Transcript OCLC Online Computer Library Center Sustainability: Partnership models Geri Bunker Ingram CONTENTdm Customer Service Specialist DiMeMa, Inc. January 20, 2006

OCLC Online Computer Library Center
Sustainability:
Partnership models
Geri Bunker Ingram
CONTENTdm Customer
Service Specialist
DiMeMa, Inc.
January 20, 2006
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How do you build a
digital library program
…that lasts ?
 Plan
 Partner
 Prototype
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Plan: A practical metaphor for planning
The Vision
shows us
what to reach
for...
Objectives result in
tangibles
–designed to
exemplify and further
our goals.
E.g., OBJECTIVE:
provide
digital access to
selected unique books and
photos valuable for
statewide
History Day competition.
Goals move
us in a
direction.
E.g., GOAL:
Display your resources
online to support elementary
education.
Mission defines our
purpose,
Gives shape to our
efforts.
Values are our
roots,
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Partner: Leverage and synergy
 For the user: bring together dispersed materials
 For program stability
 Broader appeal—more stakeholder involvement
 Broad base of operations, support
 For amplification of effort
 Pooled resources go farther
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Prototype: prove your concept
 Early win
 Attract
funding
 Leverage
staff
 Generate
revenue
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Choose small set of related materials
 In wide range of formats
 Across partner organizations
 Clear rights for popular resources
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Demonstrate your success
 To garner funding
 For continued digitization
 And preservation
 To build new partnerships
 To complement your collections
 And build your contributor base
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With CONTENTdm, everyone can play
 Public libraries
 Government libraries
 Academic libraries
 Historical societies
 Museums
 Special libraries (Health sciences, law)
Consortia of all of the above!
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Consortial use of CONTENTdm
Alaska
Washington
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Maine
Oregon
Idaho
South Dakota
Nevada
Nebraska
Utah
Mountain West
Iowa
Montana statewide trial
in process
Ohi
o
IN
Colorado
WV
Kansas
VA
Missour
i
KY
Western Waters
Columbia River
Basin Ethnic
History Archive
Arizona
New Mexico
RI
CT
PA
Illinois
California
New York
MI
Wyoming
Multi-state consortia
and projects:
VT
NH
MA
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Arkansas
SC
MS
Texas
Digital Library
of Appalachia
North
Carolina
T
N
AL
Georgia
NJ
DE
MD
DC
LA
FL
Historically Black College and
Universities Library Alliance
Multi-regional or
statewide consortia
Upper Mississippi Valley
Digital Image Archive
REALIA Project – not illustrated due to the number of participants, including: Assoc.
Colleges of the Midwest, Assoc. Colleges of the South and the Great Lakes College Assoc.
Updated: 01/03/06
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What kinds of relationships work?
 Multi-type institutions
 Among peers
 In a single organization, among departments
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Multi-type institutions
CLIENTS
SERVER
BROWSERS
State and Public
libraries
University library
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collaborative project
Users access via
Web browsers
 One (1) license on one server
Historical society
 50+ Acquisition Stations (client software)
 Unlimited users via Web browsers
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Examples: Multi-type partnerships
Sponsored by academics,
museums, state libraries and
historical societies, e.g.,
Virtual Library and Digital
Archive of Alaska
 Mountain West Digital
Library
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Among peers
Peer consortia
 Geographic
 Statewide or regional multi-types
 Thematic
 Disciplinary or cultural
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Examples of peer consortia
Regional:
Digital Library of
Appalachia
Thematic:
Western Waters
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Multiple players in one organization
 At the University system level
 At the campus level
 In the State Library
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Examples: partnering within the
organization
Many government libraries,
including
 Arizona State Library,
Archives and Museum
Many hundreds of academic
libraries, including
 University of Illinois
 Washington State
University
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Coming soon!
HBCU Focuses on follow-through
 Library Alliance represents
 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
 Cornell University Libraries
 SOLINET
 First phase will prototype from A-Z!
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Grant-funded initiative includes plans:
 To build infrastructure
 To educate and train
 To build and share unique
and important collections
 To pass on the knowledge
 …and preserve the
materials for posterity
Collaboratively!
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CONTENTdm chosen
Flexible
Scalable
Cost effective
Customizable
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Here at Midwinter, learn how they do it
 By Planning
 Partnering
 And Prototyping
Please see handouts for OCLC Booth 1454
and many onsite presentations--especially…
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Don’t miss this one!
CONTENTdm: Digital Collection Building
through Collaboration and Partnerships
 Ira Revels, Project Manager for the Cornell
University Library/Historically Black Colleges and
Universities Digital Initiatives Project
 Kenning Arlitsch from the J. Willard Marriott
Library at the University of Utah
Sunday, January 22nd 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Hilton Palacio
del Rio, El Mirador East