Presentation Location

12 December 2007

Günter Waibel Program Officer, RLG Programs

Ricky Erway Program Officer, RLG Programs

Diane Zorich Cultural Heritage Consultant

Libraries, Archives

and Museums:A workshop to further dialog and collaboration among libraries, archives and museums.Hosted by RLG Programs

Story Time

A short history of libraries, archives and museums

NYPL Digital Library. Rivington Branch, Story Hour: A Girl's Club Listening to a Story of Atlanta. Digital Image ID:1145780

First: One for All—Cabinets of Curiosity

Less democratic • Less economic • More integrated

Then: One for Each—Libraries, Archives and Museums

More democratic • More economic • Less integrated

Now: One for All (Again)

Library + Archive + Museum = LAM

Most democratic • Most economic • Most integrated

Now: One for All?

Let’s not miss this opportunity!

Most democratic • Most economic • Most integrated

!

Musing about Collaboration

The Pep-Talk!

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Invisible Collaboration

Visible Collaboration

LAM Collaboration

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LAM Collaboration

Collaboration…• Benefits all parties• Provides a compelling compromise• Acknowledges limitations, builds on strengths

Tools for Our Conversation

Ideas to revisit during our discussions

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Tool 1: Finding Common Functions

Cross-community appeal• Functions which appear in all three communities• e.g. physical preservation of rare and unique materials

Common denominator• Functions which can be generalized to a common set of needs• e.g. broad access to digital surrogates of rare and unique materials

Currently out-of-reach• Functions which are desired, yet not effectively or economically

fulfilled by individual institutions• e.g. preservation of digital surrogates

Tool 2: The Collaboration Continuum

Low investment

Low reward

High investmentLow reward

High investmen

tHigh

reward

Low investment

High reward

Results are long term, transformative, liberating

Reward

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Generosity of trust, time, resources,

compromise

Tool 3: Levers for Change

Law

Architecture Norms

Market

Tool 3: Levers for Change

Mandate

Infrastructure Culture

Funding

Together, let’s…

• seize this moment• be inspired• use your tools• get started!

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Thank You!

Questions?