OPEN ACCESS & REUSE: Collaboration Works DPLA Fest 2016, Washington, DC Helena Zinkham, Library of Congress hzin@loc.gov

Many COMMON CAUSES Bring COLLABORATION Collaborative acquisitions Cooperative cataloging Shared storage facilities Interlibrary Loan Federal Depository Library Program, http://www.fdlp.gov/about-the-fdlp/federal-depository-libraries Program for Cooperative Cataloging, http://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/ Collect image: Center for Research Libraries, https://www.crl.edu/ Shared Storage: ReCAP, http://library.columbia.edu/find/request/off-site.html See also: Recap report, http://recap.princeton.edu/ReCAP%20Mellon%20Report.pdf Interlibrary Loan image: Shepherd University, http://www.shepherd.edu/libweb/libservices/ill/ill.html

SHARED STANDARDS Bring COLLABORATION Standards for Description, Digitization, Communication GIS FADGI, http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/ IPTC, https://iptc.org/ Z39.50

HISTORIC SUCCESSES National Union Catalogs Title: Library of Congress. Card Division. General view Date Created/Published: [1919 or later] Medium: 1 photographic print. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005681082/ Christmas tree of NUCs, Univ. of San Francisco. By Shawncalhoun, 2009. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Union_Catalog. CC license, share & share alike. Card Division, Library of Congress, ca. 1920 NUC volumes, Univ. of San Francisco, 2009

RECENT SUCCESSES Digital Union Catalogs – by format or region American Memory, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html California Digital Library, http://www.cdlib.org/ Mountain West Digital Library, http://mwdl.org/ Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries, http://pacscl.org/

MORE RECENT SUCCESSES Mega Collaborations Worldcat, OCLC --https://www.worldcat.org/ Archivegrid, https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ Flickr Commons, https://www.flickr.com/Commons HathiTrust, https://www.hathitrust.org/ Europeana-- http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

WHAT WORKS: SIMPLICITY Small to large all can participate

WHAT WORKS: MOTIVATIONS Offer better public service Improve access; Expand services Increase impact Reach new audiences Spark new creative work Build knowledge through reuse of content Carry out core mission, e.g., educate Enjoy increased engagement with users

WHAT WORKS: MOTIVATIONS Save $$ / share costs / pool resources Access new technology & user interfaces Benefit from standards-based description and digitization Drive traffic to own institution Win a grant Attract crowdsourced identifications, transcriptions, and more

WHAT WORKS: Simplicity End users: Appealing interface and functionality Critical mass of content Contributors: Low cost (or clear cost/benefit) Straightforward technology Basic level of descriptive metadata is acceptable Digital files of viewing quality Framework without rigid control; local control for level of participation

BARRIERS: Technical & Political Fees to participate Metadata requirements Digitization quality bar Rights clearance Legal concerns, e.g., privacy for users and who owns the content Time needed for effective communication

OVER TO YOU What opportunities & hurdles do you see? DPLA World War I mobile app THEMATIC Collaboration