Library/Museum
Collaboration in Detroit
Agenda
About
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your speakers
WSU
Detroit
our projects
Introductions
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Jeff Trzeciak
Associate Dean
Currently working on a
PhD in Instructional
Design
PI on many of the
grants awarded to WSU.
Introductions
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Shawn McCann
Web Librarian
Adjunct Instructor,
Library and Information
Science Program
Introductions
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Matthew Martin
Digital Projects Librarian
About WSU
Introduction – About WSU
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Wayne State
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Research Extensive
2,700 faculty
33,000 students
More than 350 programs with
strengths in Law, Med,
Business, Engineering,
Nursing, Pharmacy,
Education, Fine and
Performing Arts
Two campuses in the heart of
the Cultural Center, Detroit
Five extension centers
Introduction – About WSU
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University Libraries
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5 libraries (Law/Medicine)
Office for Teaching and
Learning
Media Services (300
classrooms)
Open access labs (800
computers)
Advanced Computing Facility
Mathematics Lab
UGL: 10,000 visitors/day
Introduction – About WSU
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Staff: 194 (106 prof/88
support)
 Blended librarians
 IT Staff
 Instructional Designers
 Audio-Video Specialists
 Multi-media Specialists
Introduction – About WSU
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Budget:
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Materials: $7m
(1st in % on e)
Salaries: $9.5m
#1 among ARL’s in
% of materials
budget expended
on e-resources
Library and Information Science
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Nearly 600
students
Instructional
design
emphasis
Digital project
track (new)
Adjunct faculty
(practitioners)
The Urban Lab
The Urban Lab
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Detroit Public Library
Detroit Historical
Museums
Detroit Institute of Arts
Science Museum
African American
Museum
Children’s Museum
Detroit Symphony
Center for Creative
Studies
Detroit Opera
The Urban Lab
Proximity lends itself to close
collaboration
 WSU’s commitment to the
community
 WSU has close ties to a variety
of institutions:
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K-12 Community
 Cultural Heritage Organizations
 City of Detroit
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The Urban Lab
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Our location provides unique
opportunities for collaboration
among libraries, archives,
museums, and other cultural
heritage organizations.
The Urban Lab
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Three successful
IMLS proposals
in three years
(2002, 2003,
and 2004)
More than $1m
in funding
The Urban Lab
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2002: Virtual
Motor City
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WSU Libraries
Reuther Archives
16,000 images
(selected from
800,000)
Detroit News
photo morgue
The Urban Lab
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2003 Digital
Dress
Collaboration
with:
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WSU Libraries
Detroit Historical
Museums
The Henry Ford
Meadow Brook
Hall
5,000 images
The Urban Lab
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FUNDED:
21st Century
Digital
Projects
Librarians
Prepare LIS
students for
21st century
digital
librarianship
The Urban Lab
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Collaboration with:
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WSU Libraries
WSU Library and
Information Science
Program
WSU Reuther
Archives
Detroit Public
Library
Detroit Historical
Museums
Michigan State
University Libraries
The Henry Ford
(Museum)
The Urban Lab
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Students will
rotate
Experience
digital projects
at
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public library,
academic library,
archives,
museum
The Urban Lab
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PROPOSAL:
21st Century
Fine and
Performing Arts
Librarians
Prepare LIS
students for 21st
century
librarianship in
cultural heritage
institutions
The Urban Lab
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Collaboration
with
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WSU Libraries,
Library and
Information
Science Program
Detroit Institute
of Arts
Detroit
Symphony
Michigan Opera
The Urban Lab
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Students will be
partnered with
senior staff to
gain valuable
experiences in:
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Well-established
art library (DIA)
Well-established
music library
(DSO)
Newly created
library (MOT)
The Urban Lab
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Proposal: Design
Detroit
Collaboration with:
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Detroit Historical
Museums
Cranbrook
The Henry Ford
Images related to
Detroit’s influence
on 20th century
design movements
The Urban Lab
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And on…and on…and on…
Kantrowitz – images from the first
US whole heart transplant
 Herman Miller – images from the
Zeeland furniture manufacturer
 Tony Spina – Images from the
Detroit Free Press
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2-D and 3-D objects (mostly in
the fine, performing, creative
arts; photojournalism)
Introductions
Matthew Martin
 Shawn McCann
 Process
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Martinizing the McCannical
Digital Dress: 200
Years of Urban Style
A Model Web Portal for Library/Museum
Collaboration
What Digital Dress Was Like
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Presentation Outline
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Project Background
Data and Data Issues
Images and Image Issues
Project Background
Dorthea June Grossbart
Costume Collection
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Costume Collection owned by
the Fashion Design and
Merchandizing Department at
Wayne State
Contains 400 physical pieces
Pieces are from 19th and 20th
centuries
Dorthea June Grossbart
Costume Collection
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Demonstration Project
(January 2002)
1st Digitization project
360 images of approximately 80
pieces
Creation of Web accessible
digital collection
Costume Collection Web Site
Dorthea June Grossbart
Costume Collection
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Learning Experience
Technology Acquisition
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Digital Library eXtension Service (DLXS)
Sample Collection
Digital Dress
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Combine costume collections from
several institutions in Metro Detroit into
one searchable Web accessible
databases
Collections number more than 40,000
items from 200 years of fashion (18002000)
IMLS 2003 National Leadership Grant
for Museum and Library Collaboration
2 year period and award of $249,443
Digital Dress: Partners
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Detroit Historical Museums
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Henry Ford Museum
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30,000 items from a wide range of Detroit
denizens
10,000 pieces ranging from everyday dress to
couture garments
Meadow Brook Hall
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500 pieces from Matilda Dodge Wilson and
family
Digital Dress: Partners
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Wayne State University Library System
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Charged with creating, structuring, maintaining the
Web accessible collection
Wayne State University School of Fashion
Design and Merchandizing
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Contribute images from DJG Costume Collection
Faculty Members provide expertise and conduct
testing
Digital Dress: Goals
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Build a unique resource that virtually
unifies our collections and provides a
new means of access while
preserving the existing collections
Create a simple and powerful portal
that promotes use of our multiinstitutional collection
Serve as a model for
library/museum collaborations
The Data
Metadata Sources
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Data comes from a variety of
sources
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Detroit Historical Museums:
FoxPro database
Henry Ford: Argus database
Meadow Brook Hall: Paper
Database (3x5 cards)
Data Issues
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Integrating data from different
sources
Partners do not use the same field
names
Partners have different numbers of
fields
Partners have different needs for
searching
How Do We Make It Work?
