OurDigitalWorld.org

OurDigitalWorld & Your Public Library

SOLS October 3, 2013Jess Posgate

•Who we are•What we do•ODW & Your Public Library

About ODW

• Was OurOntario project, part of Knowledge Ontario

• Standalone not-for-profit organization since 2012

• Tools, technology and knowledge base for sharing expertise and best practices

About ODW

•Legacy of local, regional and provincially scaled digitization projects since 2005 is on-going

VITA Digital Toolkit• Web-based software to create and manage multimedia collections

– Standardized data is re-usable and exportable to other systems

– Customizable data screens • Hosted digital objects in secure environment• A customizable website to display your digital

collections with searching, browsing and social media options for today’s web user– Works with other web applications and tools– Community engagement tools

Aggregation & Discovery

• Access to over 4 million digital images, oral histories, scrapbooks, videos, newspapers, BMDs, etc…

• Aggregated content discovery via the ourontario.ca portal from 200+ organizations

• Largest online archive of Ontario newspapers, with 200 years of newspaper content (Full-run scans and BMD indexes)

• GovDocs portal offers easy and instant access to over 33,000 documents from the Legislative Library—soon to include the HANSARD

Providing…

Services

• Consultation• Resources (including copyright)• Project management training • Data migration• All-in-one Newspaper Digitization

All-in-One Newspaper Digitization service

• From digitization to display– Consultation, vendor negotiation,

set-up– Digital conversion of microfilm,

microfiche, paper copy of records– Technical infrastructure– Online display of publications,

issues, page images (linked to index records)

– Software for ongoing indexing and news management

– Customizable website and hosting– Search and discovery

To have this project planned and managed as a “one stop” approach is a huge advantage to our library and is just what we needed to get our project off the ground. With guidance from ODW we are confident that we will be able to maintain the digitization of our local newspapers going forward. The historians and genealogists who have discovered the information are very pleased with the results. I hope we will build on the success of the project to expand digitization to other local history resources.

~Susan Mikalow, CEO, Milton Public Library

ODW & your public library

Offline & Online Networking

• Partnerships & collaboration builds stronger network with:– Expertise & experience– Resource sharing– Multi-organizational buy-in

• Generate support• Regional representation• Building community & community

memory

Ontario Power Generation…recently made a $1,250 contribution to the Head, Clara and Maria Public Library’s Community Digitization Project…

Exposure & Traffic

Discovery is everywhere

•Collaboration•Partnerships•Sustainability•Digital stewardship•Engagement•Community memory

building a networked environment

Questions? Comments?

Thank you!

Learn more…• vitatoolkit.ca• ourdigitalworld.org• vitatoolkit/showcase

Jess Posgatejposgate@ourdigitalworld.org