| Artesia Technologies, Inc. has announced that its TEAMS digital asset
management solution has been selected to serve as the content management
framework for a major initiative being planned by Stanford University Libraries.
According to the announcement, this project is expected to address several
of the most pressing challenges facing academia, including the exponential
growth of published material, new demands for ubiquitous access that are
being driven by the development of the wired—and soon to be wireless—classroom,
and the growth in distance learning.
Working closely with colleagues among the research libraries in the
Digital Library Federation, Stanford plans to utilize TEAMS to create an
environment using off-the-shelf technologies for effectively managing rich
media content and its associated XML-based metadata within petabyte (one
quadrillion bytes)-sized archives so that it may be accessible via a variety
of means.
“Developing systems capable of capturing, preserving, and delivering
vast amounts of digital content is the core challenge for research libraries
within the digital age,” said Michael Keller, university librarian and
director of academic information resources at Stanford. “We expect that
Artesia’s TEAMS software will play a significant role in our effort to
establish the base technologies required to overcome these most critical
barriers to electronic library access. Through its implementation, we plan
to expand Web-based access to the university’s extensive collection of
media resources to the entire Stanford community and improve our ability
to work collaboratively with other organizations as well.”
Stanford University Libraries expects to use the TEAMS software as a
core element of its “Dark Cave” project, which is intended to create a
production implementation of the Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
reference model. According to the announcement, TEAMS will provide Stanford
with a robust infrastructure for addressing each aspect of the OAIS model,
including ingestion of content with associated metadata, content management
and preservation, and distribution. Stanford plans to develop this project
in order to establish protocols and apply emerging standards for managing
and accessing petabyte-sized digital libraries that can be used to support
a wide range of research activities.
According to the announcement, one of the issues that the project expects
to address is the current lack of powerful filtering mechanisms that are
needed to improve an end-user’s ability to access relevant content across
massive databases. TEAMS includes a number of Web-based search-and-retrieval
tools that support searching across all media types by browsing keywords
associated with each asset, by using text within the asset or its descriptive
properties, or by using Boolean criteria.
“When you look at the history and association between Stanford and Silicon
Valley, you recognize the importance of university resources in nurturing
and enhancing great minds,” said Sebastian Holst, vice president of marketing
at Artesia Technologies. “As such, we are very pleased that the university
has chosen TEAMS as part of its resource framework. Based on our experience
with Library of Congress’ National Digital Library, we’re confident that
TEAMS provides the Web-enabled access and enterprise-class architecture
needed to seamlessly integrate media resources with the rest of the collection.
We’re proud to be a part of this initiative.”
Source: Artesia Technologies, Inc., Rockville, MD, 301/548-4000; http://www.artesia.com. |
