Presenting Digital Harmony to UsersPresenting Digital Harmony to Users

Ricky ErwayOCLC Programs and Research

MCNNov. 8, 2007

Harmonizing DigitizationHarmonizing Digitization

Public/private mass digitization partnerships

Digitizing special collections

Scholarly use of digitized content

Can’t see the forest for the trees?Can’t see the forest for the trees?

Distinguish between editions

Computational comparisons

Linguistic analysis

Link to a citation

Recombination for electronic reserves

Discipline-based portals

My collection

TranslationAnnotation

Integrated access

Incorporate with OPACs

FRBRization to dedup and cluster editions

Offer shelf-like browsing

Integration with licensed digitized content

Customized functionality for local community

Add structural or semantic mark-up

Integration with IR assets

Inclusion of primary sources

Public-Private Mass DigitizationAppearance vs. reality

Public-Private Mass DigitizationAppearance vs. reality

They are non-exclusive deals

The private partner bears all the costs

Institutions are free to serve the content to users

They are only limited term deals

Future NegotiationsFuture Negotiations

• Open the Discussion, Consult with Peers

• Collect and Retain All Digitized Data

• Preserve Traditional Freedoms to Support Research and Scholarship

• Strive for the Freedom to Aggregate Content

• Include Usage Data in Negotiations

• Avoid Contract Exclusivity and Perpetuity

Negotiating strategyNegotiating strategy

Inform your counsel of your desired outcome

Let counsel determine warranties and indemnifications

Know your bottom line – at what point are you prepared to walk away?

Start with the best agreement to date

Negotiate on behalf of the broader community

How much more would it cost to make it free?

Focus on special collectionsFocus 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 local users

will be accessed by remote users

Scale up digitization to avoid marginalization

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

Explore user expectations for scholarly use of the outputs of mass digitization (Part of a broader initiative to explore new modes of research, teaching, and learning)

• Scan

• Consult

• Invite

• Refine

• Synthesize

• Share

Next up:Consensus building around digitizationNext up:Consensus building around digitization

Thank You!Thank You!

Questions?

Ricky Erway(650) 287-2125erwayr@oclc.org

Reports mentionedwww.dlib.org (Nov/Dec issue)www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports

Related OCLC activitiesRelated OCLC activities

eContent Synchronization

Registry of Copyright Evidence

Registry of Digital Masters

Global Digital Format Registry

Collection Analysis/Anatomy of Aggregate Collections

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