http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5113 Elias Tzoc 2026-04-05T16:46:56Z http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5886 For Video Streaming/Delivery: Is HTML5 the Real Fix? Millard, John; Tzoc, Elias The general movement towards streaming or playing videos on the web has grown exponentially in the last decade. The combination of new streaming technologies and faster Internet connections continue to provide enhanced and robust user experience for video content. For many organizations, adding videos on their websites has transitioned from a “cool” feature to a mission critical service. Some of the benefits in putting videos online include: to engage and convert visitors, to raise awareness or drive interest, to share inspirational stories or recent unique events, etc. Along with the growth in the use and need for video content on the web; delivering videos online also remains a messy activity for developers and web teams. Examples of existing challenges include creating more accessible videos with captions and delivering content (using adaptive streaming) for the diverse range of mobile and tablet devices. In this article, we report on the decision-making and early results in using the Kaltura video platform in two popular library platforms: CONTENTdm and DSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5818 Video Streaming Tips & Learnings Ladd, Marcus; Tzoc, Elias Integrating Kaltura into already existing systems, as well as guidance on copyright issues. http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5044 Migration and Update to CONTENTdm 6.1 Ladd, Marcus; Tzoc, Elias Slides from presentation given on experiences in migrating from DSpace to CONTENTdm and importing the CONTENTdm viewer into an Omeka exhibit. 2014-03-26T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/5039 Automated Bulk Uploading of Images and Metadata to Flickr Michel, Jason; Tzoc, Elias The Digital Initiatives department at Miami University, like most Digital Initiatives and Special Collections, has a large amount of rich digital image collections, stored primarily in a third-party database. Typically, these databases aren't findable to the average web user. It was our desire to expose these collections to the wider web environment. We immediately thought of Flickr, the most prominent website for image discovery and sharing. Our problem was scale; the default uploading interface was too inefficient to push forward with the project. We developed a set of PHP scripts devised to interact with Flickr's API to allow for quick and efficient uploading of images as well as metadata such as titles, subjects, tags, and hyperlinks back to our collections. Once the scripts were in place the uploading process was completely automatic. Miami University Library’s Digital Initiatives department has uploaded over 5,000 images using this method and the results have been outstanding. New users are consistently attracted to the content and in about a year there have been nearly 200,000 views of our images. This article will discuss Flickr and the importance of contributing library materials to these types of social media sharing communities; explain the technology and programming involved in the project, and discuss our results and the outcomes of project. 2014-03-26T00:00:00Z