Zepheira » Digital Libraries http://zepheira.com The Art of Data Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:47:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Viewshare User Stories Emerge http://zepheira.com/2012/01/viewshare-user-stories-emerge/ http://zepheira.com/2012/01/viewshare-user-stories-emerge/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:42:06 +0000 uche http://zepheira.com/?p=2040 The Library of Congress has launched the Viewshare User Stories page, and it already has compelling examples of curators maintaining digital collections in the areas of education (University of Mississippi and Desegregation of Virginia Education [DOVE] project), preservation/display of cultural artifacts (Brooklyn Public Library) and environment (California Digital Library). Viewshare continues to grow and evolve, and we look forward to seeing what new user stories will be added in 2012.

The Library of Congress, in partnership with Zepheira, launched Viewshare.org in November 2011. Viewshare is a free platform for National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) partners to generate and customize views, (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow users to experience their digital collections.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2012/01/viewshare-user-stories-emerge/feed/ 0 Viewshare named one of the Top Ten Digital Preservation Developments of 2011 http://zepheira.com/2012/01/viewshare-named-one-of-the-top-ten-digital-preservation-developments-of-2011/ http://zepheira.com/2012/01/viewshare-named-one-of-the-top-ten-digital-preservation-developments-of-2011/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:18:38 +0000 millerv http://zepheira.com/?p=2027 Library of Congress has named Viewshare as one the most memorable digital preservation happenings of 2011 on their blog The Signal. Other developments recognized in 2011 were, the National Digital Steward Alliance and the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Program.

The Library of Congress, in partnership with Zepheira, launched Viewshare.org in November 2011. Viewshare is a free platform for NDIIPP partners to generate and customize views, (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow users to experience their digital collections.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2012/01/viewshare-named-one-of-the-top-ten-digital-preservation-developments-of-2011/feed/ 0 Library of Congress launches Recollection as Viewshare.org http://zepheira.com/2011/11/library-of-congress-launches-recollection-as-viewshare-org/ http://zepheira.com/2011/11/library-of-congress-launches-recollection-as-viewshare-org/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:01:14 +0000 kathymac http://zepheira.com/?p=2008 The Library of Congress, in partnership with Zepheira, has launched its latest version of Recollection as a newly branded site called Viewshare.org. Viewshare.org is a platform for empowering curators, archivists, and librarians to provide access to the digital cultural heritage objects they are preserving.

The transition to the new domain name represents a more significant commitment by the Library to this project. The Library and Zepheira continue to actively evolve the project and improve the software and putting it on its own domain name makes it easier to find, use, and share.

Read the Library’s announcement or watch the screencast to learn more.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/11/library-of-congress-launches-recollection-as-viewshare-org/feed/ 0 The Art of Linked Data: Architecting Recollection http://zepheira.com/2011/09/the-art-of-linked-data-architecting-recollection/ http://zepheira.com/2011/09/the-art-of-linked-data-architecting-recollection/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:24:18 +0000 millerv http://zepheira.com/?p=1934 Uche Ogbuji has authored the column “The Art of Linked Data: Architecting Recollection” for semanticweb.com. In this article, he discusses observations, reflections and practical advice from various projects applying Linked Data and thus Semantic Web principles across diverse domains.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/09/the-art-of-linked-data-architecting-recollection/feed/ 0 Zepheira completes prototype for ‘Reference Extract,’ with funding by The MacArthur Foundation http://zepheira.com/2011/09/zepheira-completes-prototype-for-%e2%80%98reference-extract%e2%80%99-with-funding-by-the-macarthur-foundation/ http://zepheira.com/2011/09/zepheira-completes-prototype-for-%e2%80%98reference-extract%e2%80%99-with-funding-by-the-macarthur-foundation/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:20:08 +0000 uche http://zepheira.com/?p=1904 In 2010 The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded $350,000 to fund researchers and developers from OCLC, the information schools of Syracuse University and the University of Washington and Zepheira LLC to develop a pilot of a ‘credibility engine,’ a system that supports augmenting Web searches with measures of credibility derived from the unique experience and expertise of librarians worldwide. This work is the prototype phase of the ‘Reference Extract’ project.

In August, 2011 Zepheira and OCLC presented the results of this effort, delivered well ahead of schedule and under budget, to The MacArthur Foundation in Chicago. Zepheira presented tools used to analyze the metrics of URLs from OCLC’s QuestionPoint collaborative virtual reference service, in which librarians answer patron requests for credible information on particular topics through an interactive interface. The presentation also included a demonstration of the Reference Extract prototype in action, which is also available as a screencast.

