PLANNING FOR A DPLA SERVICE HUB FOR
NEW YORK STATE
Background:
NPR piece, August 19, 2013 (audio)
Combining The Nation's Digitized Libraries, All In One Place
DPLA currently has about 2.8 million items
Map of items with geo-location information
DPLA Content Contribution Structure
• Content Hubs (6)
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dplaalpha/about/digitalhubs-pilot-project/dpla-content-hubs/
• Service Hubs (6)
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dplaalpha/about/digitalhubs-pilot-project/service-hubs/
SERVICE HUBS
Service Hubs aggregate metadata that resolves to digital objects (online
texts, photographs, manuscript material, art work, etc.) from local
libraries and other cultural heritage institutions. These DPLA partners are
committed to working with the DPLA on behalf of a geographic region or
community. To date, all service hubs represent states or regions of the
United States, but we envision working with non-geographic based
service hubs as well.
Under the Digital Hubs Pilot, Service Hubs also provide a full menu of
standardized digital services to local institutions, including digitization,
metadata consultation, metadata aggregation and storage services, as
well as locally hosted community outreach programs that bring users in
contact with digital content of local relevance.
A Service Hub can participate in a number ways. No matter the partnership model,
Service Hubs commit to:
• representing their community (state, region, etc.) as the metadata aggregation
point for the DPLA, and having the community buy-in to do so;
• actively addressing issues of metadata quality;
• providing outreach to their metadata providers, including working in
partnership with the DPLA to educate partner institutions on open data, data
quality, data consistency, data standards, rights, and other relevant subjects;
• maintaining technology or technologies (such as OAI-PMH, Resource Sync, etc.)
that allow for metadata to be shared with the DPLA on a regular, consistent
basis; and
• actively engaging with the broader community of data creators, providers, and
users.
Meeting at MOMA at July 30, 2013. Included:
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DPLA (Dan Cohen, Emily Gore)
Metro
Sloan Foundation
NYPL
Columbia
Queens Public Library
Northern New York Library Council
Southeastern New York Library Council
Brooklyn Public Library
New York University
There was agreement in principle that METRO would take on the role of
DPLA service hub for New York State.
Likely Preliminary Focus for Service Hub Collecting
• New York Heritage - http://www.newyorkheritage.org/
• Hudson River Valley Heritage - http://www.hrvh.org/
• Long Island Library Resource Council - http://www.longislandmemories.org/
• METRO members collections - http://digitalmetro.contentdm.oclc.org/
Next Steps:
• METRO will prepare a scope of work document for the New
York DPLA service hub to be considered by METRO Board,
NY3Rs Association, and DPLA.
• Advisory committee and working groups will be assembled
to oversee the project and provide guidance with respect to
content selection, metadata profiles, etc...
• With necessary components in place (MOUs defining
responsibilities, assembly of advisory committee and
working groups, etc...), an agreement can be signed with
DPLA and the NY Service Hub can be announced in October.
Columbia initial contributions, starting in 2014, could include:
• Community Service Society Photos
• Lindquist Native American Photos
• Biggert Architectural Vignettes
• John Jay Papers
• Herbert Lehman Papers
• Urban Stage Design Models and Documents
• New York Real Estate Brochure Collection
• Greene and Greene Architectural Drawings and Photos
and more …
Plus non-U.S. collections. (No digitized books collections at present.)