Reference From Video Sources

Research & Reference UsingStructured Digital Video Sources …

Tim SiftarDrexel LibrariesMay 21st 2008

Intro

Definition: a video that has been digitized so that it can be

controlled from a PC and displayed directly on a computer monitor.www.digitalsignagetoday.com/glossary.php

Why bother with video? Sheer volume of rich media available – as more of

contemporary culture expressed in video

Scenarios

I need a video that demonstrates the physics of a human shoulder

I need thirty seconds of footage that shows an artist painting

I’d like my students to know what it was like to live through the Watts riots in the 1960’s

Video Options

DIY Video Management Systems Rip, mix, burn (labor intensive, copyright…)

Institutional Solutions IRT hosted Rich Media Conversion Project

http://www.drexel.edu/irt/rmcweb/

Films.com (pre-approved Drexel vendor)http://ffh.films.com/digitallanding.aspx

Drexel Libraries Reserve Room videos

(Example)

Drexel Libraries Reserve Room videos

(Example)

http://www.drexel.edu/irt/rmcweb/(Example)

Drexel Libraries Reserve Room videos

(sample) (homepage ) (standards)

VIDEO: Films Media Group “Films.com”

Anatomy.tv –Interactive Human Anatomy

Anatomy.tv –Interactive Human Anatomy

Freebie Sources: TVEyes.com

Freebie Sources: ResearchChannel.org

Freebie Sources: YouTube.com

http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/images.html

Background

Largest repository of first person interviews of leading African Americans

400 interviewees, 900 hours of video, over 18,000 “stories” of under 5 minutes

Audio processing

Transcripts Speech alignment Named places

Example – Lets you search on terms. Search for “drexel”

Querying

1. search box 2. “view controller” 3. “Common text” – see shared words –

Drexel University is one – it highlights the clips that have that concept. Click on the highlighted one.

Video Images

Identify what is the construct of what you are seeing – semantic understanding

Demo