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Digital Collections Across AMICAL Institutions: Opportunities for Consortial Action Examples of Teaching & Learning Collections Examples of Collections of Faculty or Student Scholarship This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. INSTITUTION LOCATION DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane Ifrane, Morocco Yes American University in Cairo New Cairo, Egypt American University in Kosovo Prishtina, Kosovo American University of Armenia Yerevan, Armeneia American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon American University of Central Asia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan American University of Iraq - Sulaimani Sulaimani, Iraq American University of Nigeria Yola, Nigeria American University of Paris Paris, France American University of Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Central European University Budapest, Hungary Lebanese American University Beirut, Lebanon American University in Bulgaria Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria Coming Soon Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan American College of Greece Aghia Paraskevi, Greece Not at this time American College of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece American University of Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan American University of Kuwait Kuwait, Kuwait American University of Rome Rome, Italy Franklin University Switzerland Sorengo (Lugano), Switzerland John Cabot University Rome, Italy Saint Louis University - Madrid Campus Madrid, Spain AMICAL Institutions with Publicly-Accessible Digital Collections Notes: Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane is using the OPAC (not an Open Access Repository system) to store and disseminate their collections. The American University in Bulgaria has a collection of learning materials stored in their Learning Management System (LMS) and has a collection of student ETDs that will be available in September 2015. Forman Christian College has a collection in ContentDM but it is not yet publicly available. This poster presents an overview of the current state of digital collections and repositories related to teaching, learning and scholarship at AMICAL institutions and highlights specific needs at member institutions related to digital collections and repositories that AMICAL will be well-positioned to address in the coming years. The emphasis is on publicly-accessible collections (and not collections restricted to campus users). Data presented here represents results from a survey conducted in March – April 2015 and highlights some of the digital collections created at member institutions. The survey was sponsored by the AMICAL Committee for Digital Collections Planning. ETDs: Electronic Theses & Dissertations OA: Open Access OERs: Open Educational Resources IRs: Institutional Repositories Repository Platforms AMICAL institutions are using DSpace 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 But not all AMICAL institutions are using repository platforms to store and disseminate their collections: Institutions are using their OPACs, ebrary’s DASH, or posting to a publicly-accessible website instead of using an OA repository. 4 9 AUK plans 2016-17: Digital collection on the recent historical events (War in Kosovo; demonstrations in 2014), local heritage (pop culture advertising; marriage in Has and Gora; jazz and rock scene in Kosovo in 1960s - 1990s, etc.) and are using ContentDM. 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Other, please specify: scanning Open Educational Resources (OERs) initiatives Open Data initiatives Mapping digital projects to information literacy standards Using Creative Commons licenses Interoperable tools for repositories (ex: ORCID,… Digital collection metrics, altmetrics, and assessment Maximizing visibility and discoverability of digital… Long-term sustainability and preservation issues Integrating digital collections into the curriculum Open Access initiatives Metadata management for digital collections Content acquisition workflows Working with faculty on digital collections Repository system(s) and infrastructure Project planning for digital collections/projects Digital collections -- getting started and strategic planning Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) How Can AMICAL Help? AMICAL members are willing to share their expertise in these areas: Best Practices, Training & Resources Support for digital collections Interoperable tools for repositories Working with faculty on digital collections Metadata management for digital collections Repository systems and infrastructure Getting started and strategic planning for digital repository programs Project planning for digital collections/projects Maximizing the visibility and discoverability of digital collections Exploring the Possibility of a Shared Repository 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 No Maybe Yes Would your institution use access to a shared general-purpose repository system? ABBREVIATIONS DID YOU KNOW? AMICAL Members have access to ContentDM and LUNA? Ask for details. “Digital Collections Across AMICAL Institutions: Opportunities for Consortial Action” is presented by Ryder Kouba (American University in Cairo), Elisabetta Morani (John Cabot University), and Abby Clobridge (Clobridge Consulting). For more information about this poster or the AMICAL Committee for Digital Collections Planning, please contact Jeff Gima ([email protected]).
