Digitization and Public Libraries November 15, 2018
Emily Pfotenhauer Community Liaison & Service Specialist, WiLS [email protected]
The Digital Public Library of America is a free national digital library that provides access to millions of materials from libraries, archives and museums across the US.
https://dp.la A RESEARCH PORTAL DPLA in the CLASSROOM DPLA API Data REUSE
http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/ Where does all this content come from?
CONTENT AND SERVICE HUBS CONTENT HUBS
See full list at pro.dp.la/hubs SERVICE HUBS
See full list at pro.dp.la/hubs Recollection Wisconsin is the DPLA Service Hub in our state. It is the on-ramp for Wisconsin libraries, archives and museums to contribute content to DPLA.
https://recollectionwisconsin.org
A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM A STATEWIDE NETWORK A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
• Digital projects consulting & training • Content hosting • Guidelines and standards ○ Metadata Essentials ○ Oral histories • Metadata templates • Metadata Checker tools • Digitization vendor list and tips • Listserv
UW-Madison Archives
https://recollectionwisconsin.org/toolkit Let’s take a tour!
Recollection Wisconsin: https://recollectionwisconsin.org
DPLA Local (sneak preview): http://recollectionwisconsin.dp.la How does all this content get there? METADATA HARVESTING
Data OAI-PMH Provider
Service
Provider Data Provider Aggregated OAI-PMH Data OAI-PMH 500,000+ records CONTENTdm HOSTING
• Milwaukee Public Library manages and maintains CONTENTdm installation for RW Content Partners
• MPL is moving to OCLC-hosted CONTENTdm - Responsive website
• WPLC contributes annual RW hosting & harvesting fees for public libraries SCLS RW DPLA 1. Library creates metadata (Google Sheets) SCLS RW DPLA 2. SCLS loads metadata and digital files to CONTENTdm at MPL SCLS RW DPLA 3. Recollection Wisconsin harvests metadata from CONTENTdm SCLS RW DPLA 4. DPLA harvests metadata from Recollection Wisconsin Project spotlight!
• Black Earth
• Reedsburg
• Pardeeville Selecting for digitization
Can I? Should I? May I? Why digitize?
South Wood County Historical Museum Why digitize? • Connect to your community • Reach new audiences • Improve access to “invisible” materials • Protect fragile or heavily used materials • Learn more about your collections • Contribute to our collective knowledge
South Wood County Historical Museum Scope, Size and Capacity
• Clearly define the scope of your project • Be disciplined about subject scope and significance. • Be realistic about the scale of your project • Start small. Don’t bite off more than you can chew! • Digital collections need an ongoing investment • Access, storage, reference questions, reproductions National Archives
Slide adapted from DPLA Public Library Partnerships Project Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 What prep work do I need to do?
Don’t scan a mess!
Slide adapted from DPLA Public Library Partnerships Project Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 What’s at risk? Much analog A/V is reaching the end of its lifespan • 8-track • Super 8 • Cassette tape • VHS • Iomega Zip disc
http://www.obsoletemedia.org/media- preservation/media-stability-ratings/ What will make an impact? Which materials are… • most requested/used by our patrons? • hidden? • unique? • most significant to the story of our community?
Whose stories get told? Will your patrons see themselves in your digital collections? Out of scope for RW & DPLA
• Data-only records, such as cemetery indexes and birth and death indexes • Finding aids • Institutional repository content, such as dissertations and research data • Newspapers (hosted in MPL CONTENTdm) Archive of WI Newspapers
• Partnership of Wisconsin Newspaper Association, WHS and WPLC • Available in BadgerLink • More info: https://wplc.info/newspapers Metadata
(it’s not that scary!) Metadata: What is it?
“Data about data” Administrative metadata: aka Information necessary to manage a resource (technical information, “Information about stuff” preservation activities) Descriptive metadata: Information that supports discovery and identification of a resource Descriptive metadata
Information about the content and context of a resource (document, book, photograph, audio file, etc.)
• What am I looking at? • Who created it? When? Where? • Who owns it? • How can I use it? Metadata: Why do we need it? Structured, standardized metadata makes your digital content: • Searchable • Findable • Sortable • Shareable • Understandable
Good metadata = Consistency, Consistency, Consistency Metadata for RW & DPLA
Required elements Recommended elements • Title • Date • Rights • Description • Type • Creator • Subject • Place Controlled vocabularies
• Definition: a limited set of terms or phrases • Facilitate searching and browsing • Group and connect related content within a local collection and across disparate collections
RIGHTS STATEMENTS CLEAR RIGHTS LABELING = CLEAR ACCESS & REUSE
Copyright & Rights Statements
• Owning the physical item does not equal owning the copyright. • Scanning something does not create a new copyright. • Many factors may contribute to determining the rights statement you assign to an item. There may be more than one right answer. • Clear labeling of rights status helps users determine what they can and cannot do with digitized content.
http://rightsstatements.org/en/ Discussion
• What are you most excited about in a current or future digitization project?
• What’s a challenge or obstacle you’re concerned about? SCLS Resources for Digital Projects
Tamara Ramski Thank you!
Emily Pfotenhauer Community Liaison & Service Specialist, WiLS [email protected]