4 things we’re working on
1. UC Shared Images
2. OAC Redesign
3. Collection Development
4. Flickr: The Commons
1. UC Shared Images
BerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesMercedRiversideSan DiegoSanta BarbaraSanta CruzCDL
One UC Shared Image
That was then… This is now!
Reminder of why we are doing this
That was then… This is now!
There’s images, and then there’s UC Shared Images
ARTstor
UC Shared Images: Current Contributors
UCB, UCI, UCSB, UCSC Coming very soon: UCR
Over 60,000 images
UC Shared Images in ARTstor
http://library.artstor.org
UC Shared Images
Message Amazing content is
available in ARTstor. Use it!
UC Shared Images building ONE UC collection
2. OAC Redesign
http://oac4.cdlib.org
Improved:Collection information always available
New!Digitized items icons
New!PDF for collection guide
ImprovedCollection guide display
ImprovedCollection guides in context
Title Auto Complete
Did you mean
Google Map
User comments “The map is really rad…”
“It seems like you talked to people using the current OAC site and fixed all the things that didn’t work well.”
“It's great to have the call# always visible in the header area! Bravo.”
“…clearly tells you when there are no digital items online”
Collections (EAD vs MARC)
Difference? What difference?
OAC Redesign
Message Major usability improvements
Added A LOT more content--15,000 MARC collection records
--20,000 MARC items records
3. Collection Development
OAC/Calisphere Collection Development Policyhttp://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/dsc/collection_policy/
Who can contribute What can and cannot be
contributed
Tools Scan (help us help you)
What we offer and what’s out there
http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/resources/onres_dig_domgmttools.html
CLIR Hidden Collections Grant
CA$H for creating finding aids!
Partnering with UCLA, CHRAB, CALIFA Offer many options
Vendor
Archivist Toolkit
OAC Templates
And more…
Show me the collections
Fill out our questionnaire!
http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/aaeg3c774
Consider being a grant “participant” to get your collection descriptions online
3. Collection Development
Message We want to help, contact
us
Fill out the questionnaire
4. Flickr: The Commons
Library of Congress: The Success Story
DSCers say: “Me too” (of 42 respondents, only 2 had no interest at all)
May 2009 scheduled launch
Account holder: CDLCDL profile page
Content from all contributors aggregated and updated in the CDL “photostream”
Collection: The Bancroft Library Collection: Oakland Public Library
Description of the Library on the collection page
Description of the Bancroft on the collection page
Set: ”Famous people and events”Set: ”Oakland in the 1950s”Set: “William C. Barry collection” Set: “1906 Earthquake”
CDL’s Collections
Why Flickr?
More usage Make collections available & easier to find
Provide another access point back to your
digital content Get content to where users already are Constant stream approach makes it a
dynamic site for cultural exploration
Why Flickr?
More metadata Gain new information about
collections
Why Flickr?
More advocates Win friendly support for cultural
heritage organizations Build a bond with users and mobilize
them to become advocates on behalf
of your institution and its mission
Why Flickr?
More community Flickr is a virtual reading room The opportunity to exchange
information could be as important as the increased views of collections
Flickr is here
We get amazing stories now
Flickr provides a forum for current and new users to share with others, us, and each other
Most of the comments on Flickr are folks talking to each other
Current “comments” “…you have two or three pictures 'untitled' which are clearly Niagara Falls, from the Canadian side, circa 40's or early 50's, before the American observation deck was added.”
“Carl Klindt is my grandfather. Would you like more information on him? I would be happy to share the story of how he came to be in this photo.”
“I am very happy to have seen your site, the cannery that you have so gratefully chosen to talk about, was owned and operated by my Grandfather and his brother and family. Frank Perrelli my Grandfather lived in Richmond California, my mother Clare Perrelli his daughter, had three daughters of her own, and I am the middle child, born in Oakland Calif. in 1952. We spent every Sunday with my grandparents, the dinners were the traditional Italian meals each and every time, I can say I have learnt lot from them.”
Message Reach out to current users
and cultivate new ones Coming soon!