Calisphere:

Broadening Access

through DPLA

Eureka! Discovering California-based Collections through the Digital Public Library of America

California Library Association Annual Conference

Oakland, CA

November 8, 2014

Presented by Nancy Hoebelheinrich, California Digital Library

CDL Content Hub

Launch in 2015!

Goal 1:

Expose metadata

already in Calisphere to

DPLA by early 2015

Goal 2:

Work with Los Angeles &

San Francisco Public

Libraries to expose some

of their collections to

DPLA by early 2015

Goal 3:

Environmental scan:

who else is interested in

exposing collections to

DPLA via the CDL

Content Hub?

Thanks to DPLA and NEH, we’ve received funds for part of a year to kick-start the launch

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How can you get involved?

As a current

Calisphere

contributor …

... or as a potential

new-Calisphere

contributor

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• CDL service

• Free access

• Over 200,000

digital resources

from 120 libraries,

archives, and

museums in

California

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What is Calisphere?

As a Calisphere contributor

CDL’s plan of action is to:

• Coordinate with DPLA to harvest the Calisphere metadata and expose through DPLA

• Expose collections currently in Calisphere in early 2015

• Prospectively, expose any new collections contributed to Calisphere to DPLA

• Metadata will be searchable and viewable in DPLA with a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

What can you expect?

• No action is required!

• Timing

• Open public access

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Current processes

• Mostly cultural heritage resources (images, text, archival finding

aids, etc.)

• Contribute digital resources in METS (Metadata Encoding &

Transcription Standard) as digital objects

• Publish metadata for the METS digital objects in Calisphere

• Share metadata with DPLA

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• Contribute metadata records for harvesting by CDL

• Publish metadata in Calisphere

• Share metadata with DPLA

• Collaborate with San Francisco Public Library, Los

Angeles Public Library and UC Libraries to test and

implement harvesting approach

The Plan: metadata harvesting infrastructure

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Processes in development

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New!

New!

What will it look like in DPLA?

Contributing

Institution (that’s

you!)

Resolvable location

of resource (in

Calisphere)

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Find

out

more…

CDL / DPLA Content Hub wiki

https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/DPLA

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Find

out

more…

CDL / DPLA Content Hub wiki

https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/DPLA

Join (all of) us in DPLA… CDL / DPLA Content Hub wiki https://wiki.library.ucsf.edu/display/DPLA

Check out our booth in

the Exhibit Hall: #404

Contact us oacops@cdlib.org

Nancy Hoebelheinrich

Adrian Turner

Questions?

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