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An examination of automatic video retrieval technology on access to the contents of an historical video archive
No full textPurpose – This paper aims to provide an initial understanding of the constraints that historical video collections pose to video retrieval technology and the potential that online access offers to both archive and users.
Design/methodology/approach – A small and unique collection of videos on customs and folklore was used as a case study. Multiple methods were employed to investigate the effectiveness of technology and the modality of user access. Automatic keyframe extraction was tested on the visual content while the audio stream was used for automatic classification of speech and music clips. The user access (search vs browse) was assessed in a controlled user evaluation. A focus group and a survey provided insight on the actual use of the analogue archive. The results of these multiple studies were then compared and integrated (triangulation).
Findings – The amateur material challenged automatic techniques for video and audio indexing, thus suggesting that the technology must be tested against the material before deciding on a digitisation strategy. Two user interaction modalities, browsing vs searching, were tested in a user evaluation. Results show users preferred searching, but browsing becomes essential when the search engine fails in matching query and indexed words. Browsing was also valued for serendipitous discovery; however the organisation of the archive was judged cryptic and therefore of limited use. This indicates that the categorisation of an online archive should be thought of in terms of users who might not understand the current classification. The focus group and the survey showed clearly the advantage of online access even when the quality of the video surrogate is poor. The evidence gathered suggests that the creation of a digital version of a video archive requires a rethinking of the collection in terms of the new medium: a new archive should be specially designed to exploit the potential that the digital medium offers. Similarly, users' needs have to be considered before designing the digital library interface, as needs are likely to be different from those imagined.
Originality/value – This paper is the first attempt to understand the advantages offered and limitations held by video retrieval technology for small video archives like those often found in special collections
Auld Data
No full textFamily, mate treatment, diet treatment, age at first reproduction (d), age at last reproduction (d), and age at death (d
O sing to me the auld Scotch sangs [music] /
No full textKey of C, C - D. For voice and piano.; Cover title.; "Key of C, C - D".; Caption title: Auld Scotch sangs.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-vn3572355.Auld Scotch sang
Auld House, Swellendam, fowl-house
No full texta247-a-1-d-4-2-1.jpg derived from archival TIFF file. Digital copies were created from a selection of drawings in the original James Walton manuscript collection (MS 247) held in the Manuscripts Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service Collection.Photograph depicting the fowl-house at Auld House, Swellendam
First person – Alexander Auld
No full textABSTRACT
First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Alexander Auld is the first author on ‘Aplip1, the Drosophila homolog of JIP1, regulates myonuclear positioning and muscle stability’, published in Journal of Cell Science. Alexander is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Eric Folker at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA, investigating muscle development with a focus on the mechanisms and function of nuclear movement.</jats:p
Adaptive Personal Information Environment based on the Semantic Web
No full textIn order to support knowledge workers during their tasks of searching, locating and manipulating information, a system that provides information suitable for a particular user’s needs, and that is also able to facilitate the sharing and reuse information is essential. This paper presents Adaptive Personal Information Environment (a-PIE); a service-oriented framework using Open Hypermedia and Semantic Web technologies to provide an adaptive web-based system. a-PIE models the information structures (data and links), context and behaviour as Fundamental Open Hypermedia Model (FOHM) structures which are manipulated by using the Auld Linky contextual link service. a-PIE provides an information environment that enables users to search an information space based on ontologically defined domain concepts. The users can add and manipulate (delete, comment, etc) interesting data or parts of information structures into their information space, leaving the original published data or information structures unchanged. a-PIE facilitates the shareability and reusability of knowledge according to users’ requirements
Auld House, Swellendam, fowl-house
No full text247-a-1-d-5-1-10.jpg derived from archival TIFF file. Digital copies were created from a selection of drawings in the original James Walton manuscript collection (MS 247) held in the Manuscripts Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service Collection.This illustration was published in Cape dovecots and fowl-runs by James Walton. Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch Museum, c1985, p. 72.This illustration was published in Old Cape farmsteads by James Walton. Cape Town : Human & Rousseau, 1989, p. 101.Drawing depicting the fowl-house at Auld House, Swellendam
Adaptation in Adaptable Personal Information Environment
No full textIn order to support knowledge workers during their tasks of searching, locating and manipulating information, a system that provides information suitable for a particular user’s needs, and that is also able to facilitate annotation, sharing and reuse information is essential. This paper presents Adaptable Personal Information Environment (a-PIE); a service-oriented framework using Open Hypermedia and Semantic Web technologies to provide an adaptable web-based system. a-PIE models the information structures (data and links) and context as Fundamental Open Hypermedia Model (FOHM) structures which are manipulated by using the Auld Linky contextual link service. a-PIE provides an information environment that enables users to search an information space based on ontologically defined domain concepts. The users can add and annotate interesting data or parts of information structures into their information space, leaving the original published data or information structures unchanged. a-PIE facilitates the shareability and reusability of knowledge according to users’ requirements
Connaissement du navire Eliza pour des marchandises expédiées par Alan Ker and Co. (au nom d'Archibald Black) à John Auld
No full text2 pages, originalConnaissement du navire Eliza pour des marchandises expédiées par Alan Ker and Co. (au nom d'Arch[ibal]d Black) à John Auld
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