Danny Streifler,
NLI’s Digital Photo Collection Display Infrastructure
ppt file with the presentation at the
EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Culture,
Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, 12-13 November 2013
http://www.digital-heritage.org.il
Presentations available at: http://2013.minervaisrael.org.il
MULTIDISCIPLINRY NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.pptx
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1. NLI’s Digital Photo Collection Display
Infrastructure
EVAMinerva 2013
Danny Streifler, Digital Photo Collections Project Manager
2. What I will talk about today
• The context and variety of digital photo collections
within NLI, including the CJA collection
• NLI’s InfrastructureArchitecture for displaying
Photo Collections:
• Dedicated Minisites
• Browsing Interface and Viewer
• Challenges we face with CJA material
• Near-future development plans
3. A Few Words About Us
• The National Library of Israel, a 120 year old
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institution
In charge of collecting, preserving, cultivating and
disseminating the cultural heritage of the
Jewish People and the citizens of Israel
11. Minisite Fundamentals
Making our collections easy to understand and
navigate
• Emphasizing each collections’ uniqueness, Without the
need to read a lot of text
• Enabling Quick grasping of each collection’s scope
• Quick access to collection highlights for the general public
• Full access to the whole collection and advanced search
options straight from the collection homepage
• Emphasis on Usage Rights
• Maintaining a standard user experience across the board
• Bilingual at least, trilingual later on
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15. Browsing Interface Fundamentals
Empowering users to get the results they
need
• “Google like” search, with ranking mechanisms
• Thumbnails show a preview of each image
• Facets allow real-time filtrations of search
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results, tailored to each collection’s needs
Brief and full details available on same page
Various viewing options (List view, Gallery view)
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18. Current and Future Challenges – CJA
• Adapting to a library oriented system
• Displaying complex objects in a user friendly
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manner
Connecting related materials within and
between collections in a meaningful and
exciting manner
Manuscripts as an example
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19. Near-Future Development Plans
• New Viewer, allowing better image handling and
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concurrent display of full image + metadata
(imminent)
Improved Gallery Interface
Geographic component allowing map-based
display and browsing of collections
Timeline component
Improved “Museum Gallery” components
Enhancing and developing our Photo Portal