文档介绍：MultimediaVisualizationandInteractiveSystems–,DigitalLibraryInitiatives PresentedForSparkingSynergies:BringingResearchandPracticeTogether Charlotte,NorthCarolina, 10Servers 500,000visits/month 3ServersWorkwitharangeofresearchacademicsfromAnthropologyandArchitecturetoCellBiology,MarineScience,PhysicsandSociologybuildingDigitalLibrariesParadigmShiftCaseStudy CubanRafterPhenomenon:AUniqueSeaExodus(2005) &ConceptualDeconstructionWhatmakesaParadigmShiftDigitalLibrary? (DrawingBoardPossibilitiesandServerRealities) Applicationbringshopesofresearchandchallengesofpraxistogetherinfundamentallydifferentremixthanbefore Siteactsasafulcrumforlargershiftgroundtoanewemphasisandbalance Inourcaseatraditionalopensourcetextheavy(PhP/MySql/hathasbeguntothinkseriouslyaboutnewmedia/multimediainteractivedigitallibrarypossibilitiesProblem:HowdoyoubuildaNewMillenniaDigitalLibrary?,,,FloridaInternationalUniversityCubanAmericanStudiesProgramThreeGoals ProduceConferenceon10thAnniversaryofCubanRafterPhenomenonAssemblingexistingglobalexpertsontransatlanticMigration (Between1959-2005approximately100,000citizensleftCubabyseainsmallvesselsandreachedthestatesalive.)2)ProduceNewMediaDigitalLibrarytocodifythisrecenthistoryexpandingthe rangeofacademicresearchpossibilities(ExperimentalwithCapital“E”)3)Codify,aggregateandpresentcurrentstateofthisbodyofknowledge(aidtoDisasterPreparedness,NextTenYears,LessonsLearned)Whatarethecharacteristicsofthisdigitallibrary?ShouldcontainawiderangeofexistingdocumentspertainingtothishistoryTraverseanexpandedrangeofacademicallynontraditio