Intelligent Television produces innovative films, television, and online video; conducts research in the future of media; and provides strategic planning and consulting services, all in close association with leading cultural and educational institutions and renowned directors and cinematographers — and all to make educational and cultural material more widely accessible worldwide.
Collegium
Jeff Ubois
Archiving and access solutions
Jeff Ubois (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)), based in Silicon Valley, is director of archiving and access solutions at Intelligent Television. He has co-produced three of Intelligent Television’s recent conferences —“Online Video and the Future of Television,” Berkeley, September 2005; “The Economics of Open Content,” Cambridge, January 2006; and “Culture, Commerce, and Public Media,” New York, June 2006. Previously, he was staff research associate at the School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California, Berkeley, where he developed approaches to measure the accessibility of archival holdings. He is a consultant to variety of commercial and non-commercial institutions concerned with the mass digitization of video, including WNET/Channel 13 and BitTorrent. For the Internet Archive, he has contributed to efforts to managing orphan works, maintaining archival integrity, and managing the collection and retention of digital library usage data. He writes about issues in television archiving and digital video at http://www.archival.tv. His articles have appeared in First Monday, D-Lib, the Journal of Digital Information, Release 1.0, ComputerWorld, and the publications of Ferris Research, a San Francisco-based consultancy specializing in collaboration software.
What we're writing
Video use in higher education: options for the future
On building a new market for culture: Virtue and necessity in a screen-based culture
Good terms - improving commercial-noncommercial partnerships for mass digitization
Tools to explore
Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning (VITAL) is a web-based learning environment that enables students to view, analyze, and communicate ideas with video. VITAL was originally created to help students practice their observation and interpretation skills in developmental psychology courses at Columbia University’s Teachers College. Today VITAL is deployed in a wide range of courses and disciplines across Columbia University, from the School of Social Work to the School of the Arts.
Archives for today
San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive
The San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, established in 1982, preserves more than 4,000 hours of newsfilm, documentaries, and other programs produced in northern California between 1939 and 2005. Among the treasures recently put online are 1960s films of James Baldwin and Maya Angelou and Marlon Brando speaking at the funeral of Black Panther Bobby Hutton. The Archive is part of San Francisco State University Library’s Department of Special Collections.
What we're watching
Forum Network
Involving public media and partners in video online.
Vectors
A new journal in a dynamic vernacular.
Photograph of Jesus
Plus a group shot of the men on the moon.
What we're reading
YouTube – Every Violent Act in 2010 Superbowl Ads
Visit YouTube – Every Violent Act in 2010 Superbowl Ads
Keynote: Bruce Sterling (us) on Atemporality | transmediale
Am only part way through this talk by Bruce Sterling on #atemporality, but enjoying it immensely. Visit Keynote: Bruce Sterling (us) on Atemporality | transmediale
How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero – Information – Lifehacker
Nice tutorial on Zotero. Visit How to Clip, Sort, and Cite the Entire Web with Zotero – Information – Lifehacker
For the Love of Culture
Truly excellent, constructive new piece by Larry Lessig on GBS, copyright, and what is to be done. Nice vignettes about documentaries and health information too. Visit For the Love of Culture
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