MDID Special Interest Group, VRA 2015
- 1. The Visual Resources Association gratefully acknowledges support for the MDID Special Interest Group Meeting from
- 3. MDID TEAM: NEW FACES Jon Short 2 years in Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) Infrastructure + LMS, transitioning to MDID Leighton Shank Hired to CIT in September 2014 Focus on MDID application development
- 4. MDID TEAM: OLD FACES Grace Barth Visual Resources Librarian, @ JMU since 2009 Andreas Knab Former JMU employee and owner of vrcHost Has been with MDID since the beginning Peter Hanley MDID developer Instructional Support Center Manager at Temple University
- 5. PROJECTS IN THE PAST YEAR AT JMU 4-VA mini-grant to build MDID + Omeka connector Article in Journal of Digital Media Management, vol. 3, no. 2 Innovating art history: The story of an open source project that transformed teaching with images in higher education, Grace Barth and Kevin Hegg
- 6. MOST WANTED FEATURES Advanced search Metadata field management Mobile support Configurable browse options Easier duplication of presentations
- 7. MORE MOST WANTED FEATURES Search facets by term Packaged presentations with MediaViewer Thumbnail refresh when image is replaced/removed User-added tags Shared collections easier to use
- 8. PLANNED MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS + CLEAN UP Make it easy to install Upgrade underlying technology Make it extensible Clean user interface Mobile-friendly
- 9. WHATS IN IT FOR END USERS Clean interface Mobile compatibility Flashcard app? Intuitive to use
- 10. WHATS IN IT FOR CURATORS Easier in-browser cataloging Simplified administrative tasks Add features via plug-ins Installation that doesnt require IT
- 11. WHATS IN IT FOR DEVELOPERS Better development documentation Allow customization De-coupled dependencies Foster community development API-driven core
- 13. Custom Plugin: Ensemble Viewer Developed for Colgate University Integrates content from Ensemble Video platform into MDID When special metadata fields are available for a record, viewer is added to the page
- 20. User Authentication Added support for new protocols Central Authentication Service (CAS) Shibboleth New restriction possibilities Only allow logins for members of specific Shibboleth groups
- 21. Work/Image Records Using Dublin Core to connect images to works Relation.IsPartOf
- 22. Work/Image Records Example Record 1 (Work) Identifier ABC001 Record 2 (Image) Identifier ABC002 Relation.IsPartOf ABC001 Work record still has an image file attached Primary Image
- 23. Explore Works interface Experimental new user interface Very early stages Responsive Support for desktops, tablets, mobile devices, etc. Installable as an add-on to MDID3
- 28. Explore Works interface Development supported by Archivision Planned rollout stages 1. Separate demo installation at vrcHost 2. Archivision clients Test with known content 3. All vrcHost hosted installations Test with known environment 4. Contribution back to Open Source
- 29. Miscellaneous New restriction to control to which collections users can add personal images
- 30. Still in the works Documentation project Copying metadata between records Getty Vocabulary integration
- 31. QUESTIONS?
- 32. THE END THANK YOU! Jon: shortjw@jmu.edu Leighton: shanklt@jmu.edu Grace: barthgl@jmu.edu Andreas: info@vrchost.com Peter: peter@temple.edu
- 33. The Visual Resources Association gratefully acknowledges support for the MDID Special Interest Group Meeting from