1. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Sustainability: Partnership models Geri Bunker Ingram CONTENTdm Customer Service Specialist DiMeMa, Inc. January 20, 2006

2. OCLC Online Computer Library Center How do you build a digital library program  Plan  Partner  Prototype …that lasts ?

3. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Plan: A practical metaphor for planning

4. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Partner: Leverage and synergy  For the user: bring together dispersed materials  For program stability  Broader appeal—more stakeholder involvement  Broad base of operations, support  For amplification of effort  Pooled resources go farther

5. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Prototype: prove your concept  Early win  Attract funding  Leverage staff  Generate revenue

6. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Choose small set of related materials  In wide range of formats  Across partner organizations  Clear rights for popular resources

7. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Demonstrate your success  To garner funding  For continued digitization  And preservation  To build new partnerships  To complement your collections  And build your contributor base

8. OCLC Online Computer Library Center With CONTENTdm, everyone can play  Public libraries  Government libraries  Academic libraries  Historical societies  Museums  Special libraries (Health sciences, law) Consortia of all of the above!

9. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Alaska Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Nevada Utah California Arizona Colorado Nebraska Kansas New Mexico Texas Oklahoma LA Arkansas MS AL TNTN Missour i Georgia FL SC North Carolina Iowa KY Illinois Ohi o WV VA PA Minnesota Wisconsin MI New York Maine VT NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD DC Updated: 01/03/06 Mountain West Western Waters Digital Library of Appalachia Multi-state consortia and projects: Multi-regional or statewide consortia Consortial use of CONTENTdm Montana statewide trial in process Historically Black College and Universities Library Alliance Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive REALIA Project – not illustrated due to the number of participants, including: Assoc. Colleges of the Midwest, Assoc. Colleges of the South and the Great Lakes College Assoc. IN

10. OCLC Online Computer Library Center What kinds of relationships work?  Multi-type institutions  Among peers  In a single organization, among departments

11. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Multi-type institutions State and Public libraries University library Historical society Users access via Web browsers CONTENTdm collaborative project CLIENTS SERVERBROWSERS  One (1) license on one server  50+ Acquisition Stations (client software)  Unlimited users via Web browsers

12. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Examples: Multi-type partnerships Sponsored by academics, museums, state libraries and historical societies, e.g.,  Virtual Library and Digital Archive of Alaska  Mountain West Digital Library

13. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Among peers Peer consortia  Geographic  Statewide or regional multi-types  Thematic  Disciplinary or cultural

14. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Examples of peer consortia Regional : Digital Library of Appalachia Thematic : Western Waters

15. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Multiple players in one organization  At the University system level  At the campus level  In the State Library

16. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Examples: partnering within the organization Many government libraries, including  Arizona State Library, Archives and Museum Many hundreds of academic libraries, including  University of Illinois  Washington State University

17. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Coming soon! HBCU Focuses on follow-through  Library Alliance represents  Historically Black Colleges and Universities  Cornell University Libraries  SOLINET  First phase will prototype from A-Z!

18. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Grant-funded initiative includes plans:  To build infrastructure  To educate and train  To build and share unique and important collections  To pass on the knowledge  …and preserve the materials for posterity Collaboratively!

19. OCLC Online Computer Library Center CONTENTdm chosen  Flexible  Scalable  Cost effective  Customizable

20. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Here at Midwinter, learn how they do it  By Planning  Partnering  And Prototyping Please see handouts for OCLC Booth 1454 and many onsite presentations--especially…

21. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Don’t miss this one! CONTENTdm: Digital Collection Building through Collaboration and Partnerships  Ira Revels, Project Manager for the Cornell University Library/Historically Black Colleges and Universities Digital Initiatives Project  Kenning Arlitsch from the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah Sunday, January 22nd 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Hilton Palacio del Rio, El Mirador East