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David Ehrenpreis, Andreas Knab James Madison University. Madison Digital Image Database. NMC 2006 Summer Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. What is the Madison Digital Image Database? . System for managing and integrating digital images into the teaching and learning process
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David Ehrenpreis, Andreas Knab James Madison University Madison Digital Image Database NMC 2006 Summer Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
What is the Madison DigitalImage Database? • System for managing and integrating digital images into the teaching and learning process • Instructors search and browse collections to retrieve images for slideshows, which can be organized, annotated and archived for future use • Students access instructor slideshows online to review for classes or conduct research
What is the Madison DigitalImage Database? • Used at 50+ institutions across the country and internationally • Currently available in English and German • Image collections can be shared among installations • Remote collections appear along local collections when searching for images
American University Arizona State University The Art Institute of Chicago Bryn Mawr College Clemson University Columbus College of Art and Design Davidson College Duke University East Carolina University Fashion Institute of Technology Grinnell College Illinois Institute of Technology Kutztown University La Trobe University Lewis & Clark College Long Island University Middlebury College New Mexico State University Otis College of Art and Design Portland State University Randolph-Macon Woman's College Rice University Roger Williams University Syracuse University Temple University University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Dayton University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Manitoba University of Tennessee University of Washington West Virginia University Wheaton College Wittenberg University Woodbury University Institutions using MDID (partial list)
Share collections • James Madison University makes four art related collections available • Otis College of Art and Design is sharing its Artists’ Books Collection • NASA Image eXchange is integrated
Involve students • Students can be granted access to the same features that faculty use • Search and browse collections • Add content • Build slideshows • Present in the classroom
Planned: Additional media formats • Add any file to a collection • Images • Video • Audio • Documents • Depending on the media format, present the file within a slideshow
Planned: Generic API • Allow MDID to interoperate with portals, content management systems, learning management systems, and other content delivery systems • Allow MDID to connect to online digital collections • Expedite the development of innovative research and presentation tools that connect directly to MDID
Long-term development plans • Presentation and research tools for new media formats • Tools for building gallery views, learning objects, etc. • Translate user interface into more languages
Going forward • More free and open content • More collection sharing • More collaboration between institutions (e.g. cataloging, collection building) • More student involvement • Ability to use images and media wherever and however you want
More information • Demo available • Visit http://mdid.org/demo • Further information on MDID • Visit http://mdid.org/ • Email mdid@jmu.edu • Further information on theInstitute for Visual Studies • Visit http://www.jmu.edu/ivs • Email ivs@jmu.edu