EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Digital Imaging

Enhancing Academic Processes with Workflow and Digital Imaging: Three Case Studies

drupal — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:56:49 -0500

A new SAP technology infrastructure, combined with a digital imaging system, has positioned the University of Mississippi to enhance administrative processes using cutting-edge tools. This presentation will feature three application areas that are making extensive and innovative use of workflow and digital imaging: graduate admissions, academic discipline, and financial aid.

Beyond the Shelf: Providing Access to Historic Microfilmed Materials

drupal — Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:10:00 -0500

An IMLS-supported project is creating a fully searchable, digital, page-image archive of rare, historic Kentuckiana books using a microfilm-to-digital methodology. The presenter will discuss how microfilm ensures preservation and the digital images ensure easy access and wide distribution. This hybrid, standards-based, nonproprietary approach can serve as a model for cost-effective access and preservation of published materials.

Supporting the Integration of Digital Assets in Learning, Teaching, and Scholarly Communication

drupal — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:47:26 -0500

The presentation will describe Cornell University Library's Digital Consulting and Production Services (DCAPS) department, which supports the development of e-scholarship models that draw on the library's expertise working with digital content. DCAPS offers a suite of digital asset management services, including digitization, copyright, metadata, technology support, and e-publishing.

Integrating an Image Library into an Internet-Based Teaching Tool for Art, Architecture, and Beyond

drupal — Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:27:58 -0600

Though many databases allow search and access of images, the Madison Digital Image Database is an online search engine and a teaching and learning tool. The system permits instructors to remotely generate annotated "slide shows," which can be placed online for study or archived for testing or future use.

MyDatabase: A Generic Tool for Image Collections

drupal — Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:54:49 -0600

Faculty are frequently requesting help with image database development. NCSU Libraries is responding by distributing build-it-yourself tools. The toolset includes a media description framework for metadata, media creation guidelines, the MyDatabase and vocabulary control template, and file naming guidelines. Each part of the toolset will be described and demonstrated.

Electronic Books: What's in a Name? Are We Really Talking About Books?

drupal — Sun, 01 Oct 2000 12:55:10 -0500

The new EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee is charged with identifying and keeping abreast of evolving technologies and their impact on higher education institutions, and collectively sharing information about evolving technology products, services, and trends to the EDUCAUSE staff and membership. Members of this committee, who are generally responsible for tracking new technologies for their campuses, have studied the most important technology trends for this year and the next and will present their results for discussion with the audience.

Digitally Invested: Teaching and Learning with Online Images

drupal — Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:33:20 -0600

The Digital Image Database instructional system was developed in response to increased student enrollment generated by the new General Education program at James Madison University. Already utilizing its resources to the fullest, the Visual Resources Center projected its inability to meet demands of added course sections and instructors. In 1998, faculty members were awarded an in-house grant from the Center for Instructional Technology to develop a system to alleviate this strain. This system is an example of how technology can positively impact faculty and student success when appropriately integrated into the teaching and learning process. This paper encompasses project development and design, cost, instructional impact, institutional impact, and faculty and student assessment.

Agricultural Pest Diagnosis Using Imaging Technologies

drupal — Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:43:07 -0500

The Distance Diagnostics through Digital Imaging project enhances the ability of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service to evaluate and propose solutions for agricultural problems, including plant diseases and pests, through the use of digital imaging and the World Wide Web. Imaging stations consisting of computers, digital cameras, microscopes and image-capture devices have been deployed in 94 county offices and in 3 diagnostic labs. To date, over 1,200 samples consisting of more than 3,600 digital images have been processed. This paper will focus on the outreach educational benefits of this technology to Georgia citizens. Aspects of the project to be covered include a description of the Georgia Extension Service and an overview of the project, initial planning, stories, lessons learned, implications to distance learning, and plans for the future.

VISC: Creating a Visual Resource System to Improve Teaching and Learning

drupal — Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:25:58 -0500

Faced with the challenge of providing access to an architecture slide collection to students and faculty on two campuses, the University of Colorado developed an application utilizing state-of-the-art client-server and Web technology to catalog and display information on over 27,000 slides. A collaborative effort of the College of Architecture and Planning and the Information and Technology Services Department, the Visual Information System of Colorado (VISC) provides information about the slide subject and circulation and reservation information about each slide. A lecture module included in VISC enhances faculty support by enabling faculty to reserve and assign slides for specific lectures. This paper will provide an overview of VISC, a summary of the principles underlying its success, and lessons learned during development of the project.