for this reason he is crowned with a garland of vine leaves.
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Greene & Greene Architectural Records and Papers Collection
Drawings and Archives
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Columbia University Libraries
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Charles Sumner
Greene
(1868-1957)
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Greene & Greene Catalog Record
Author:
Title:
Greene & Greene.
[Mrs. Dudley P. Allen house, 1188 Hillcrest Avenue (Pasadena, Calif.). Alterations.]
Residence of Mrs. Dudley P. Allen, 1188 Hillcrest Ave., Pasadena, Cal. [graphic] :
Alteration / Greene & Greene, Architects.
Published: [1917]
Physical Details: 4 sheets : various media ; 87.8 x 57.3 cm. (34 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.) or smaller.
Location: Columbia University, Avery Architectural Drawings
Other Authors: Greene, Charles Sumner, 1868-1957.
Greene, Henry Mather, 1870-1954.
Subjects: Houses
Alterations
Architecture--Designs and plans--United States.
Pasadena (Ca.)
Mrs. Dudley P. Allen house, 1188 Hillcrest Avenue (Pasadena, Calif.)
Genre Or Form: Architectural drawings--American.
Floor plans.
Component Item: [1] Item no. NYDA.1960.001.03224. [AVERYimage]. Electric lighting -- floor plan, part plan of basement : Sheet no.
Component Item: [2] Item no. NYDA.1960.001.00073. [AVERYimage]. [Electric lighting] -- floor plan, part plan of basement.
Record ID:NYDA89-F613
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NYDA.1960.001.00023
All Saints Episcopal Church (Pasadena, Calif.). Alterations
1902-1903
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Bosley, Edward R. Greene & Greene.
London : Phaidon, 2000.
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 Pan Hu Chih Shen
Pan-hu chih-shen
God of tigers
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Chinese Paper Gods Bibliography
 Day, Clarence Burton. Chinese peasant cults : being a study of Chinese paper gods .
Taipei : Ch'eng Wen Pub. Co., 1974.
 Goodrich, Anne Swann. Peking paper gods : a look at home worship. Nettetal :
Steyler Verlag, 1991.
 Laing, Ellen Johnston. Art and aesthetics in Chinese popular prints: selections from the Muban Foundation collection .
Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Chinese Studies,
University of Michigan, c2002
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Chinese gods: selection from LC Authority File
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HEADING: Nezha (Chinese deity)
Used For/See From : Daluoxian (Chinese deity)
Jinhuan Yuanshuai (Chinese deity)
Jinkang Yuanshuai (Chinese deity)
Li Nezha (Chinese deity)
Luoche Taizi (Chinese deity)
Ne Zha (Chinese deity)
Nezhataizi (Chinese deity)
No-cha (Chinese deity)
Nuozha (Chinese deity)
Tailuoxian (Chinese deity)
Taizi Yuanshuai (Chinese deity)
Taiziyeh (Chinese deity)
Yühuang Taizi (Chinese deity)
Zhongtan Yuanshuai (Chinese deity)
Search Also Under: Gods, Chinese
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Research: Development of richer retrieval through increased numbers of descriptors
Research and Practice: Creation of enabling technologies for new large digitization projects
Research and Practice: Expand capability for cross-collection searching
Practice: Development of suite of CLiMB tools
Resources: Vocabulary list which can be used by other visual resource professionals
The essence of CLiMB:
 Use scholars themselves as “catalogers” by utilizing scholarly publications
 Enhance existing descriptive metadata
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 www.columbia.edu/cu/cria/climb.html
newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu
persival.cs.columbia.edu
www.cs.columbia.edu/digigov
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