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RLG Programs

MassDigitization andSpecial Collections

Jim MichalkoVice President RLG Programs

Keio University Symposium Mita Campus

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Overview

Current information context What our users expect Where we are investing our effort State of mass digitization projects Opportunity for digitization of

Special Collections A radical change in our approach

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Current Expectations

Information consumer behaviors Network-level aggregation of supply and

demand

Patterns of learning, research, information production and consumption

Personal collections and data production

Social networking

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Rank

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2005 2006 2007

1,750 in Japan 54,978 overall traffic rank

Social networking - explosion

National Diet Library

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Top sites by traffic rankJapan United States

yahoo.co.jp Directory - Japanese

fc2.com Computer software

google.co.jp Search engine - Japanese

mixi.jp Social networking site

youtube.com Video sharing

rakuten.co.jp Shopping site

nicovideo.jp Video sharing

livedoor.com Portal (free ISP)

wikipedia.org Encyclopedia wiki

yahoo.com Directory

google.com Search engine

myspace.com Social networking site

youtube.com Video sharing

facebook.com Social networking site

ebay.com Shopping site

live.comSearch engine

(Microsoft)

msn.com Search engine

wikipedia.org Encyclopedia wiki

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The 200 most successful web sites

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Now: Attention is scarce, resources are abundant

Then: The user built workflow around the library’s services

Now: The library must build its services around user workflow

Then: Resources were scarce, attention was abundant

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Collections GridA framework for representing content

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Published Content

• Books

• Journals

• Newspapers

• Gov. docs

• CD, DVD

• Maps

• Scores

Special Collections

• Rare books

• Local/Historical newspapers

• Local history materials

• Photographs

• Archives & Manuscripts

• Theses & Dissertations

Source: OCLC Office of Research 2003

Institutional Content

• ePrints/tech reports

• Learning objects

• Courseware

• Local government reports

• Training manuals

• Research data

Open Web Content

• Freely-available

web resources

• Open source software

• Newspaper archives

• Images

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digital

print

HIGH LOW

HIG

HLO

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stewardship

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Published Content

• Books

• Journals

• Newspapers

• Gov. docs

• CD, DVD

• Maps

• Scores

Special Collections

• Rare books

• Local/Historical newspapers

• Local history materials

• Photographs

• Archives & Manuscripts

• Theses & Dissertations

Source: OCLC Office of Research 2003

Institutional Content

• ePrints/tech reports

• Learning objects

• Courseware

• Local government reports

• Training manuals

• Research data

Open Web Content

• Freely-available

web resources

• Open source software

• Newspaper archives

• Images

Institutional Repositories

Public – Private Digitization Partnerships

Internet Archive Institutional projects

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Public-Private Mass DigitizationAppearance vs. reality

They are non-exclusive deals – not really

The private partner bears all the costs not really

Institutions are free to serve the content to users not really

They are only limited term deals not really

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“There’s an illusion being created that all the world’s knowledge is on the web, but we haven’t begun to glimpse what is out there in local archives and libraries. Material that is not digitized risks being neglected as it would not have been in the past, virtually lost to the great majority of potential users.” - Ed Ayers

Professor of History and Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia

– a leading authority on digital scholarship

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digital

print

HIGH LOW

HIG

HLO

W

stewardship

un

iqu

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ess

Published Content

• Books

• Journals

• Newspapers

• Gov. docs

• CD, DVD

• Maps

• Scores

Special Collections

• Rare books

• Local/Historical newspapers

• Local history materials

• Photographs

• Archives & Manuscripts

• Theses & Dissertations

Source: OCLC Office of Research 2003

Institutional Content

• ePrints/tech reports

• Learning objects

• Courseware

• Local government reports

• Training manuals

• Research data

Open Web Content

• Freely-available

web resources

• Open source software

• Newspaper archives

• Images

Public – Private Partnerships

Internet Archive Institutional projects

Institutional Repositories

THE OPPORTUNITY

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Focus on special collections

Material that is unique or rare is in a variety of formats will only be acquired once need only be cataloged once supports our local users will be accessed by remote users

Scale up digitization to avoid marginalization

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How do we achieve large-scale digitization

for Special Collections?

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Not the way we’ve been doing it!

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Special collections - Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow

Focus on access Stop selecting Do some, monitor use, do more Programs not projects Describe further up the hierarchy Emphasize quantity Discovery happens elsewhere Get funding without selling out

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Which do you prefer?

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Special collections - Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow

Focus on access Stop selecting Do some, monitor use, do more Programs not projects Describe further up the hierarchy Emphasize quantity Discovery happens elsewhere Get funding without compromising

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Special collections - Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow

Focus on access Stop selecting Do some, monitor use, do more Programs not projects Describe further up the hierarchy Emphasize quantity Discovery happens elsewhere Get funding without compromising

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Online access- Any kind of online access -

creates interest in the real object

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digital

print

HIGH LOW

HIG

HLO

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stewardship

un

iqu

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Published Content

• Books

• Journals

• Newspapers

• Gov. docs

• CD, DVD

• Maps

• Scores

Special Collections

• Rare books

• Local/Historical newspapers

• Local history materials

• Photographs

• Archives & Manuscripts

• Theses & Dissertations

Source: OCLC Office of Research 2003

Institutional Content

• ePrints/tech reports

• Learning objects

• Courseware

• Local government reports

• Training manuals

• Research data

Open Web Content

• Freely-available

web resources

• Open source software

• Newspaper archives

• Images

Public – Private Partnerships

Internet Archive Institutional projects

Institutional Repositories

THE OPPORTUNITY

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Thank you.

Email: michalkj@oclc.org