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The Global Networked Digital Environment: How Libraries Shape The Digital Future
Ingrid Parent, University Librarian
University of British ColumbiaIngrid.parent@ubc.ca
Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance ConferenceOctober 21, 2010Shanghai, China
Enabling knowledge through Mass and Boutique Digitization
• Mass digitization and traditional library services• International cooperation and heritage collections in
the digital age• Accessing and managing our digital content: issues
and challenges• Incorporating the digital library into outreach and
communication programs
• Digital scholarship and implications for the future
Mass Digitization and Traditional Library Services
• Evolution of single-book digitization projects into national and international projects
• Digitization undertaken for preservation as well as access reasons
• Large-scale digital library initiatives in the cultural heritage sectors increasingly include archives and museums
Mass Digitization and Traditional Library ServicesPerspectives from PRDLA
• Resource discovery in mobile and web-scale world• Digitization best practices• Web archiving of online primary source material• Mass digitization in China
Mass Digitization and Traditional Library ServicesPerspectives from around the globe
• Google Book digitization project has radically “moved the yardsticks” for libraries
• IFLA – the trusted global voice of the library community in driving access to knowledge
• IFLA/IPA Steering Committee: joint statements on mass digitization and on Open Access
The Digital Age & Heritage Collections
Heritage collections are made accessible and provide connections across national boundaries
Cultural heritage collections in the digital age face two key challenges:
• Long term preservation and access• Intellectual property rights
The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Digitization and Digital Preservation
Digital content is fragile and can be easily lost through hardware or software degradation, or simply
a lack of capacity and resources to capture the growing volume of information
The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Intellectual Property Rights
Who owns orphan works?
Who “owns” heritage?
The Snuneymuxw First Nation has copyrighted their artwork just as Canada has
copyrighted its flag
The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Perspectives from PRDLA
• Providing global access to local resources• Partnerships allow for not only sharing content, but also
sharing expertise in digital technologies and standards, as well as in more traditional activities such as paper conservation
• Digital access also facilitates interpretation of content and the development of educational and research packages
The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Perspectives from around the globe
IFLA’s Digital Strategy calls for partnership:
• Digital preservation: IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies (ICADS)http://www.ifla.org/icads
• Copyright: IFLA’s Copyright and Other Legal Matters Core Activity (CLM)- Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and
Limitations
IFLA and Convergence Focuses on cultural heritage institutions to increase cooperation between Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, and Audio-visual organizations
The LAMMS Coordinating Councilinternational cooperation on convergence between the International NGOs (IFLA-ICA-ICOM-ICOMOS- CCAAA)
CCAAACo-ordinatingCouncil of Audiovisual ArchivesAssociations
Fields of cooperation• WIPO (copyright) • Blue Shield (cultural heritage protection)• UNESCO (lobby) • Common issues such as global digital
libraries / collections• Training in preservation and emergency
planning
(http://www.ifla.org/en/about-lamms)
Accessing and Management of Digital Content
Curation is a life-cycle process, curation is managing a growing, living collection
Lynch, C. Digital Curation Conference, 2005, Bath, England
Accessing and Management of Digital ContentPerspectives from PRDLA
• Collections, preservation, and storage facilities for print and digital resources
• Achieving balance between e-book services and paperbook service models
• Curating the complete life-cycle of digital information
Accessing and Management of Digital ContentPerspectives from around the globe
Digital Library Futures Conference – Milan, 2009http://www.athenaeurope.org/index.php?en/143/italy-milan-digital-library-futures-25-august-2009• Focus on the userIFLA Strategic Plan for 2010-15• Encourage partners and users to maximize the potentials of
digital technology• Provide libraries with tools to face digital challenges and issues
The Manifesto for Digital Libraries aims to make our cultural and scientific heritage accessible to all: http://www.ifla.org/publications/ifla-manifesto-for-digital-libraries
Outreach and Communication
• Digital curators promote and build capacity in digital scholarship
• Transfer of knowledge more efficiently within libraries and cross institutions
Outreach and CommunicationPerspectives from PRDLA
• Interactive and creative use of technology in digital collections
• Oral histories, artifacts and technology
• Discovery services from commercial vendors
Outreach and CommunicationPerspectives from around the globe
• UBC’s Museum of Anthropology has launched the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) in partnership with First Nations groups, to digitally repatriate cultural objects and share with institutions around the globehttp://www.rrnpilot.org/
• World Digital Library Charter• IFLA Advocacy focuses on professional development,
political advocacy and community advocacy• Palestian newspaper digitization project (website?)
Digital Scholarship and the Future
• How can academic libraries remain relevant?• High-level digital skills needed for e-Research• Evolving trend: digital scholarship; creating sustainable and
authoritative digital resources, delivered by means of an information infrastructure that incorporates people, technology, content and the interactions between them
In the next five years, E-Research will generate more scientific data than has been collected in the whole
of human history. (Hey, 2004)
Five Elements of Digital Scholarship in libraries:
1. Digitization strategy2. Research policy3. Community building, lobbying and advising4. Research projects5. Examination of born-digital initiatives and digital
preservation
Digital Scholarship and the Future
Conclusion
Libraries shape the digital future
It is up to us to demonstrate our expertise and our value in this evolving digital landscape.
Xie Xie
Ingrid Parent, University Librarian
University of British Columbia LibraryIngrid.parent@ubc.ca
References and Image Credits• Hey, T. (2004) e-Science and the Grid – Preserving the Data Deluge. Digital
Preservation Coalition Forum. http://www.dpconline.org/events/digital-preservation-the-global-context.html
• UBC Library images courtesy of Martin Dee, Jill Pittendregh and Glenn Drexhage.
• IFLA images courtesy of IFLA. www.ifla.org