Zepheira, OCLC and the participating universities will continue to investigate how best to evolve the prototype into a sustainable service long-term.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/09/zepheira-completes-prototype-for-%e2%80%98reference-extract%e2%80%99-with-funding-by-the-macarthur-foundation/feed/ 0 Open Source Release of Recollection Platform http://zepheira.com/2011/09/open-source-release-of-recollection-platform/ http://zepheira.com/2011/09/open-source-release-of-recollection-platform/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:54:28 +0000 kathymac http://zepheira.com/?p=1864 Zepheira, in conjunction with the Library of Congress, is pleased to announce the full open source release of the Recollection software platform. Recollection is a web application that enables librarians, archivists, curators, and historians to create dynamic interfaces to cultural heritage collections. To learn more about Recollection, visit the site or watch the screencast.

View the Library’s release announcement or to access the code visit the Library’s project page on Sourceforge.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/09/open-source-release-of-recollection-platform/feed/ 0 Library of Congress NDIIPP Partner Meeting: Highlights and Presentations http://zepheira.com/2011/08/library-of-congress-ndiipp-partner-meeting-highlights-and-presentations/ http://zepheira.com/2011/08/library-of-congress-ndiipp-partner-meeting-highlights-and-presentations/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:07:35 +0000 kathymac http://zepheira.com/?p=1860 The Library of Congress held its annual NDIIPP Partner Meeting in Washington, DC from July 20 – 22. The meeting is a showcase for the innovation which is taking place among the Library’s digital preservation partners. Martha Anderson, Director of Program Management for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, gave an overview of top developments in this space in her closing presentation.

In addition, presentations from the conference program entitled “Make It Work: Improvisations on the stewardship of digital information” have now been posted and are available for those who were not able to attend the meeting in person. Zepheira was in attendance and co-presented “Exhibit3@MIT: Lessons learned from 10 years of the Simile Project for building library open source software”.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/08/library-of-congress-ndiipp-partner-meeting-highlights-and-presentations/feed/ 0 Linked Data at the Library of Congress http://zepheira.com/2011/08/linked-data-at-the-library-of-congress/ http://zepheira.com/2011/08/linked-data-at-the-library-of-congress/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:56:53 +0000 em http://zepheira.com/?p=1847 Laura Campbell, CIO of the Library of Congress, spoke at the recent Semantic Technologies Conference about how the world’s largest library leverages semantic technology to help manage the vast resources of the LoC. In her keynote address, Ms. Campbell spoke about how the Library of Congress is leveraging linked data technologies in three key areas:

  • Managing existing collections
  • Maintaining the Library of Congress’s role as a leader in the distribution of canonical information
  • Fulfilling the mission to collect, preserve, and provide access to a more digital collection

The keynote covered several of the key linked data initiatives underway at the Library including project Recollection, a joint project with Zepheira. The keynote in its entirety, is presented below.

 

To read more about Recollection and the Library of Congress, check out this recent series about the Recollections Project.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/08/linked-data-at-the-library-of-congress/feed/ 0 Exhibit 3 Face to Face meeting boosts the project http://zepheira.com/2011/07/exhibit-3-face-to-face-meeting-boosts-the-project/ http://zepheira.com/2011/07/exhibit-3-face-to-face-meeting-boosts-the-project/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:48:12 +0000 uche http://zepheira.com/?p=1834 A few Zepheirans met with their colleagues on the collaborative Exhibit 3 project, building a publishing framework for large scale data-rich interactive Web pages, building on the success of the original Exhibit. Meeting in space generously provided by Google in Mountain View, CA, key project members from Google, MIT, The Library of Congress and Zepheira discussed progress, technical issues and opportunities to spread the word about Exhibit 3. This face-to-face meeting helped boost efforts, including the meeting of a key milestone, loading 100,000 records into Exhibit 3.

]]> http://zepheira.com/2011/07/exhibit-3-face-to-face-meeting-boosts-the-project/feed/ 0 Fast Company highlights Project Recollection http://zepheira.com/2011/06/fast-company-highlights-project-recollection/ http://zepheira.com/2011/06/fast-company-highlights-project-recollection/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:48:11 +0000 uche http://zepheira.com/?p=1824 Tim Carmody of Fast Company magazine introduces Project Recollection to a broader audience in the article “Recollection: A Collaborative Tool For Sharing And Visualizing Cultural Data” (8 June 2011).  His overview of the system, which Zepheira is developing in partnership with the U.S. Library of Congress, has the following subtitle:

A new service from the Library of Congress lets you build maps, graphs, timelines, and trees from the collective digital and digitized history of an entire nation.

Carmody discusses the usefulness of Recollection for digital preservation, archiving and education, summarizing its benefits.

The idea behind Recollection is simple: it allows the LoC and its cultural heritage partner institutions to easily pool and visualize their collections. What was a giant, unwieldy database can be easily transformed into an interactive timeline, map, tag cloud, or a range of other highly readable interfaces. Then you can embed the tool back into your own organization’s site. Think of it as a kind of YouTube for museums (or amateur historians).

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