Katherine Skinner, Executive Director, Educopia Institute Christina Drummond, Research Associate Professor, University of North Texas CNI Fall Forum Washington D.C. December 10, 2013

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum

Digital Preservation

1) ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE  Success  Impact other projects, sectors  Seeding follow-on projects  Sustainability  Collaborators  Sector diversity  Geographic diversity ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE  Publications  Prestige  Frequency  Quantity  Grants  Dollar value  Quantity  Frequency  Awards  Collaborators  Activity level  Leadership  Sector diversity  Program creation, hosting 2) ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum

1) ACTIVITY PERFORMANCE  Success  Impact other projects, sectors  Seeding follow-on projects  Sustainability  Collaborators  Sector diversity  Geographic diversity  Activity level  Leadership  Sector diversity  Program creation, hosting 2) ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE 3) COMPOSITE STATE PERFORMANCE  Activity involvement  Organizational involvement Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum

Reports:  National Forum on Archival Continuing Education …(2002)  Connecting the Archival Community (2002)  Electronic Records Agenda Report (2003)  Status of the Preservation of Electronic Records by State Archives (2004)  Survey of State Historical Records Advisory Boards (2006)  State of State Records…(2007)  NDIIPP Preserving our Digital Heritage… (2010)  NDIIPP States of Sustainability…(2012)  SERI Phase 1 (2012)  State Historical Records Advisory Boards…(2013)  NEH NCRR Evaluation Report (2013) Websites:  LC Digital Preservation Partners  Best Practices Exchange conferences  SAA, SERI, NASCIO, NAGARA, Legal Information Preservation Alliance, OCLC, LOCKSS, LC, Repository Exchange Surveys:  NASCIO and NAGARA members Grant awards:  IMLS, NEH, NHPRC, NSF (incl. DataNet), NIH, DOE, Mellon Foundation CNI Fall Forum

Who:  Post-doctoral researchers  Digital preservation field experts Caveats:  Sector and organizational type taxonomies need to be refined.  Required publically accessible URL to validate data.  Disproportionately represents efforts with open collaborator lists. Aspire to openness CNI Fall Forum

1. Collaborative across institutions  Institutional repositories generally not included 2. Stated digital preservation aim 3. U.S. partners  Events: Hosts, planning committees CNI Fall Forum

 3298 records  211 unique collaborative activities  1856 organizations  1274 based in U.S.A. ▪ including organizational subunits CNI Fall Forum

 General info: Name, URL, short description  Activity type classification  Start and End Year  Geographic focus  Founding institution  Current host CNI Fall Forum

 Activity involvement  Organizational role  Primary contact (if known)  Address  Structure (e.g. nonprofit, academic)  Organizational Type (e.g. library, museum)  Thematic Focus (e.g. legal, health, aerospace) CNI Fall Forum

Excel:  Raw data store  Pivot tables, mockups, printable reports Relational data in flat data structure Relational database more ideal, more costly CNI Fall Forum

 Concentration of activities, organizations  Under-representation Activity location = organizational collaborator locations CNI Fall Forum

 Web-based maps  SQL based, customizable  Ease-of-use factor – simple GUI, quick results CNI Fall Forum

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Dynamic filtering of views  For activities:  by state, NDIIPP funding, activity type, end date  For organizations:  by state, sector (structure), organization type, field CNI Fall Forum

 Combination of Excel and CartoDB functionality  Web-based, open data access  Free Risk of pilot data being overextended as final CNI Fall Forum

 Geographic hubs  Under-represented areas  Sector, disciplinary engagement  Balance of activity offerings and organization engagement CNI Fall Forum

Number of Involved Organizations Number of Activities Many Activities, Few Players Few Activities, Few Players Many Activities, Many Players Few Activities, Many Players Increase Outreach / Engagement Increase Programmatic Opportunities CNI Fall Forum

Most activities fewest collaborators Fewest activities with most collaborators CNI Fall Forum

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum 2013

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum 2013

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum 2013

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum 2013

Skinner and Drummond 2013 CNI Fall Forum 2013

Funding contingent  Activity lineage tree  Track impact on program development  Individual level data  Identify champions, creators  Transition from pilot to refined taxonomies, maintained data CNI Fall Forum