Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC...
-
Upload
roger-goodwin -
Category
Documents
-
view
225 -
download
2
Transcript of Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC...
![Page 1: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections
John MacColl, European DirectorRLG ProgramsOCLC Research
University of Leeds23 October 2008
Brotherton Library, Leeds University. flickr image by isemantics
![Page 2: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
A presentation in two halves
Problems -> solutions <- flickr image by Eisenvater
![Page 3: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Ricky’s Chequered Past
![Page 4: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
“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 Museum
![Page 5: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Yale University
![Page 7: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Image: Raiders of the Lost Ark
![Page 8: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Marsh’s Library, Dublin
![Page 9: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Princeton University Archives
![Page 10: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Digitization Matters Symposium
![Page 11: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Yale University Archives vault
Digitise for access
![Page 13: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Selection has already been done
Woodcut depicting ‘The reading of useless books’ from Brant, Sebastian Stultifera Navis … The ship of fooles… 1570Edinburgh University Library Special Collections, Inc. 13
![Page 14: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Don’t get further behind
Trinity College Dublin
![Page 15: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
University of Aberdeen
Stop thinking about item-level description
![Page 16: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
![Page 17: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Quantity over quality
Images: labs.live.com/photosynth/
![Page 18: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Image: Library of Congress
Build permanent infrastructure
![Page 19: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
![Page 20: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
“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 projects
![Page 21: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Funding for sustainable workflow at scale
![Page 22: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Scribe book scanner
Encourage development of format-specific gear
![Page 23: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
University of Glasgow
Learn from your users
Linen Hall Library, BelfastLinen Hall Library, Belfast
![Page 24: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
We’re in portal danger …
![Page 25: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Be where the users are
Image: informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-2008-beta/
![Page 26: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Show me a sign. flickr image by danr_co
Signs of hope
![Page 27: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Images: Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin
![Page 28: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
![Page 29: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Combine approaches; collapse decisions
![Page 30: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Process not projects
![Page 31: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
![Page 32: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Do it all
Images: A View to Hugh (blog)
![Page 33: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
Share your findings
Images: A View to Hugh (blog)
![Page 34: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
Images: various
![Page 35: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Multi-analogue digitisation
Images: Stokes Imaging
![Page 36: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
![Page 37: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
‘Aware’ funding for streamlined processes
![Page 38: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
![Page 39: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Preserve right to reuse/remix
![Page 40: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Work with partners to get what you want
![Page 41: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Get going!
![Page 42: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
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.”
![Page 43: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/43.jpg)
Discovery happens elsewhere: be there
![Page 44: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/44.jpg)
Think big thoughts
![Page 45: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/45.jpg)
Use supply to increase demand
![Page 46: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/46.jpg)
Images: RLG Cultural Materials
![Page 47: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/47.jpg)
Resources
• Shifting Gears http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/collectivecoll/harmonization/specialcollections.htm
• Blog http://hangingtogether.org/• Web www.oclc.org/programs• Ricky Erway [email protected]
• Thanks to Ricky Erway, Jennifer Schaffner, Merrilee Proffitt, Karen Calhoun, and other OCLC contributors.
![Page 48: Scaling up Digitisation of Special Collections John MacColl, European Director RLG Programs OCLC Research University of Leeds 23 October 2008 Brotherton.](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062423/56649cea5503460f949b5c0a/html5/thumbnails/48.jpg)
John [email protected] Research
Leeds University from atop the 97A bus. flickr image by briggate.com