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Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections
John MacColl, European DirectorRLG ProgramsOCLC ResearchUniversity of Leeds23 October 2008
Brotherton Library, Leeds University. flickr image by isemanticsSlide2
A presentation in two halves
Problems -> solutions <- flickr image by EisenvaterSlide3
Ricky’s Chequered PastSlide4
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent
that survives.
It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”
—Charles Darwin
Image: Auckland MuseumSlide5Slide6
Yale UniversitySlide7
Image:
Raiders of the Lost ArkSlide8
Marsh’s Library, DublinSlide9
Princeton University ArchivesSlide10
Digitization Matters
SymposiumSlide11Slide12
Yale University Archives vault
Digitise for accessSlide13
Selection has already been done
Woodcut depicting ‘The reading of useless books’ from Brant, Sebastian
Stultifera Navis … The ship of fooles
… 1570
Edinburgh University Library Special Collections, Inc. 13Slide14
Don’t get further behind
Trinity College DublinSlide15
University of Aberdeen
Stop thinking about item-level descriptionSlide16Slide17
Quantity over quality
Images: labs.live.com/photosynth/Slide18
Image: Library of Congress
Build permanent infrastructureSlide19Slide20
“At this stage, no new effort should be undertaken without a sense of how it will be merged with other existing collections and where the resources for long-term maintenance will come from.”
Cornell University Digital Projects Librarian
Ongoing programs, not projectsSlide21
Funding for sustainable workflow at scale Slide22
Scribe book scanner
Encourage development of format-specific gearSlide23
University of Glasgow
Learn from your users
Linen Hall Library, Belfast
Linen Hall Library, BelfastSlide24
We’re in portal danger …Slide25
Be where the users are
Image: informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-2008-beta/Slide26
Show me a sign. flickr image by danr_co
Signs of hopeSlide27
Images: Harry Ransom Center, UT AustinSlide28Slide29
Combine approaches; collapse decisionsSlide30
Process not projectsSlide31Slide32
Do it all
Images: A View to Hugh (blog)Slide33
Share your findings
Images: A View to Hugh (blog)Slide34
Images: variousSlide35
Multi-analogue digitisation
Images: Stokes ImagingSlide36Slide37
‘Aware’ funding for streamlined
processesSlide38Slide39
Preserve right to reuse/remixSlide40
Work with partners to get
what you wantSlide41
Get going!Slide42
Say it out loud
“During the next five years, the Library will strengthen further its
distinctive work in two areas: digital
information technology
and
special collections
.
At the same time, [we] will work collaboratively with both internal and external partners to increase access to these exceptional tools, systems, and resources; support new modes of teaching, learning, research, and scholarly communication; and preserve, store, and manage traditional and digital materials for future generations.”Slide43
Discovery happens elsewhere: be thereSlide44
Think big thoughtsSlide45
Use supply to increase demandSlide46
Images: RLG Cultural MaterialsSlide47
Resources
Shifting Gears http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/collectivecoll/harmonization/specialcollections.htmBlog http://hangingtogether.org/Web www.oclc.org/programsRicky Erway
erwayr@oclc.orgThanks to Ricky Erway, Jennifer Schaffner, Merrilee Proffitt, Karen Calhoun, and other OCLC contributors.Slide48
John MacColl
maccollj@oclc.orgOCLC Research
Leeds University from atop the 97A bus. flickr image by briggate.com