6. OPEN ACCESS & REUSE: Collaboration Works
DPLA Fest 2016, Washington, DC
Helena Zinkham, Library of Congress

7. Many COMMON CAUSES Bring COLLABORATION
Collaborative acquisitions
Cooperative cataloging
Shared storage facilities
Interlibrary Loan
Federal Depository Library Program,
Program for Cooperative Cataloging,
Collect image: Center for Research Libraries,
Shared Storage: ReCAP, See also: Recap report,
Interlibrary Loan image: Shepherd University,

8. SHARED STANDARDS Bring COLLABORATION
Standards for Description, Digitization, Communication
GIS
FADGI,
IPTC,
Z39.50

9. HISTORIC SUCCESSES National Union Catalogs
Title: Library of Congress. Card Division. General view Date Created/Published: [1919 or later] Medium: 1 photographic print.
Christmas tree of NUCs, Univ. of San Francisco. By Shawncalhoun, Source: CC license, share & share alike.
Card Division, Library of Congress, ca. 1920
NUC volumes, Univ. of San Francisco, 2009

10. RECENT SUCCESSES Digital Union Catalogs – by format or region
American Memory,
California Digital Library,
Mountain West Digital Library,
Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries,

11. MORE RECENT SUCCESSES Mega Collaborations
Worldcat, OCLC --
Archivegrid,
Flickr Commons,
HathiTrust,
Europeana--

12. WHAT WORKS: SIMPLICITY
Small to large
all can participate

13. WHAT WORKS: MOTIVATIONS
Offer better public service
Improve access; Expand services
Increase impact
Reach new audiences
Spark new creative work
Build knowledge through reuse of content
Carry out core mission, e.g., educate
Enjoy increased engagement with users

14. WHAT WORKS: MOTIVATIONS
Save $$ / share costs / pool resources
Access new technology & user interfaces
Benefit from standards-based description and digitization
Drive traffic to own institution
Win a grant
Attract crowdsourced identifications, transcriptions, and more

15. WHAT WORKS: Simplicity
End users:
Appealing interface and functionality
Critical mass of content
Contributors:
Low cost (or clear cost/benefit)
Straightforward technology
Basic level of descriptive metadata is acceptable
Digital files of viewing quality
Framework without rigid control; local control for level of participation

16. BARRIERS: Technical & Political
Fees to participate
Metadata requirements
Digitization quality bar
Rights clearance
Legal concerns, e.g., privacy for users and who owns the content
Time needed for effective communication

17. OVER TO YOU What opportunities & hurdles do you see? DPLA
World War I mobile app
THEMATIC Collaboration