2014-11-18 Meeting notes DPIG

Round Robins

Adam

• Archeology data management group meeting met and they had Dena Reed from Archeology, Art History, Jonathan Jarves, Adam, Jessica Trologin, Brian Roberts, Texas Archeologyal research lab

• They discussed challenges - mainly places to store it and in terms of archiving and long term publication strategies

• They came up with the list of the items they had and what they were creating

• They decided to write up a paper about what exactly they want to do - what the ADMG wants as outcomes

• Ladd was present at that meeting

• There was follow-up from Denee: we'll see what kind of legs it has but everyone was interested and it was clear that they all share these issues about their data sets

• Other archaeologists are interested in seeing solutions once they've been tried

• Reflectance transformation imaging - allows you to take an object with surface relief with changing light source, and creates a single file where you can dynamically position the light
  
  

  • this creates original raw photos

  • color corrected photos

  • project file in complex directory structure

  • increasing amount of computational photography

  • 2 big categories of data from the meeting were giant amount of photographs that take their meaning from databases and GIS data

• Michael Thomas - and John Clarke (Ontopolis born-digital project)

  • They still don't have a preservation plan

  • Large and complex thing, database they don't know what to do with

  • reference files "transactional data"

  • 3d model that integrates original data and database

• Complex relational database

• Digital lab notebook will be happening in the spring where metadata can be added to the reflectance imaging images on the fly

• There was a group that is trying to make low-cost dome lights for this projects
  
  

  • Highlight ITI - the software uses the highlight on the sphere to calculate the light which allows you to calculate the normal - so you can figure out other lighting options dynamically

  • If Adam can procure a low-cost dome, these imaging activities would increase considerably

• Adam's student developing metadata extraction tools for the archeology digital images (outputting Dublin Core)

  • D3 visualizations

  • working towards alpha-level prototype by the end of the semester

  • could student demo the tool for this group?

  • can do a check on the Dublin Core that is being created - does it need to be Dublin Core - how are they getting descriptive elements by extracting info from the image itself

• Any of those faculty members from the management group would be willing

  • Jessica Trologin for staff

  • Michael Thomas is not faculty but

  • John Clarke (faculty) will be around in the Spring (Oplontis Project or the ICA digital projects - Joe Carter)

• Growing pains related to building capacity for creating more stuff but not matching that in terms of grasping cost projections for long term storage and access (I/O)

  • e.g. tDAR pricing scheme core.tdar.org

• What repos are handling RIS & CDO well?
  
  

  • OpenContext platform manages data in a more complex fashion - California, publication platform stored in CDL

  • Carolina Digital Library has some archaeological data in something that looks like DSpace

  • But many of the repositories being used vary widely in terms of the cost associated with storage and access

  • Heurist - the University of Sydney is being used by the Federated Archaeological Data Management System (Android-based collecting platforms)

• Poke Adam about contacting faculty

Katie

• Architecture and Planning Librarian through March 2015
  
  

  • Working on contemporary practice in architectural record production (studio)

• Digital Scholarship group environmental scan has been proposed and there is some overlap with that and what we are trying to do

• She has been thinking about the best way to gather that information in the school of architecture in the same way that Adam pulled together the data management group

• Currently working on a project with the VRC and School of Architecture - trying to preserve born-digital video content created through the school, ingest into UTDR

  • how to integrate archival and new recordings?

• Book nook - a place to highlight publications by students and faculty and Katie is thinking about a digital component (web design for access portal and the exhibit approach)

• Audiences - developing domain-specific messaging : taking general archiving and digital preservation principles and framing them in the context of a specific domain > rolling that back into making a case for preservation

• CDO Environmental scan is about getting their value statements, how their work is valued by others (this is related to what we are and the scope for the whole project)

  • If we are talking about doing this with faculty - value is especially important because value translates to the yes/no of tenure

Jessica

• We could potentially in this group - discuss and compare notes with about cost projections for storage and access

• important to factor in cost projections for complex digital objects in the environmental scan, or how people are thinking about storage

• Preserving UTexas update

  • good info and tips from Colleen Lyon (needs/demands seen in UTDR requests/conversations over the years)

  • web archivist + GRA + subscription service proposal, with submittal target end of 2014-early 2015, to be presented by Mike Horn & Dr. Carleton to UT President.

• ASMP Software Systems update

  • working through optimal arrangement schemes

  • talking with and building trust within the IT community across campus

  • History of Computing @ School of Architecture as component of History of Computing at UT

Melanie

• Data management group for architecture - the CDO Environmental Scan might be a lead in from that

Recap of conversation with Dr. Galloway on CDO Enviro Scan

• Sarah Buchanan's dissertation

• Framing project leads' identity & legitimacy, with representatives from:

  • a unit focused on supporting/shaping domain-specific practices (e.g. APL/AAA)

  • a unit focused on University Archives perspective and responsibilities (BCAH)

  • a unit focused on providing access (UTL)

• Dr. Galloway agreed to participate in environmental scan/interviews

• suggested sending interviewees prompts before interview to set the stage

• possibilities of student involvement