Digital Asset Management:

Digital Asset Management:

Solutions for Campus Collections

Myke SmithManager, Streaming Media TechnologiesResearchChannel

Bringing Research to Light

Topics of Discussion ResearchChannel Overview

– Who are we? – How do we manage and deliver

content? Digital Asset Management

– DigitalWell Overview– Use Cases Review – Updates and Future Steps


What is ResearchChannel? • Non-profit consortium• Television and internet channel• Extensive collection of VOD

content• Test-bed for new distribution

methods• Leader in interactive technologies

• 2500 hrs+ modem/broadband freely available SD/HD VOD programs

• Live multicast internationallyto 30mbps DV

• Broadcast through cable/satelliteto 20 million homes

ResearchChannel Delivery


What’s on ResearchChannel?300 new programs each year

Social and Political Sciences

Arts and Humanities

Business and Economics

Engineering and Computer Science

Health and Medicine

Education

Sciences


Internet Viewing: Live Webcast

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Hours viewed per month by bitrate

CableDSLModemAudio


Who Participates?• Universities• Research institutions• Corporate research centers• Networking organizations• Television operators

Current Participants: UniversitiesCalifornia State University, Sacramento Tulane UniversityDuke University Universidad de Puerto RicoGeorge Mason University Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil)Johns Hopkins University University of Alaska FairbanksMassachusetts Institute of Technology University of ChicagoNational University of Singapore (Singapore) University of HawaiiNew York University University of Maryland - College ParkOregon State University University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania State University University of Southern CaliforniaRice University University of VirginiaRutgers University University of WashingtonStanford University Medical Center University of Wisconsin-MadisonTexas A&M University Virginia TechTufts University Yale University

Current Participants: AffiliatesAdvanced Network Forum (ANF) -Korea Natonal Academy of EngineeringAJA Video Systems National Academy of ScienceAustralia's Academic and Research National Institute of Nursing Research Network (AARNET) National Institute of Standards Corporation for Education Network and Technology Initiatives in California (CENIC) National Institutes of HealthFujinon Corporation National Library of Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Science FoundationIBM Corporation National Sea Grant College ProgramIntel Corporation Pacific Northwest GigapopInternet2 R1edu.orgJohnson & Johnson SURFNet - NetherlandsLibrary of Congress Vulcan Northwest Inc. Microsoft Research Wisconsin Public Television

Accomplishments

1998 1999 2000 2001 20042002 2003

FirstHD over IP

FirstMPEG-2

VOD

Launched internet channel

Launched television channel

LaunchedDAMS

iGrid: First Trans-Atlantic

Hd over IP

Automated Television to Web Sched

Automated Encoding

APAN: First uncompressed

HD VOD

Streaming to PDA

Content Delivery Process

DigitalWell

VoD Metadata StreamingServices

Video-On-Demand

Video capture

Traffic SystemMetadata

Broadcast

MulticastServices

Web Broadcast ScheduleProgram Library

Synchronization

InternationalRetransmission


What is DigitalWell?• Digital Asset Management

System (DAMS) • Automated / Semi-automated

Encoding • Content integration

• Collaborative platform

DigitalWell Overview• End-to-end platform for

content – Broadcast

capture/contribution – Description for search – Delivery in various formats

• Adaptable content quality – Standard and HD – High & low bandwidth

• Multiple asset types – Static: documents, images,

data – Dynamic: video, audio, etc.

•Middleware – Metadata (Dublin Core,

PBCore, MPEG-4) •Scalable architecture

– Evolve with technology •Federated DAMS

interoperation •Storage/Preservation

DescriptiveData


Management Tools Content Administration

– Addition, deletion, modification – Platform indifferent – Metadata management – Subordinate rights administration

System Administration – Quota management – Uber account creation – Multiple collection administration





Encoding Process


Next Steps / Future Plans Currently rolling out latest

version to production – Q2: Migration of installed user

base– Q3: Open to new user

implementationNext version

– SRB– Advanced search


For More Informationwww.researchchannel.orgwww.digitalwell.org

• Inquires:[email protected]

• Myke [email protected]

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