PRDLA 2009 Brian Flaherty Assistant University Librarian – IT The University of Auckland Library
Baskets of Knowledge Digital Collaboration in New Zealand
Early on…National Union Catalogue
National Digital Forum 2002-
Register of Digitisation Initiatives
“Your window onto the places, events & people of NZ”
Aa gateway to NZ research…
NZ Digital Strategy
this is better, but…
Reuse?
community kete
museums …
archives …
Shared data
HPC collaboration
roadblocks /
lack of common agenda for collaboration institutional / sectoral priorities - is it in our nature or are we funded to collaborate “build it and they will come” “standards are barriers to participation” why bother ? – Google is our collaborator variable skill sets – large institutions do better hybrid costs
Some lessons
Digitisation is good Digital Collections are better
Metadata Let it free and it will come back to you
Digitisation is good Persistence is essential
Give people the tools to use and to reuse
“Cultural heritage results from EXCHANGE OF IDEAS about objects it is not located IN them” tell-us-about-the-future-of-digital-libraries
Kia ora Thank you