On 17/09/2015 07:21, "John Casey"
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>Clipper: Enhancing Time Based Media for Research
>
>
>A collaboration between The City of Glasgow College, The Open University
>and Reachwill Ltd., Funded by Jisc
>
>#clippertube
>
>Workshop Invitation
>
>Toolkit Description
>
>Workshop Content and Formats
>
>Further Information
>
>Apologies for Cross Posting
>
>Dear Colleagues 
>
>Invitation
>
>We are developing a free and open source software toolkit to support
>researchers in all disciplines who work with digital audio-visual media
>and would like to invite you to attend our upcoming community
>consultation workshops in September / October 2015, engage in comment,
>feedback and discussion about our online prototypes and arrange
>discussion meetings (for further information ­ please see below and via
>the web links). The workshops are:
>
>National Library of Scotland, Monday 28th Sept
>
>Manchester School of Art, Wednesday 14th October
>
>British Library, London, Monday 26th October
>
>We are in the second phase of our development cycle having already
>produced an online Œproof of concept¹ in phase 1 and received positive
>and useful feedback from the research community. In the present stage of
>our work we are creating a working online prototype that researchers will
>be able to experiment with.
>
>We will be releasing our first online prototype by the 28th September and
>then modifying it in the light of feedback as we conduct our workshops
>and engage with the research community in workshops, online and via
>smaller meetings. By the end of November, through this process of
>co-design, we aim to have a working prototype that demonstrates the
>toolkit working with separate audio-visual collections. Our aims for
>phase 3 in 2016 are to produce a working version of the toolkit installed
>in an institutional setting and a trial demonstrator site for a possible
>national service.
>
>Toolkit Description
>
>Here is a brief overview of the toolkit functionality taken from our
>brochure: 
>
>³Clipper is a free open-source web application enabling researchers to
>create and share virtual-clips without altering the original media files.
>Clipper enables you to mark the start and end of interesting events while
>playing audio or video data files through a standard web browser. You can
>add rich text annotations to each clip, and combine clips into playlists
>(cliplists).²
>
>To help conceptualise using the Clipper toolkit ­ here is a summary:
>
>€       Control the play back of online audio / video
>
>€       Specify the start and end points of custom clips within the media
>
>€       Add notes to the clips
>
>€       Combine clips together into cliplists
>
>€       Share clips and cliplists
>
>This 'user generated data' is stored as metadata in HTML documents, which
>points to the source audio / video files and is viewable in any modern
>web browser. The end-user will only be able to play the original audio /
>video files if they have the rights to access them, vital for complying
>with copyright and data protection issues. Thus, although the clipper
>documents are owned by the user, the original media stays where it is.
>Because the native file format of Clipper is HTML, Clipper documents are
>very portable, social media friendly and easy to integrate into existing
>systems.
>
>We believe there are many potential opportunities and benefits connected
>with Clipper, both in the open design of the toolkit and the choice of
>HTML as the native file format for storing and presenting data. The
>feedback we have received so far has confirmed the wide range of
>imaginative and creative applications that Clipper might be put to. Here
>are a few examples:
>
>Analysing and marking up ethnographical recordings Œin the field¹ offline
>(as local media) prior to upload to a server for sharing and collaboration
>
>Identifying key incidents in time lapse recordings from scientific
>microscopes
>
>Exporting Clipper data as CSV files to allow analysis and visualisation
>of the data
>
>Crowdsourcing metadata creation for audio-visual collections
>
>Facilitating Œdeep-access¹ to digital archives to facilitate citizen
>research
>
>Providing story-telling and narratives tools to incorporate digital
>archive content
>
>Makes it easy to cite, quote and comment audio-visual media and data in
>digital academic communications ­ putting it on an equal footing with
>text.
>
>We are keen to further explore and identify opportunities and benefits
>for researchers, data managers, archivists, librarians, educators and
>general users - to include them in the design and development process.
>
>Workshop Content and Formats
>
>Morning session - general. Afternoon session - more technical.
>
>10:00 Arrival, registration and tea / coffee
>
>10:30 Introductions, project overview and aims
>
>10:45 Demonstration of prototype system, initial feedback & discussion
>
>11:15 Hands-on session, feedback (please bring laptop - use Chrome
>browser)
>
>12:00 Implications for data management, service development and policy -
>discussion
>
>12:30 - 1:30 lunch, discussions and networking
>
>13:30 Hands-on session (please bring laptop - use Chrome browser) code
>inspection and walkthrough, ideas and requirements for institutional
>deployment / national service.
>
>15:00 Close
>
>Workshop direct web links:
>
>Edinburgh: 
>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clipper-project-workshop-edinburgh-tickets-18
>586167728
>
>Manchester: 
>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clipper-project-workshop-manchester-tickets-1
>8586702327
>
>London: 
>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clipper-project-british-library-labs-workshop
>-tickets-18586738435
>
>
>
>Further Information about the Clipper Project and links to the online
>demos and prototypes
>
>Clipper Brochure: 
>http://blog.clippertube.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/clipper-brochure-a4
>.pdf  
>
>About the Clipper project: http://blog.clippertube.com
>
>The Jisc funding programme:
>http://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/get-involved/research-data-spring
>
>Research data management: For those colleagues who are particularly
>concerned with the management of research data we would like to draw
>their attention to this blog post:
>
>http://blog.clippertube.com/index.php/2015/05/10/clipper-the-benefits-for-
>the-research-data-lifecycle/
>
>New Online working prototype release set for 28th September via the
>project blog http://blog.clippertube.com
>
>Best Wishes
>
>John Casey
>
>Clipper Project Manager
>Libraries & Learning Technology
>Room 709
>City of Glasgow College
>60 North Hanover Street
>Glasgow G1 2BP
> 
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>___________________________________________________________
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>Director ISEA International HQ
>University of Brighton, UK
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