SPEC Kit 335: Digital Image Collections and Services · 183
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Hydra. Digital Image Library
http://projecthydra.org/community-2-2/partners-and-more/northwestern-university-2/
Northwestern University |Hydra Project
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Background
In 2007 the Library assumed responsibility for the Visual Media Collection (Art History
Slide Library) and had to evaluate issues in three major areas of image collection
management: digitization and cataloging, service assessment and promotion, and
providing tools to make the collection useable. The Visual Media Collection was to
become a wider Digital Image Library, thus collections and affiliated services were
evaluated to determine how they would integrate with the digital repository and
transition from serving one discipline to many. The result was the development of DIL :
an institutional repository for images built using the Hydra technology framework and
based on the Fedora digital repository system.
DIL is an implementation of the Hydra technology that provides a repository solution for
discovery of and access to images for staff, students, and scholars. Some important
features are:
Build custom collection of images using drag-and-drop
Re-order images within a collection using drag-and-drop
Nest collections within other collections
Create details/crops of images
Zoom, rotate images
Upload personal images
Retrieve your own uploads and details from a collection
Export a collection to a PowerPoint presentation
Create a group of users and authorize access to your images
Our Hydra application also has a REST API that a robust metadata cataloging tool and a
migration process utilize. This Hydra-based API ensures that the objects get indexed in
Solr and updated in Fedora, all with simple REST calls.
Avalon
Northwestern University is collaborating with Indiana University on the Avalon Project.
Avalon will use Hydra technologies to provide a powerful repository for use with video
materials.
University website:
http://www.northwestern.edu/
Hydra website:
Digital Image Library (restricted to users with NU NetID)
Status: development
Screencast:
Digital Image Library (approx 3 minutes)
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