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RLG Programs
RLG Cultural Materials Alliance and Beyond
Ricky ErwayOCLC Programs and Research
Meeting of the Cultural Materials Alliance Jan 21, 2007
RLG Programs RLG Cultural Materials Alliance and Beyond
Cultural Alliance Meeting, January 21, 2007
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Evolution of the service
Began planning in 1999 RLG members, board, and staff Technology advisors
Formed Alliance in 2000 Advisory groups
Policy Content Description Surrogates Interface Instructional technology
Primary, Content, and Technical Contacts at Alliance institutions
CM-forum Various Alliance meetings
Released RLG Cultural Materials service in 2002
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A reminder…
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Trove.net
Initial intention, after serving the academic community: Reach new audiences Gain experience in licensing use of images Investigate new revenue potential
Planning with policy advisory group in 2002 Launched Trove.net in 2004 Partnership with IndexStock Imagery Partnership with LookSmart in 2004 Engaged consultants for various investigations of
other opportunities
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Summary to Date
54 Alliance institutions 36 contributors 117 collections 250,000 works ¾ million digital objects About 50 institutions subscribed
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Accomplishments
An international Alliance Agreements for collaboration Acceptable terms of use Descriptive Metadata Guidelines Preparing Digital Surrogates Guidelines Report on the use of images in the classroom Innovative interface for enhanced discovery of
cultural documents Public/private collaboration on image licensing Greater exposure of members’ special collections
via the open web Collaborative experience for participants
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Sober Assessment
Digitization motivated primarily by local factors Not much content that wasn’t already freely
available Modest subscriber base with little prospect for
growth – and disappointing use at institutions that did subscribe
Users were looking somewhere else Partnerships with commercial interests did not
bear expected fruit
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Decision to end RLG Cultural Materials
High cost to maintain Low revenue Maturation of digitization initiatives New framework for similar activity
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What next?
RLG Programs will continue to investigate topics of interest to our partners Mass digitization Large-scale digitization of special collections Registries to coordinate digitization activities Investigations on the impact of digitized content on
scholarly methods
OCLC has an ambitious digital services agenda
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Contact info
Ricky Erway Program officer, RLG Programs OCLC Programs and Research (650) 691-2228 [email protected]
Greg Zick Vice President, Digital Collection Services OCLC Digital Content Management Services (206) 281-1632 [email protected]
