The Global Networked Digital Environment: How Libraries Shape The Digital Future Ingrid Parent, University Librarian University of British Columbia Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance Conference October 21, 2010 Shanghai, China

Enabling knowledge through Mass and Boutique Digitization Mass digitization and traditional library services International cooperation and heritage collections in the digital age Accessing and managing our digital content: issues and challenges Incorporating the digital library into outreach and communication programs Digital scholarship and implications for the future 1

Mass Digitization and Traditional Library Services Evolution of single-book digitization projects into national and international projects Digitization undertaken for preservation as well as access reasons Large-scale digital library initiatives in the cultural heritage sectors increasingly include archives and museums

Mass Digitization and Traditional Library Services Perspectives from PRDLA Resource discovery in mobile and web-scale world Digitization best practices Web archiving of online primary source material Mass digitization in China

Mass Digitization and Traditional Library Services Perspectives from around the globe Google Book digitization project has radically “moved the yardsticks” for libraries IFLA – the trusted global voice of the library community in driving access to knowledge IFLA/IPA Steering Committee: joint statements on mass digitization and on Open Access

The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Heritage collections are made accessible and provide connections across national boundaries Cultural heritage collections in the digital age face two key challenges: Long term preservation and access Intellectual property rights

The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Digitization and Digital Preservation Digital content is fragile and can be easily lost through hardware or software degradation, or simply a lack of capacity and resources to capture the growing volume of information

The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Intellectual Property Rights Who owns orphan works? Who “owns” heritage? The Snuneymuxw First Nation has copyrighted their artwork just as Canada has copyrighted its flag

The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Perspectives from PRDLA Providing global access to local resources Partnerships allow for not only sharing content, but also sharing expertise in digital technologies and standards, as well as in more traditional activities such as paper conservation Digital access also facilitates interpretation of content and the development of educational and research packages

The Digital Age & Heritage Collections Perspectives from around the globe IFLA’s Digital Strategy calls for partnership: Digital preservation: IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Digital Strategies (ICADS) Copyright: IFLA’s Copyright and Other Legal Matters Core Activity (CLM) - Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations IFLA and Convergence Focuses on cultural heritage institutions to increase cooperation between Libraries, Archives, Museums, Monuments and Sites, and Audio-visual organizations

The LAMMS Coordinating Council international cooperation on convergence between the International NGOs (IFLA-ICA-ICOM- ICOMOS- CCAAA) CCAAA Co-ordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations

Fields of cooperation WIPO (copyright) Blue Shield (cultural heritage protection) UNESCO (lobby) Common issues such as global digital libraries / collections Training in preservation and emergency planning (

Accessing and Management of Digital Content Curation is a life-cycle process, curation is managing a growing, living collection Lynch, C. Digital Curation Conference, 2005, Bath, England

Accessing and Management of Digital Content Perspectives from PRDLA Collections, preservation, and storage facilities for print and digital resources Achieving balance between e-book services and paperbook service models Curating the complete life-cycle of digital information

Accessing and Management of Digital Content Perspectives from around the globe Digital Library Futures Conference – Milan, august-2009 Focus on the user IFLA Strategic Plan for Encourage partners and users to maximize the potentials of digital technology Provide libraries with tools to face digital challenges and issues The Manifesto for Digital Libraries aims to make our cultural and scientific heritage accessible to all:

Outreach and Communication Digital curators promote and build capacity in digital scholarship Transfer of knowledge more efficiently within libraries and cross institutions

Outreach and Communication Perspectives from PRDLA Interactive and creative use of technology in digital collections Oral histories, artifacts and technology Discovery services from commercial vendors

Outreach and Communication Perspectives from around the globe UBC’s Museum of Anthropology has launched the Reciprocal Research Network (RRN) in partnership with First Nations groups, to digitally repatriate cultural objects and share with institutions around the globe World Digital Library Charter IFLA Advocacy focuses on professional development, political advocacy and community advocacy Palestian newspaper digitization project

Digital Scholarship and the Future How can academic libraries remain relevant? High-level digital skills needed for e-Research Evolving trend: digital scholarship; creating sustainable and authoritative digital resources, delivered by means of an information infrastructure that incorporates people, technology, content and the interactions between them In the next five years, E-Research will generate more scientific data than has been collected in the whole of human history. (Hey, 2004)

Five Elements of Digital Scholarship in libraries: 1.Digitization strategy 2.Research policy 3.Community building, lobbying and advising 4.Research projects 5.Examination of born-digital initiatives and digital preservation Digital Scholarship and the Future

Conclusion Libraries shape the digital future It is up to us to demonstrate our expertise and our value in this evolving digital landscape.

Xie Ingrid Parent, University Librarian University of British Columbia Library

References and Image Credits Hey, T. (2004) e-Science and the Grid – Preserving the Data Deluge. Digital Preservation Coalition Forum. UBC Library images courtesy of Martin Dee, Jill Pittendregh and Glenn Drexhage. IFLA images courtesy of IFLA.