CLi MB Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building Center
CLi. MB: Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building Center for Research on Information Access Columbia Libraries CLi. MBUniversity - Columbia University
CLi. MB: Interdisciplinary Research Project at Columbia University Funded by Mellon Foundation 2002 -2004 • • • Center for Research on Information Access (CRIA) Libraries Computer Science Department CLi. MB - Columbia University
Problems in Image Access Cataloging digital images Traditional approach: manual expertise labor intensive expensive Can automated techniques help? CLi. MB - Columbia University
Can we harvest image descriptors? CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB Technical Contribution CLi. MB will identify and extract • proper nouns • terms and phrases from text related to an image: September 14, 1908, the basis of the Greenes' final design had been worked out. It featured a radically informal, V-shaped plan (that maintained the original angled porch) and interior volumes of various heights, all under a constantly changing roofline that echoed the rise and fall of the mountains behind it. The chimneys and foundation would be constructed of the sandstone boulders that comprised the local geology, and the exterior of the house would be sheathed in stained split-redwood shakes. —Edward R. Bosley. Greene & Greene. London : Phaidon, 2000. p. 127 9/16/2020 5
Overall Goals • • • Research: Development of richer retrieval through increased numbers of descriptors Practice: Development of suite of CLi. MB tools Resources: Vocabulary list which can be used by other visual resource professionals The essence of CLi. MB: • Use scholars themselves as “catalogers” by utilizing scholarly publications • Enhance existing descriptive metadata CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB Project Teams Coordinating Collections (Curatorial) Technical External Advisory CLi. MB - Columbia University
Squeezing Metadata out of Scholarly Texts • Image collection • Associated text • Target object identification (TOI) • CLi. MB suite of tools • Evaluation CLi. MB - Columbia University
Squeezing Metadata out of Scholarly Texts • Image collection • Associated text • Target object identification (TOI) • CLi. MB suite of tools • Evaluation CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB Processes Inputs Phase Source TEXT process texts AAT / BBIs / etc. III use CLi. MB metadata in image search platform Image Collections TOIs select metadata from texts Evaluation Generate TEI Markup I II User Run CLi. MB Suite of Tools Other Texts Result: Enriched XML Test Records Select words & phrases to include in Core Descriptive Records Image Search Platform CLi. MB Enriched Descriptive Records w Art Librarians w Subject Specialists w Catalogers w Search & Retrieval Experts Image Search Platform with CLi. MB Metadata end-users CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB Collections • Greene & Greene Architectural Drawings, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library • Chinese Paper Gods, C. V. Starr East Asian Library • Photographs from the Archives, American Institute of Indian Studies CLi. MB - Columbia University
Greene & Greene Architectural Records and Papers Collection Drawings and Archives Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Columbia University Libraries CLi. MB - Columbia University
Charles Sumner Greene Henry Mather Greene (1868 -1957) (1870 -1954) CLi. MB - Columbia University
NYDA. 1960. 001. 00023 All Saints Episcopal Church (Pasadena, Calif. ). Alterations 1902 -1903 CLi. MB - Columbia University
Greene & Greene Catalog Record Author: Greene & Greene. Title: [Mrs. Dudley P. Allen house, 1188 Hillcrest Avenue (Pasadena, Calif. ). Alterations. ] Residence of Mrs. Dudley P. Allen, 1188 Hillcrest Ave. , Pasadena, Cal. [graphic] : Alteration / Greene & Greene, Architects. Published: [1917] Physical Details: 4 sheets : various media ; 87. 8 x 57. 3 cm. (34 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. ) Location: Columbia University, Avery Architectural Drawings Other Authors: Subjects: Greene, Charles Sumner, 1868 -1957. Greene, Henry Mather, 1870 -1954. Houses Alterations Architecture--Designs and plans--United States. Mrs. Dudley P. Allen house, 1188 Hillcrest Avenue (Pasadena, Calif. ) Component Item: [1] Item no. NYDA. 1960. 001. 03224. [AVERYimage]. Electric lighting -floor plan, part plan of basement : Sheet no. Component Item: [2] Item no. NYDA. 1960. 001. 00073. [AVERYimage]. [Electric lighting] -floor plan, part plan of basement. CLi. MB - Columbia University
Greene & Greene Bibliography • Bosley, Edward R. Greene & Greene. London : Phaidon, 2000. • Current, William R. Greene & Greene: architects in the residential style. Fort Worth [Tex. ] : Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, [1974] • Makinson, Randell L. Greene & Greene: architecture as fine art. Salt Lake City : Peregrine Smith, c 1977. • Makinson, Randell L. Greene & Greene: the passion and the legacy. Salt Lake City : Gibbs and Smith, c 1998. • Smith, Bruce. Greene & Greene masterworks. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c 1998. • Strand, Janann. A Greene & Greene guide [Pasadena, Calif. : G. Dahlstrom, 1974] CLi. MB - Columbia University
