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Evolving the digital library for digital scholarship in NUI Galway Cillian Joy, Digital library developer cillianjoyAisling Keane, Digital archivistCONUL, 4 June 2015
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Outline
Digital libraryStrategyIntegrationRecent workLessonsFuture
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Digital library
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Some examples
Data
Dataverse pilot with Duanaire
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Digital library areas
Archives/Special
collections
Unique content, research potential
Publications
Existing repository
Data
Curation, long-term
preservation, and analysis of research
data
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A strategy for …
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digital scholarship enablement
Enable digital scholarship
Create
PreserveAccess
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The drivers
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Gaps to be addressed
Lack of consistent publishing platformNeed to visit multiple online locationsDigital metadata policy and managementLong-term storage and preservation unclearAd-hoc selection of projects to date
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University focus on archives for research and learning
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Investment in high-profile archival collectionsJohn McGahernThomas KilroyDruid TheatreHuston FamilyÉamon de BuitléarAbbey Theatre
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New large scale digitisation activity
Picture of abbey processYour text here
School Institute Name to go hereJames Hardiman LibraryBarth, J. (2011). Digital Library [screenshot from video]. Available from: http://vimeo.com/13963295 [17 July 2014].
About Google Cultural Institute. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/culturalinstitute/about/
In an era of large scale digitisation
But, only 10-14% of Library archives are digitised (ENUMERATE survey)
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In a Sea of APT “Icebergs,” Are You Thinking Big Enough? (2015). Retrieved from https://blog.bit9.com/2015/02/13/in-a-sea-of-apt-icebergs-are-you-thinking-big-enough/.
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New building, new neighbours
Gaps to be addressed
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New digital projects
Duanaire, focus on data and visualisationBorn digital contentA focus on institutional open access
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Many players, but working separately
The Library as the hubConnecting peopleA starting point for digital scholarshipConnects campus servicesProvides service layered with innovation and partnership
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Strategy creation
Nov 2013: Digital Library Group formedUniversity Librarian, Head of Library Systems, Head of
Research Services, Digital Library Developer, Digital ArchivistJanuary-June 2014: working papers per topicJuly 2014: drafting and launch of initial versionSeptember-October 2014: consultationNovember 2014: publication
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Key implementation areas
The team and governancePreservationStandardsTechnologyFinance
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Integration
What are we doing: Our approach: integration
CALM (EAD)Collection,
hierarchy, and item level, a
context
AlgorithmExtract metadata, enrich MODS item
records with descriptive metadata
MODSMatch with
metadata with objects
Preservation storage Access
EAD hierarchy becomes
Web navigation
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Recent work
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Abbey theatre
Larger scale to previous digitisation projectsLittle appraisal or arrangement, the entire archive is being digitisedDifferent approach to metadataSystematic approach to ensure speed and precisionMultiple internal partners and external suppliers, communication and relationships are keyStorage and compute: Amazon and local tools
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Brendan Duddy papers
Listed to item level in accordance with ISAD (G)Collection is digitised, and includes supplementary audio-visual material to contextualise itPilot project underway to test and improve the ingestion of metadata and digital objects to the digital repository
What are we doing: Example, from this
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What are we doing: Example, to this
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Tim Robinson
Comprehensive index of 567 town-lands in Connemara and the Aran Islands, maps, and manuscript materialListing and digitisation of town-lands indexObjectives include testing new pieces of the infrastructure for their capacity to create visualisation tools that draw in a broad, international audience
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Tim Robinson
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Lessons
What we have learnt
Differences between analogue and digital metadata creation and workflowsCustomising metadata to suit discoverabilityImportance of cross-disciplinary dialogue in the digital humanities
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Challenges encountered and anticipatedIntellectual propertyExpanding number of standardsConsistency in process is very important to reduce effortIncreased user-expectationsCapacity planning
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Future
What’s next
Complete and hone existing migrationsTake stockRecommendations and workflow for new archival collectionsBorn digital strategyMetadata management
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Summary
Takeaways
Strategic approach, including top down driveNew ways of workingKeep it simpleContinuous improvementExpose our collections and collaborate with academic community
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Questions