dr mike pringle director, ahds visual arts the national digital image initiative
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Dr Mike Pringle
Director, AHDS Visual Arts
The National Digital Image Initiative
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• Promoting good practice in the creation of visual arts digital resources for informed use in research and research-led teaching
AHDS Visual Arts
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• Promoting good practice in the creation of visual arts digital resources for informed use in research and research-led teaching
• Providing rich, deep access to visual arts digital resources created by or for HE
AHDS Visual Arts
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• Promoting good practice in the creation of visual arts digital resources for informed use in research and research-led teaching
• Providing rich, deep access to visual arts digital resources created by or for HE
• Preserving visual arts digital resources to ensure their long term survival and use
AHDS Visual Arts
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“The Digital Picture has been established to explore issues relating to the effects of the digital revolution on our use of images...”
the Digital Picture
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“…It will identify problems and develop practical solutions; liaise with stakeholders and interested parties; and offer guidance to teaching, learning and research communities.”
the Digital Picture
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• United approach to a National issue• All peer bodies; all arts institutes
the Digital Picture
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• United approach to a National issue• All peer bodies; all arts institutes• Funded by the JISC • AHDS Visual Arts – independence
the Digital Picture
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• United approach to a National issue• All peer bodies; all arts institutes• Funded by the JISC • AHDS Visual Arts – independence• High profile
the Digital Picture
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• United approach to a National issue• All peer bodies; all arts institutes• Funded by the JISC • AHDS Visual Arts – independence• High profile• Foundation for understanding community
needs
the Digital Picture
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• National consultation of the affected community and all associated parties plus literature/peer project review
• Creation of a consortium to represent the community via seminars and online conferencing
National Consultation
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• Establishment of working parties to discuss the specific issues relating to external interests (e.g. ARTstor and Bridgeman Art Library)
• Documentation of subsequent analysis and resultant recommendations
National Consultation
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• Cost• Image quality• Metadata Standards• Staff/financial resources• Copyright and IPR• Functionality• Loss of arts resources.• Physical environments• Cultural change
The Problems
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• Financial strains• No money for digitization• ICT money ring-fenced elsewhere• Novelty factors• Images often seen as non essential
Cost
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• Display output• Colour and contrast• Clarity and depth of detail• Scanning – unnecessary layer• Enthusiastic amateurs…
Image quality
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• Collections become unsearchable• Images become unidentifiable• All become unusable• National/International standards• Inbuilt technological facilities• Institutional strategies
Metadata standards
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• Insufficient time• Insufficient training• Need for commitment• Software and hardware - in ICT department
Resources
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• Blurred rights• Conflict between promotion of digitization and
safeguard of rights• Legal challenges• DACS and CLA
Copyright and IPR
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• PowerPoint• Dual projectors – compare and contrast• Training• Death by PowerPoint• ARTstor - proprietary
Functionality
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• Not all slides will be digitized• Digital more stable than analogue?• Slides/analogue pictures proven track record• ZIP discs…
Loss of resources
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• Projectors• Compatibility – PC versus MAC• Interactive classroom environments
Physical environments
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• Cynicism• Doubts• Concern
Cultural change
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• Cynicism• Doubts• Concern• Outright terror!
Cultural change
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• Bespoke method – appliance of science• Plan, plan, plan• Transparent definition of problems• Structure and clarity• Best result – least effort
Method
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• UK-wide questionnaire• Printed booklet and internet-based formats• Extensive awareness programme:
– CHEAD– ACADI– ADM Academy– ARLIS– etc.
Clarification
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• UK-wide questionnaire• Printed booklet and internet-based formats• Extensive awareness programme• Coordination of questionnaire results• Interpretative analysis of qualitative data
Clarification
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• Group/individual interviews• Seminars and conferences• Identifying stakeholders:
– visual arts institutes– students and staff– funding/political organisations– commercial interests– copyright bodies etc.
Clarification
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• Review of current research• Overview of exemplar practice • Examination of peer projects
– Union Catalog for Art Images (UCAI)
Clarification
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• Individuals and/or institutions championing specified proposals
• Presentations of ARTstor, Bridgeman Art Library etc. to working parties
• Series of expert seminars and online conferences to debate consultation results
Evaluation
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• Publication of all conclusions• Paper/s outlining recommendations and
implications
Evaluation
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• Finding a way forward…?• Further funding• Talks with lead bodies
Implementation
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• Finding a way forward…?• Further funding• Talks with leading bodies• National plan
Implementation
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• The right images in the right format• Legal issues sorted• Usable structure• Facilitates and manages loans• Sharing/pooling of resources• Common standards• Safeguards and permissions• Adequate support
Plan for the UK
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• Your support• Promotion• Any questions? Any advice?
• Your views!
Your part…?
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• National model – external• National model – internal• Local model• Commercial image libraries• National Fund• Serendipity
The Solutions
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• Identification of ‘corpus’ of images• Setting up of a body• Licensing agreement• Shared software tools• Searching and downloading• EDINA and SCRAN
National model - external
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• Pooling of resources• Joining up of multiple institutes• Interoperability• Shared software tools• Uploading or harvesting• Searching and downloading• Large and small
National model - internal
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• Owned collections• Material created for VLE/intranet• Limited interest• Politics/finances• IPR…
Local model
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• ARTstor• Bridgeman• Getty – EDINA• Saskia• Commercial licensing agreements
Commercial image libraries
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• Dedicated money – NOF?• Agreed agendas• Local, small scale projects• Nationally important, large scale projects• Strategic overview
National fund
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• Google…
Serendipity
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• Google…• IPR• Metadata• Quality• Misinformation• Etc., etc.
Serendipity
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• Discuss the implications, both positive and negative, of each of the six potential models
• Note down several issues• Create wish-list
For this session
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• Discuss the implications, both positive and negative, of each of the six potential models
• Note down several issues• Create wish-list
• Discuss results with rest of group
For this session
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