1. New York’s Service Hub from the Ground Up DPLAFest 2016 Library of Congress Jefferson Building Thursday, April 14, 2016

2. Introductions Part One

3. Introducing New York State 9 multi-type library councils 3 collaborative digital collection projects ~180 institutions contributing to DPLA

4. Introducing New York State

5. Introducing us KERRI WILLETTE Deputy Director/ESDN Manager Metropolitan NY Library Council (METRO)

6. Introducing us LAURA OSTERHOUT Member Services Librarian Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLC)

7. Introducing us SUSAN D’ENTREMONT Archivist & Digital Project Manager Capital District Library Council (CDLC)

8. Introducing us JENNIFER PALMENTIERO Digital Services Librarian Southeastern NY Library Resources Council (SENYLRC)

9. Introducing Empire State Digital Network empirestate.digital

10. Introducing Empire State Digital Network

11. Building blocks Part Two

12. Building blocks

17. Regional liaisons are main contact for anyone interested in contributing to DPLA through ESDN: ●We know our regions and institutions best ●We can take some of the burden off ESDN ●Possible new members for councils new collections ? new members ?

18. Building blocks

19. Boots on the ground Part Three

20. Sometimes Size Doesn’t Matter Image by Hiago, 2012. To see more of his art, visit http://mkdrawings.deviantart.com/

21. Factors Affecting Success Supportive supervisor One person willing to own it Detail-oriented, yet not too bogged down in details Flexible Good-humored and patient Willing to give up some control

22. The Dunadins with their cycle at Luna Park, Rexford NY, 1907, Courtesy of Clifton Park- Halfmoon Public Library Journal for Anthroposophy, 1995 No. 60, Courtesy of Rudolf Steiner Library of the Anthroposophical Society in America

23. People Want to be Told, But They Don’t Always Listen Children listen to a woman, unidentified branch of Queens Public Library, ca. 1910. Courtesy of New York Historical Society

24. ESDN & DPLA Help with Listening Perceived as experts Items now national Renewed enthusiasm Something to point administrators and boards to Provide tools and skills

26. Councils Help ESDN Committees and Working Groups View from the Field Permission Letters Rights

27. Future Considerations for Our Participants Value & Cost Difficulty/Red Tape Scope of DPLA Audience

28. Metadata Harvesting Part Three

29. Metadata Harvesting Workflow Assessment Consultation Cleanup/Normalization Mapping Transformation

30. Assessment: Export Metadata Records to Excel

31. Assessment: Browse Field Data in CONTENTdm

32. Metadata Cleanup in CONTENTdm

33. DPLA Metadata Cleanup Dates Geographic Locations Names (Creators, Contributors, Publishers, Subjects) Subjects Original Formats

34. Dates Ideally: 1913-09-21 1913-09 1913 Reality: 1913? c1913 ca. 1913 circa 1913 1913 circa

35. More Date Formats 192- 192-? 1920s Early 20th century Prior to 1920 September 21, 1913 9/21/1913

36. Geographic Locations Ideally: New Paltz - Ulster County - New York Reality: New Paltz - Ulster County - New York. New Paltz-Ulster County-New York New Paltz, NY New Paltz, N.Y. New Paltz, New York

37. Personal Names Sometimes it’s obvious: Brown, Esther T., 1858-1943 Brown, Esther Thorne, 1858-1943 Elmendorf, Lucas, 1718-1795 Elmendorf, Lucas, 17718-1795 Bevier, Margrietie, 1718-1806 Bevier, Margrietje, 1718-1806

38. Personal Names Sometimes it’s not: Gerow, Daniel Gerow, Daniel R. Gerow, Daniel, 1783-1867 Miller, Jane Miller, Jane, 1831-?

39. Corporate Names Albertype Albertype Co. Albertype Company Hans Knopf PIX Incorporated Hans Knopf Pix Inccorporated Hans Knopf Pix Inc., NY, NY Durland’s Department Store Durland’s General Store Durland’s Store

40. Subjects - Topics Duplicates (from multiple vocabularies) Typos Unauthorized headings Too many? Not enough?

41. Metadata Mapping

42. What’s Next? Update metadata guidelines Right Statements

43. Q&A Part Four