High resolution image toolkits

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High resolution image toolkits

• Toolkits and Case studies
• Stu Baker
• M. Claire Stewart
• Northwestern University Library

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Overview

• Introduction to technology
• Our motivation
• Case studies
• The evaluation
• The outcome

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What are these image toolkits?

• Single source files
• for all derivatives
• for multiple uses
• Interactivity features
• Zoom, Pan, Rotate
• Regions of interest
• Layers
• Image correction

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Northwesterns requirement

• Not necessarily tied into an image database
• The primary focus may NOT be for
• organization
• description

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Northwesterns search for an image toolkit

• Specific projects
• Sheer volume
• Multiple derivatives
• Future needs
• Infrastructure

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Hogarth badly needed interactivity and high
resolution
http//digital.library.northwestern.edu/hogarth
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WWII posters fulfillment issues
http//digital.library.northwestern.edu/wwii
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Vesalius project
http//vesalius.northwestern.edu/
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Sophisticated image functions
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London Map ad hoc use for university courses
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London Map ad hoc use for university courses
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Winterton integration with technical metadata
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Hi-res image projects at other NMC institutions
TrueSpectra at The Ohio State University
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Hi-res image projects at other NMC institutions
Zoomify at Cleveland Museum of Art
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Evaluating toolkits

• The Vendors
• The Process
• The Decision
• The Outcome

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The Products we evaluated

• Infinite Imaging Server (formerly
  TrueSpectra)http//www.scene7.com/platform/infini
  te_imaging_server.asp
• EyeSpyhttp//www.axstech.com/html/products/eyespy
  
• Awarehttp//www.aware.com/products/compression/jp
  eg2000_lgimg.html

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The process

• Partners
• Requirements building
• Focus groups
• Other RFIs
• No formal testing of final candidates
• Numerous discussions with peer institutions

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Process - Investigation

• Overall Cost
• System/Application Framework
• Backend Database
• Image Processing tools
• Publishing Tools

• Support and Documentation
• Interoperability and Integration
• Security
• System Admin Tools
• Development Environment
• Metadata Support

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Prioritized Criteria for Decision

• Flexible development framework
• Image delivery system utilizing a single source
  file
• A company committed to the library and academic
  community.
• Product in use at peer institutions with similar
  development environments.
• Overall Cost initial and recurring

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The Outcome

• Terms with Aware were reached
• Software Agreements
• Software escrow provisions
• Indemnification from lawsuits relating to the
  underlying technology
• Plan to implement on test system this summer,
  into production by Fall

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Nirvana integration and penetration
Media Manager proposed data flow, OSU
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Nirvana
Media Link Builder visual prototype, Northwestern
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Discussionstubaker_at_northwestern.educlaire-stewa
rt_at_northwestern.eduPresentation materials can
be found athttp//nmc.northwestern.edu/conf2004/