1. NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION Jeffrey Trzeciak HKUL Leadership Institute 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2. OUTLINE 1.Building on our strength: history of cooperation 2.Example 1: Recognizing opportunity for stewardship 3.Characteristics of successful collaborations 4.Example 2: Recognizing opportunity for discovery 5.Context for Collaboration 6.Example 3: Recognizing opportunity for preservation 7.Exercise

3. BUILDING ON OUR STRENGTHS: OUR TRADITIONAL CORE Stewardship Discovery Preservation

4. RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNITY: STEWARDSHIP Joint Statement of the Regional Collecting Initiative on Ferguson Ferguson Municipal Public Library, Scott Bonner, Director Harris-Stowe State University, Barbara Noble, Director of Library Services Missouri History Museum, Christopher Gordon, Director, Library & Collections Missouri Humanities Council, Dr. William S. Belko, Executive Director Saint Louis University, David Cassens, Dean of Libraries University of Missouri–St. Louis, Christopher Dames, Dean of Libraries University of Missouri–St. Louis, Dr. Kathleen Nigro, Department of Sociology, Gerontology, and Gender Studies Washington University in St. Louis, Jeffrey Trzeciak, University Librarian

5. RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNITY The events of the past year have called for systemic and tangible change within our region and our country. Understanding that everyone has their part in helping to effect this change, our role as libraries and cultural heritage institutions is to ensure that the people and their experiences are not forgotten. Through this collective, we are committed to building better relationships with the people, organizations, and communities that we serve. We are now working to create synergy regarding the different collecting initiatives of materials related to events in or in the name of Ferguson, Shaw, and #BlackLivesMatter that each institution has engaged in for the past year. These materials show the development of a movement that stems from the unfortunate death of Michael Brown, Jr. and supports the healing of the Ferguson community and surrounding area. Our intent is to use these collections to create opportunities for engagement and learning, and we are committed to making these collections broadly available for the benefit of all.

6. BUILDING SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS Rosabeth Moss Kantor, a researcher at Harvard Business School has identified the characteristics of successful partnerships (Kanter, 1994). Individual excellence, in that the partners are strong and have something to contribute to the relationship. Importance, in that the relationship fits the strategic objectives of the partners and they want to make it work.

7. BUILDING SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS Rosabeth Moss Kantor, a researcher at Harvard Business School has identified the characteristics of successful partnerships (Kanter, 1994). Interdependence, in that the partners need each other and have complimentary assets and skills. Investment, in that the partners are willing to show tangible signs for a long-term commitment.

8. BUILDING SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS Information sharing, in that communication is open and critical data is shared freely. Integration, in that the partners develop linkages and share in joint activities. Institutionalization, in that the relationship may adopt a formal status with clear responsibilities and decision processes. Integrity, in that partners behave towards each other in honorable ways that justify and enhance mutual trust.

9. DOCUMENTING THE NOW SUPPORTING SCHOLARLY USE AND PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNITY: DISCOVERY

10. Collaborative project between: 2 year project, funded by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Feb 1, 2016 – Jan 31, 2018 $517,000 Funding project coordinator, application development, subawards to collaborators, Advisory Board meetings, equipment & outreach ABOUT THE PROJECT

11. PROJECT COLLABORATORS Chris Freeland Associate University Librarian, WUSTL Co-PI & Admin Lead, DocNow Related projects: Documenting Ferguson Bergis Jules University Archivist, UCR Co-PI & Community Outreach Lead, DocNow Related projects: Social Feed Manager Ed Summers Lead Developer, MITH Co-PI & Tech Lead, DocNow Related projects: LC Twitter Archiving

12. PROJECT GOALS 1.Create the DocNow application Cloud-ready, open-source application for collecting tweets, associated Web content, & metadata Create data visualizations & data exports 2.Create a Ferguson social media data set for research & preservation Use Tweets and related data (Documenting Ferguson, oral histories) to create a data set that scholars can use to answer research questions about Ferguson protests 3.Produce a white paper Address ethical, copyright & access issues for collection, preservation & dissemination of Twitter data 4.Convene an Advisory Board Scholars, activists & technologists who can help shape application 5.Build a community of users & advocates around DocNow Identify other scholars interested in using DocNow for their own research

13. WORK LEADING UP TO PROPOSAL Project inception: Society of American Archivists 2014, August 10-16 Topic of discussion across conference Ed Summers August 30, 2014 http://inkdroid.org/2014/08/30/a-ferguson-twitter-archive/ Bergis Jules: April 8, 2015 https://medium.com/on-archivy/documenting-the-now-ferguson-in-the-archives- adcdbe1d5788#.3811z1axuhttps://medium.com/on-archivy/documenting-the-now-ferguson-in-the-archives- adcdbe1d5788#.3811z1axu Meredith Evans: Began working with Ed & Bergis on proposal in Spring 2015

14. PROGRESS Startup Phase Establishing biweekly project calls with team Subaward agreements with partners Hiring Project Coordinator Funded by project, interviews this week Identifying contractors 3 external contractors to work on technical development under Ed Summers’ direction: User Experience Developer Web Archiving Developer Web Developer Advisory Board Planning in-person meeting in St. Louis this summer

15. WHY TWITTER? Heavily used during protests Public Central gathering point for other social media channels Publish a photo on Instagram or Vine & Share on Twitter But what about: Incriminating photos? Honoring intent If we’ve captured a Tweet that someone has deleted, do we Do nothing, and keep it in full in the archive? Mark it as deleted, but still make it available for research use? Delete it from our archive? White paper will address these issues and more…

16. WHY NOW? Twitter changes; these data need to persist

17. CONTEXT FOR COLLABORATION Rapidly evolving user requirements Need to rethink redundant and inefficient library operations Increasing emphasis on unique resources Mandate for change Economic pressures Jim Neal Advancing from kumbaya to radical collaboration Journal of Academic Library Administration 51:66-76, 2011

18. RECOGNIZING OPPORTUNITY: PRESERVATION

19. EXERCISE Identify areas of strength that each of you have. Are there common themes? Identify areas of weakness that each of you have? Are there common themes? Are there opportunities where you could work together? How might you explore these relationships after this workshop?

20. THANK YOU!