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About UBdigit
Mission/Vision
UBdigit is a developing interdisciplinary multimedia database that supports the research and instructional
needs of the UB community. UBdigit provides a robust, persistent repository for UB’s archival, research and
teaching collections in digital form. UBdigit is committed to providing digital assets and accompanying
metadata records in a standards-based and Web-accessible environment.
Scope
UBdigit provides a campus-wide gateway to UB's diverse inventory of legacy and teaching collections, as
well as objects useful for clinical and professional practice. Initially, UBdigit will focus on still images, but
anticipates future support of a variety of digital media formats, including audio, video, kinetic images,
animation, virtual reality, interactive sequences and multimedia constructs. UBdigit will include collections
of digital assets and associated metadata contributed by UB libraries, archives, academic department and
faculty collections. UBdigit collections are accessible over the Web and are intended solely for educational
uses.
History
DIGIT was first conceived as a campus-wide digital asset management system in spring 2000. Interested
faculty and staff were convened by the Educational Technology Center to explore the feasibility and
desirability of a campus-wide repository for digital assets. A census and needs assessment survey was
distributed to all faculty survey results provided a needs-based argument for future exploration of a
campus model.
The DIGIT Planning Committee formed three discovery groups, Infrastructure, Standards, and Policies,
each charged with developing a framework for building a UB repository. Preliminary documents included a
data dictionary, policy and scope documentation, and infrastructure requirements.
The DIGIT group conducted an intensive product evaluation considering common criteria for data
management, underlying database structure, end-user functionality, interoperability, support, scalability,
and costs. The evaluation group recommended the adoption of CONTENTdm for our central asset
management system. We licensed the OCLC-hosted solution for our testbed project, followed by an
upgraded local licensed installation. Following BETA testing, we launched UBdigit, our production
environment, fall 2004.
The University Libraries and the Educational Technology Center administer UBdigit with support from a
multidisciplinary membership of faculty and staff (see UBdigit People). Contributions to UBdigit are vetted
by the UBdigit Review Board.
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