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1 Creating Multimedia Repositories: new media, new metadata, new interactions…. Edinburgh Repositories Fringe, 31 Jul-01 Aug, 2008

2 The Kultur Project http://kultur.eprints.org Creating institutional repositories for research output in the creative and applied arts Working model of a common arts repository transferable to other arts institutions and departments Improved scholarly infrastructure for practice-based research

3 1. Media Images, videos, audio, websites, text … Creators need to have digital versions of work to upload Formats Complex objects Media requiring a range of mechanisms to protect copyright

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5 Copyright protection: Images: high and low resolution versions. Watermarking? Video previews, streaming, and clips Clearance for works printed in arts and creative industry publications – text and non-text

6 2. Metadata 1. Flexibility to describe events, event histories, processes and objects across range of disciplines 2. Contributors and roles 3. Complex objects. requiring document level metadata

7 Relationships between records

8 3. New Interactions How will a repository be used within this particular sector? Understanding needs of different groups of users Managing expectations – comparisons with other arts databases

9 What sites do researchers currently use, if any, to disseminate their work? Importance of repository’s aesthetics Axis Luxonline: film and video art

10 Artists’ own websites Re-title.com: art directory Flickr & My Art Space

11 Adapting EPrints to showcase visual and multimedia work: Viewing options – thumbnail, light box, download Prioritising output over metadata http://kultur-demo2.eprints.org/101/ http://kultur-demo2.eprints.org/160/

12 User analysis Repository incentives include: Active space for ongoing and collaborative work Agency role representing artists, networking and promotion. Mediation between research and professional environments To develop: Browsing options Artist-level information Access levels

13 Project website http://kultur.eprints.org Further details…


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