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Grant partners. Scenarios of Use for Locally-Owned Content Collections. Offerings for NJVid from Sample Alpha Implementers’ Collections. Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives (SC/UA) University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Passaic Valley Regional High School.
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Scenarios of Use forLocally-Owned Content Collections Offerings for NJVid from Sample Alpha Implementers’ Collections • Rutgers University Special Collections and University Archives (SC/UA) • University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ • Passaic Valley Regional High School
Collections Profiled According to: • Content • Quantity • Permissions Status • Format(s) • Cataloging/Metadata Status • Physical Access to Material • Usefulness/Value
Rutgers University SC/UA • Content • University Archives • RUTV programming • Other University programs • Rutgers Forum • NJ Symposium • Promotional and Commencement footage
Rutgers University SC/UA • Content (continued) • Special Collections • National Maritime Union • Quantity • Thousands overall • Approx. 500 ¾” U-Matic tapes(predominantly Rutgers Forum and Symposium)
Rutgers University SC/UA • Permissions Status • Unknown or none on most material • RUTV – might have or likely to have permission • Permissions granted by RUTV, not RUL • Format(s) • Film – 8mm, Super-8mm, 16mm • Tape – ¾” U-Matic, 1” and 2” open reel, BetaCam, BetaCam SP, Digital Betacam
Rutgers University SC/UA • Cataloging/Metadata Status • Ongoing inventory of holdings • Have recorded readily available metadata (e.g. taken from tape labels) • Level and detail of description varies
Rutgers University SC/UA • Physical Access to Material • Easy access but physical condition is questionable • Usefulness/Value • RUTV material likely to be viewed often • Other material • Unknown • Might be hit or miss
University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ • Content • History of Medicine Lecture Series • 8 speakers/year for 11 years • Funded by Medical History Society of NJ • Local videos • TV Interviews with UMDNJ specialists • News stories about the University • Special events (e.g. lectures, symposia) • State of the University • White Coat series
University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ • Quantity • Approx. 80-90 lectures/presentations • Unknown number of local videos • Permissions Status • Unknown, but: • Possibly could be attained because participants might still be alive • Footage is from 1980s and 1990s
University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ • Format(s) • Lecture Series – ½” VHS • Local Videos – VHS and ¾” U-Matic • Cataloging/Metadata Status • Lecture Series • Have recorded limited but essential metadata • Local Videos • Little to none • Need to be viewed
University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ • Physical Access to Material • Stored in good conditions at Special Collections of Smith Library • Unknown physical condition – have not been viewed for years • Usefulness/Value • High among both collections
Passaic Valley Regional High School • Content • Science in the Cinema Videoconferencing Series • Interactive discussions with students regarding ethical and moral issues in science and technology • Bookended with comments by experts in the field
Passaic Valley Regional High School • Content (continued) • “How-to” professional development videos • Student-created videos • Some submitted for awards consideration in Passaic County • Around the World • Global Nomads • Tsunamis and Iraq
Passaic Valley Regional High School • Quantity • Science in the Cinema – Approx. 12 tapes • Other collections – unknown • Permissions Status • Unknown • Format(s) • Unknown
Passaic Valley Regional High School • Cataloging/Metadata Status • Have only rudimentary metadata • Might need to be fleshed out
Passaic Valley Regional High School • Physical Access to Material • Some are deposited at NJEDge • Unknown physical condition • Science videos are lengthy and need to be segmented into learning objects post-digitization • Usefulness/Value • High among both collections
Summary and Trends • Content • Two series covering sciences with field experts • Titles pertaining to sociology and weather • Multiple collections of University- created and relevant videos • Student-created videos • Collection of nautical footage
Summary and Trends • Permissions • Widely unknown throughout all three surveyed institutions • RUTV is through different organizational unit • Format(s) • Have formats that will need to be professionally transferred, or playback equipment will need to be purchased
Summary and Trends • Cataloging/Metadata Status • Somewhat incomplete • Institutions might need to flesh this out depending upon their needs and staff • Physical Access to Material • No known difficulty • Questionable physical condition of legacy material necessitates added care during workflow
Summary and Trends • Usefulness/Value • Largely high • Worthwhile for the institutions to upload this content, but requires some preparatory work: • Rights/Permissions • Additional metadata • Preservation work on older physical assets prior to digitization?