NOAA Video Data Management System (VDMS): No Video, No Oscar ® !

The NOAA Central Library (NCL) staff were integral to the formation of the Video Data Management System (VDMS) Plan for the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration (OE). The VDMS is part of the larger comprehensive OE Data Management Project. This plan addresses both digital video and digital image formats. In support the requirements to document, store, and provide access to video and image information the NCL initiated the OE Digital Video Pilot Project in 2002. The Pilot Project presently provides online access to more than 1000 MiniDV and 500 DVCAM tapes, over 1000 DVDs, and access to more than 100 digital video highlights clips online collected by NOAA cruises in ocean exploration. Metadata guidelines (DV12 and DI12) were developed to aid data managers and librarians in the creation of MARC21 standard metadata records. An inventory of the OE Video Collections is available online at: http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/OEDV/Inventory_Digital Video Data 200 2-2004_01_19_2005. doc. Examples included in the Pilot Project are: • Islands in the Stream 2002 Expedition: Exploring Underwater Oases collection, including 100 MiniDVs of ca. 100 hours of digital video footage and 101 digital photos. NCL provides online access to video highlights, video clips, annotations to the original video footage, digital images with annotations, and cruise reports. • Oil and Gas Cold Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico, 1992-1995 collection, including 30 DVDs of ca. 60 hours of annotated digital video footage. NCL provides online access to 29 digital video clips and cruise reports.