[Mdl] Re: Minnesota Video Vault

[John Butler]

TPT may be taking a few pointers from OpenVault, WGBH's Fedora-based 
media archive:

    http://openvault.wgbh.org/
   
          --jb  
      
Ewing, M Keith wrote:
> Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) has released the Minnesota Video 
> Vault (online at http://www.mnvideovault.org/).  The vault provides 
> access to hundreds of videos and TPT productions, from short clips to 
> lengthy shows.  The "Educators" button allows you to sort by very 
> broad K12 areas (e.g., Social Science, Science, or Language Arts), 
> then focus by "grade level," then "strand" (e.g., Minnesota History or 
> US History), and then by "sub strand" (e.g., under the Minnesota 
> History "strand" you can select "sub strands" like the "Civil War and 
> Dakota War" or "Contact and Fur Trade").  The "Interest Areas" button 
> provides a more immediate breakdown by history, people, places, MN 
> issues, arts & entertainment, and special collections, with further 
> topical subdivisions beneath that.
>  
> This is a terrific resource, of special value to schools and 
> educators, but also for everyone interested in Minnesota and regional 
> history (although the content goes far beyond Minnesota).
>  
> I wonder if TPT would be interested in allowing the MDL to "harvest" 
> their metadata for inclusion in the MDL's "Minnesota Finder" 
> (http://search.mndigital.org)...?  It should certainly be listed among 
> the digital collections about Minnesota at 
> http://www.mndigital.org/collections/.
>  
> Congratulations to TPT on a project well done.
>  
>  
> keith
>  
>  

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John T. Butler						
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University of Minnesota Libraries		
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