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ISSUE: Integrating data from
different sources
Solution: Export data to a common format
How Do We Make It Work?
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ISSUE: Partners do not use the same field names
ISSUE: Partners have different numbers of fields
ISSUE: Partners have different needs for
searching
SOLUTION: Give each partner their own collection
How Do We Make it Unified?
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DLXS allows for cross-collection
searching
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We establish common fields
amongst the collections (read:
Dublin Core)
We use controlled vocabulary
where possible for subject terms
Library of Congress Subject
Headings
Getty Art and Architecture
Thesaurus
Detroit Historical Collection Site
Henry Ford Collection Site
Meadow Brook Hall Collection Site
Search/Browse Results
Full-Image View
Description View
Unified Search Page
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Work Flow (Data)
HF
DH
Export data and add image filenames
WSU
Convert data to HTML tables and create Dublin Core mappings
DLXS
Use DLXS to convert HTML to SGML, normalize, and index
The Images
Image Standards
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File Formats
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TIF (uncompressed) - Archival image
JPG - Access Images (Web)
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100 pixel max dimension Thumbnail
1500 pixel max dimension access image
JP2 (JPEG 2000) - through DLXS is used
to create access jpgs on the fly for
zooming and panning
Photography Standards
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Professional Photographers
Neutral, plain backdrop
Dress forms
6 megapixel digital camera
(minimum)
At least 4 pictures per garment
(front, side, back, 3/4 angle)
3/4 and Front Views
Side and Back Views
Detail Views
Label Views
Interior View
Workflow(images)
Photographers
WSU rep. downloads images to laptop, and renames files
WSU
Tif Images copied
to a storage array
At WSU batch process set up to create thumbnail images and
access images for DLXS
DLXS
Toys and Art
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Detroit Historical Museum.
IMLS Grant recipients do the
digitization and metadata creation.
 Digital Video and Photography.
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WSU Art Collection
Students work under guidance of
the curator.
 Still photography and QTVR.
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Student Research
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Metadata Standards.
Digital Image Formats and
Standards.
Digital Video Standards.
QuickTime VR.
Digital Collection Software.
Training
Digital Photography
Scanning
Videography
QTVR
MacOS
Digital Collecting
Digital Image Standards
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Uncompressed TIFFs stored on Xserv.
JPEG 2000 will be used for display on the
world wide web.
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One file has the ability to be displayed at
different sizes.
Digital Video Standards
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QuickTime MPEG 4
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Flash Video FLV.
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MPEG-4 is an ISO/IEC standard developed by
MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group).
Proprietary.
Capturing objects that have motion and sound
using a Sony HC 5 miniDV.
Continue testing different compression
techniques including H.264, Sorenson, Real,
WMV, and Flash video encoder
QTVR
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Positives.
 Free.
 Modest demand on client side
technology.
 Dynamic, interactive presentation.
Negatives.
 Detail can be lost.
 Heavy demand on server.
 Images can be warped and not to scale at all
times.
QTVR
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Recommendations.
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Only use QTVR for objects that would benefit
the user to see all sides.
Use QTVR in combination with traditional still
images
Workflow
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Pre production.
 Prep art. Flat art attached to foam core.
 Set camera for Raw image capture @ ISO 200
Post Production
 RAW images are cropped, color corrected, and
sharpened in PhotoShop.
 Saved as archival TIFFs without compression.
 TIFFs are stored on storage.lib.wayne.edu.
 TIFFs are also used to convert JP2000s and Thumbs
using Graphic Converter.
3D Objects
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3D Objects Detail
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Delivery Options
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Discussion