Ponencia Aly Conteh

User-driven digital content creation

1st International Seminar of the Library of Galicia7th - 9th April 2011

Aly ContehDigitisation Programme Manager, British Library

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150 million items

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150 million items

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150 million items

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Why Digitise

Open up access to content Support innovative methods of research Preserve unique, rare and fragile heritage items Reveal illegible and hidden text Generate income to help sustain digitised resources and

digitisation activity Increase use of collection Virtual re-unification

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Digitisation Lifecycle Functional Activities

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Guiding Principles

Sustainability

Management

Storage Technical Standards

IPR / Ownership

Business Models

User Needs

DigitisationGuiding

Principles

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Selection Criteria

The Collection – unique, significant, fragile, collaboration

User Demand or Focus – evidence based, alignment with strategy

Research – innovates, new avenues, builds upon

Funding – available or identified source, income potential

Technology – liberate content, take advantage of new approaches

Internal Resources – capacity, capability

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But………

“If we build it, will they come ?”

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User Needs

Sustainability

Management

Storage Technical Standards

IPR / Ownership

Business Models

User Needs

DigitisationGuiding

Principles

Satisfy the needs of current and future users Understand the needs of our users! Develop, refine and monitor interactions

with digitised collections Contribute to a growing corpus of national,

European and international digital content.

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Business Models

Sustainability

Management

Storage Technical Standards

IPR / Ownership

Business Models

User Needs

DigitisationGuiding

Principles

The business model: must be sustainable for at least 5 years

Licensing agreements should be non-exclusive, with limited terms.

Retain IP in the digital objects created, ensuring future service development.

Items should be discoverable via institutional tools

Digital objects should be available to as wide a range of users as possible.

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Newspapers

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Newspapers

825 million pages

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Case Study

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Case Study

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How Did we work with users

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research?

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be?

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be? Have we met expectations?

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be? Have we met expectations?

A place on the Project Board

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be? Have we met expectations?

A place on the Project Board Influencing ongoing project decisions

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be? Have we met expectations?

A place on the Project Board Influencing ongoing project decisions

Evaluation

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be? Have we met expectations?

A place on the Project Board Influencing ongoing project decisions

Evaluation What are the outcomes of making this resource

available?

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How Did we work with users

Survey of Higher Education Institutions What content do you want to support teaching and

research? User Panel

What should our selection criteria be? Have we met expectations?

A place on the Project Board Influencing ongoing project decisions

Evaluation What are the outcomes of making this resource

available?

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What is the IMPACT?

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Thank You

www.bl.uk

aly.conteh@bl.uk@aconteh

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