The document summarizes MediaMatrix, a digital media platform developed by MATRIX at Michigan State University. It has 16 full-time employees from various fields working on digital library research and tools to make digital media more accessible, usable, and interactive. MediaMatrix allows users to segment, annotate, and organize audio and video clips and create online publications. It has been used in writing and history courses at Tufts University and MSU. The conclusion emphasizes that accessibility requires helping users understand and educate with content, not just retrieve it, and users can generate metadata to provide context.

1. MediaMatrix: Writing with Digital Media Video, Education, and Open Content: Best Practices Dean Rehberger Michael Fegan

2. MATRIX: The Center for the Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences On-Line Sixteen full time employees Faculty from Humanities, Social Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Communications, Education Graduate and Undergraduate Students Continuing University funding + Grants and Contracts (NSF, NEH, IMLS, USDE, Ford, Mellon)

3. MATRIX - Research Fundamental digital library research Architecture Focus on linear audio and video materials 20 Different Collections - 4 Countries 4 terabytes of material Creation of complex digital objects Interoperability User-enhancement/ personalization Teaching and learning with digital libraries Develop tools and environments for teachers and students Technologies to make critical use of digital sources

4. Digital Objects and Access Tools to promote access, access that goes beyond the ability to link to a network : Equity - the ability of “every citizen” and not simply technical specialists to use the resources Usability - the ability of users to easily locate, retrieve, use, and navigate resources Context - the conveyance of meaning from stored information to users, so that it makes sense to them I nteractivity - the capacity for users to be both consumers and producers of information.

5. Research – Making Technology Easy Problems: Finding digital objects Google Keyword searching – search terms, booleans, and subject knowledge Using digital objects Streaming Copyright Software and knowledge

6. MediaMatrix http://matrix.msu.edu/~mmatrix Helps users work with online, digital media “ Segment or record” portions of media Annotate that media Organize entries on their media tree Create online publications with the media and annotations from their tree Demo

7. Classroom Use Two classes @ Tufts University MSU Writing Courses History Courses Virtual Courses

8. Conclusions Redefine Access—more than retrieve but help to use and educate User generate metadata/content and provide relevance for other users Provides context to the content

9. Contact Information http://matrix.msu.edu/~mmatrix MATRIX – http://matrix.msu.edu [email_address] [email_address]