TRLN's Collaborative Manuscript Digitization: Shifting Gears in Duke's Publication Process Sean Aery Digital Projects Developer Duke University Libraries TRLN Annual Meeting July 13, 2012
Project Background Content, Context, and Capacity: A Collaborative Large-Scale Digitization Project on the Long Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina IMLS LSTA Grant
Project Background Content, Context, and Capacity: A Collaborative Large-Scale Digitization Project on the Long Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina IMLS LSTA Grant
Project Background Content, Context, and Capacity: A Collaborative Large-Scale Digitization Project on the Long Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina IMLS LSTA Grant
Large-Scale 400,000 scans 37 archival collections 4 institutions 3 years start-to-finish "The CCC project is the first attempt by a library consortium to conduct a collaborative manuscripts digitization project on this scale." CCC Website
Shifting Gears (2007 Report) Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow Erway, Ricky, and Jennifer Schaffner Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow. Report produced by OCLC Programs and Research. Published online at: pdf
Extending the Reach of Southern Sources ( UNC SHC Study)
Collaboration Project Staff ■ Joyce Chapman, TRLN project librarian, project manager ■ Sam Leonard, TRLN digital production manager ■ Laura Clark Brown, UNC, chair, principal investigator ■ Jenn Riley, UNC, interim principal investigator Steering Committee Includes: ■ Brian Dietz, NCSU ■ Kat Charron, NCSU, faculty liaison ■ Liz Milewicz, Duke ■ Yvonne Belanger, Duke, assessment consultant ■ Andre D. Vann, NCCU Cross-Institutional Working Groups: 1) Production/Materials Mgt; 2) Metadata; 3) Evaluation; and Graduate Assistants
Collaboration
Strategies & Standards for Intellectual Property Digitization Metadata Digital Access / Storage Materials Transfer Evaluation
Digital Collections at Duke Pre-CCC Project
Building Digital Collections Duke, ca. 2011
Building Digital Collections Duke, ca. 2011
Building Digital Collections Duke, ca. 2011
Building Digital Collections Duke, ca. 2011
Building Digital Collections Duke, ca. 2011
Digital Collections Interface Tripod2 Discovery/Access Application Custom Collection Portals
Digital Collections Interface Tripod2 Discovery/Access Application Custom Collection Portals Robust Search/Browse
Digital Collections Interface Tripod2 Discovery/Access Application Custom Collection Portals Robust Search/Browse Rich Item Interaction
Building Digital Collections Duke, ca. 2011
Large-Scale Digitization At Duke
Small-Scale Everything Else Description & Publication Can't Keep Up Cumulative, 6-month intervals
Problems Huge backlog (digitized but unpublished) Stakeholder anxiety Hard to take on new projects
Building Digital Collections Challenging the Old Model
CCC's Impact at Duke A Kick in the Pants
The Challenge 16 Years3 Years
The Constraints No resources ($) provided for: Metadata Interface development
Building Digital Collections The Large-Scale Option (2012)
Building Digital Collections The Large-Scale Option (2012)
Building Digital Collections The Large-Scale Option (2012)
Building Digital Collections The Large-Scale Option (2012)
Building Digital Collections The Large-Scale Option (2012)
How it Works Technology
How it Works
The Outcome Finding Aid as Interface to Digitized Content
UNC, NCCU, NCSU Interfaces Variations on a Theme
Tradeoffs: What's Lost? Distinction of individual objects Faceting/advanced search SEO Linking to items Highlights
But is it Good Enough? Evaluation Working Group Activities Quantitative Usage tracking / Web analytics Materials prep time (conservation, IP review, transport)
But is it Good Enough? Evaluation Working Group Activities Qualitative (Years 2 & 3) Interviews (scholars, faculty, K-12 instructors) Course activities (3 undergrad courses) Survey (targeted to potential users) Reengage "Extending the Reach of Southern Sources" participants"Extending the Reach of Southern Sources
Early Returns at Duke "A game changer" Applying publication technique beyond CCC materials Alleviating our backlog gridlock Publication via finding aid = the new default
Looking Ahead Integration w/Tripod2 for common discovery Item interaction (PDF, image view tools?)
Summary Ambitious TRLN digitization project Collaboration is key Variations between institutions on implementation Significant catalyst in re-envisioning Digital Collections at Duke Evaluation plan underway
Thank You Sean Aery Digital Projects Developer Duke University Libraries