Project title:  College of Dentistry’s Department of Periodontics Media Database,

http://collections.uiowa.edu/dentistry/

 

Department/organizational unit(s):  ITS-Instructional Services, Digital Media Solutions

http://at.its.uiowa.edu/digimedia

 

Mentor Name(s):

Les Finken, les-finken@uiowa.edu

Greyson Purcell, greyson-purcell@uiowa.edu

Steve Tomblin, steven-tomblin@uiowa.edu

 

Brief project description:

Overview of the project is available at:

http://at.its.uiowa.edu/digimedia/projects/VACID_Overview.shtml

 

Work with faculty in other departments in the College of Dentistry to develop metadata schemes for their content domain. Incorporate the new  metadata into the existing web-enabled database solution.

 

Examples of key activities:

  • Developing a metadata scheme and applying it to an existing collection of media..
  • Furthering the development of a web-enabled searchable digital media collection.
  • Identifying methods to identify end user digital information needs.
  • Developing and organizing searchable media collections.

 

Number of students that can be accommodated:  1-2.

 

Duration:  Fall 07 onwards

 

Training:

  • Desirable skills:
    • Knowledgeable about metadata.
    • Working knowledge of database management systems.
    • Exposure to web standards/techniques (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and application development (e.g., web services, CGIs, XML, etc.).
    • Exposure to IP video.
    • Knowledge/experience with database standards (e.g., XML, ODBC, SQL), database-to-web techniques and middleware (e.g., XSLT, PHP, Flash, ASP.NET) and database management systems (e.g., MS SQL Server/Access, Oracle, FileMaker Pro).
  • Skills that will be acquired
    • Thorough understanding of developing metadata schemes and applying them in an educational setting.
    • Knowledge of streaming media file formats and best practices.
    • Designing and implementing how best to display search results for this particular application.

 

Software/Hardware involved: FileMaker Pro, Flash ActionScript, PHP, Flash video.

 

External expertise requested in/for:

University of Iowa Libraries, Digital Services Department, Mentor: Paul Soderdahl

 

Tangible end product if any:

  • Enhancement to the existing web site that include the ability to search for content in a variety of subject areas.
  • Additional metadata schemes incorporated into collection.