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Chinese Paper Gods Anne S. Goodrich Collection C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University CLi. MB - Columbia University
Pan-hu chih-shen God of tigers CLi. MB - Columbia University
Chinese Paper Gods Catalog Record Title: Chuang gong chuang mu [graphic]. Published: [193 -] Physical Details: 1 print : wood-engraving, color ; 34 x 30 cm. In: Anne S. Goodrich Collection. Location: Columbia University, C. V. Starr East Asian Library (CJK) EAX GAC 1 no. 16 Subjects: Gods, Chinese, in art. Folk art--China. Genre Or Form: Woodcuts--Chinese. Notes: Date according to time period Anne S. Goodrich collected prints in Beijing. Record ID: NYCP 02 -F 20 CLi. MB - Columbia University
Chinese Paper Gods Bibliography • Day, Clarence Burton. Chinese peasant cults : being a study of Chinese paper gods. Taipei : Ch'eng Wen Pub. Co. , 1974. • Goodrich, Anne Swann. Peking paper gods : a look at home worship. Nettetal : Steyler Verlag, 1991. • Laing, Ellen Johnston. Art and aesthetics in Chinese popular prints: selections from the Muban Foundation collection. Ann Arbor, MI : Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, c 2002 CLi. MB - Columbia University
Chinese gods: selection from LC Authority File HEADING: Nezha (Chinese deity) Used For/See From: Daluoxian (Chinese deity) Jinhuan Yuanshuai (Chinese deity) Jinkang Yuanshuai (Chinese deity) Li Nezha (Chinese deity) Luoche Taizi (Chinese deity) Ne Zha (Chinese deity) Nezhataizi (Chinese deity) No-cha (Chinese deity) Nuozha (Chinese deity) Tailuoxian (Chinese deity) Taizi Yuanshuai (Chinese deity) Taiziyeh (Chinese deity) Yühuang Taizi (Chinese deity) Zhongtan Yuanshuai (Chinese deity) Search Also Under: Gods, Chinese CLi. MB - Columbia University
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Three Testbed Collections • Greene & Greene • detailed records • more difficult to associate text with image • Chinese Paper Gods • strong associations • problems with transliteration and variants • South Asian Temples • large set of digital images • diacritics and variants CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB Collections: Future • Additional collection of digital images • Close association between image and text • Regularized metadata Suggestions: • Catalogue raisonné • Museum collection catalog • Exhibition catalog CLi. MB - Columbia University
Squeezing Metadata out of Scholarly Texts • Image collection • Associated text • Target object identification (TOI) • CLi. MB suite of tools • Evaluation CLi. MB - Columbia University
Target Object Identification (TOI) • Define based on institutional needs • Varies from collection to collection – Greene & Greene – Project Names – Chinese Paper Gods – God Names – South Asian Temples – Temple Names • Compile authority list CLi. MB - Columbia University
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Project Name Matching • Locate project names in Greene & Greene • Challenge: finding variant name forms – Robert R. Blacker house (TOI) – Blacker estate – The house • Possible techniques to improve matching – Developing a semi-automatic technique – Use existing information to label text – An iterative platform for manual intervention CLi. MB - Columbia University
The Culbertson House • • Cordelia A. Culbertson house (Pasadena, Calif. ) Culbertson sisters house (Pasadena, Calif. ) Culbertson, Cordelia A. Allen, Elizabeth S. Allen, Mrs. Dudley P. Prentiss, Francis F. Prentiss house (Pasadena, Calif. ) House was purchased by Mrs. Allen, who remarried and became Mrs. Prentiss! CLi. MB - Columbia University
Squeezing Metadata out of Scholarly Texts • Image collection • Associated text • Target object identification (TOI) • CLi. MB suite of tools • Evaluation CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB Suite of Tools http: //www. columbia. edu/cu/cria/climb/presentations. html CLi. MB - Columbia University
Squeezing Metadata out of Scholarly Texts • Image collection • Associated text • Target object identification (TOI) • CLi. MB suite of tools • Evaluation CLi. MB - Columbia University
Next Steps – CLi. MB Evaluation Current Developments • Meeting with experts – October 17 th • Survey with experienced image searchers Long Term Goal • Test CLi. MB tools and data in an image search platform CLi. MB - Columbia University
CLi. MB: Computational Linguistics for Metadata Building • Image collection • Associated text • Target object identification (TOI) • CLi. MB suite of tools • Evaluation CLi. MB - Columbia University
Thank you! Any questions? www. columbia. edu/cu/cria/climb CLi. MB - Columbia University
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