The Journal of Information Science and Technology Association
(Johono Kagaku to Gijutsu)
Abstract

Akira TOCHIGI
National Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
3-7-6 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 JAPAN

Abstract: The main mission of a film archive is to deal with motion picture films and non-film materials as the collection in a cycle of archival activities which cover acquisition, conservation and presentation. While motion picture films are vulnerable to physical damage and chemical decay, they are expected to live long under the climate control, much longer than any digital media. Nevertheless, digital technology has helped modify many realms of film archiving such as digital restoration and digital access to the collection, which will surely make a greater contribution to education and academic researches of the generations to come.

Keywords：  film archive / motion picture film / base / emulsion / long-term preservation / authenticity / digital restoration / migration

Koji HAMASAKI
Kawasaki city museum
1-2 todoroki, nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-0052 JAPAN

Abstract: In Kawasaki-shi city museum opened in 1988, I report examples from the collection of film and video, a save to digital archive. As the best practice to aim at the greatest effect on a low budget, I show a process of the digital archive of the image and show the prototype that built the management of the information to be related to a browsing search and the picture of the still image which I extracted from a presentation in FileMaker Pro. I wrestle with collection and the save of the TV program for the first time as a museum and start the construction of the Junichi Ushiyama television documentary archive and suggest the digital archive design of the local news film.

Keywords：  film and video / digital archive / FileMaker Pro / copyright / film / videotape / TV program / news film / documentary film

Ichiro IDE
Nagoya University, Graduate School of Information Science
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601 JAPAN

Abstract: Recently, it has become easier to digitally archive a large amount of video data, thanks to the increase in storage densities of storage devices such as HDDs. However, since it requires time to view and also is difficult to describe the contents precisely and thoroughly, it is not easy to obtain a required video as a result of simple retrieval methods based on keywords or image features. This article introduces various examples including the author's work on efficient retrieval for broadcast video archives, from the view-point of video structuring and its contents analysis. It will be introduced according to the association with external information source, and per video genre.

Keywords：  video archive / broadcast video / video retrieval / structuring / contents analysis / news video / cooking video

Rihoko INOUE
National Institute of Informatics / George Washington University Law School
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8430 JAPAN

Abstract: To archive someone's digital video and distribute that to public, first of all, copyrighted works in the video and their copyright holders have to be listed. Then licenses should be acquired from copyright holders. This paper clarifies that who from one should licenses should be acquired from, to what extent licenses have to allow and how licenses should be acquired for digital video archiving. Moreover, by discussing on-going Japanese Fair Use legislation, this paper also clarifies how Japanese Fair Use would affect digital video archiving if the bill passed.

Keywords：  digital video archive / copyright / rights to usage of one's likeness / limitations on exclusive rights / fair use

Yoshimi FUKUHARA
Keio University
2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 JAPAN

Abstract: OpenCourseWare is a free publication of course materials from universities and originally proposed by MIT in 2001. MIT launched their OCW Web site in 2003 with first 500 courses and they completed publishing lecture materials of all possible courses in 2007. OCW have been spread out all over the world from 2004 and now more than 200 institutions joined the OCW community from 35 countries. In Japan national famous 6 universities launched their OCW web site simultaneously in 2005 and currently 25 universities joined OCW community.

Keywords：  OCW / OER / higher education / lecture archives

Aya KAWAHARA

Abstract: ProQuest Dialog launched on September 2010 is the long awaited unification of Dialog and DataStar. ProQuest Dialog is designed to support innovation across the enterprise from research and development phase to marketing phase. There are command search for information professional use and easy to use search mode for end-users. In this article, useful features and functions on ProQuest Dialog will be discussed.

Keywords：  ProQuest Dialog / multilingual interface / translation / command search / menu search / suggested term / MEDLINE / EMBASE / left-hand truncation