HELIN 

08.27.14

JASON KUCSMA

Background & Need

  • Tremendous opportunity for LAMs

  • Missing pieces

  • Understanding the DPLA Structure

Leveraging Existing Networks

  • NY Rs Association

  • I2NY Priorities

  • Hub for Hubs

  • Built-In Capacity in NY 3Rs

TIMELINES

  • Phase One

  • Phase Two

  • Ongoing

  • Not Another Portal!

OVERSIGHT

  • Backbone of ESDN
  • Advisory Council
  • Working Groups

DISTRIBUTED WORK

Many HANDS...

NY 3Rs RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Assisting members in digitizing collections.   

  • Assisting members in preparing existing digital collections. 

  • Developing guidelines for participation.

  • Hosting workshops, webcasts, and provide one-on-one consultations for existing and potential regional partners.

PARTICIPANT RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage collection development and set priorities 
    for digitization of resources.

  • Secure funding for digitization of their resources.

  • Digitize resources into acceptable format(s)
    following ESDN standards.

  • Assure and clearly designate usage rights.

  • Assure privacy and other legal considerations.

  • Assign metadata according to requirements  and 
    standards established by the ESDN.

  • Notify ESDN when new collections are ready
    for harvest and promotion.

TECHNOLOGY/PLATFORM

  • Not a portal
  • Not a CMS
  • Not a DAMs
  • Backend aggregation
  • Normalization
  • OAI-PMH

OPEN API

NY.DP.LA?

PERSONNEL | SKILLS

TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST | SKILLS

  • Experience with standard software and web application development tools and programming languages and technologies including JavaScript, Python, JSON, and Ruby.
  • Strong working knowledge of XML (XPath/XQuery) and XSLT required.
  • Knowledge of library practices and data formats including XML, OAI-PMH, MODS, MARC, and Dublin Core.
  • Experience installing and configuring open-source software tools relevant to LAMs digital collections and specifically to databases and repositories.
  • Ability to administer PHP/MySQL applications.
  • Experience working with version control systems.

PROJECT MANAGER | SKILLS

  • Proven proficiency in project management, communication and outreach activities, event planning, and grant writing.
  • Experience working in a library, archive, cultural heritage organization, or affiliated educational, non-profit, or professional organization.
  • Experience coordinating the activities of a small team toward discrete goals.
  • Experience with digital projects and knowledge of trends and best practices in the field of information management.
  • Knowledge of current technologies and metadata standards and practices (i.e. DC, MODS, OAI-PMH, metadata mapping) in libraries and archives.
  • Professional experience building institutional relationships.

METADATA SPECIALIST | SKILLS

  • Practical experience with all aspects of metadata creation including selection and implementation of metadata standards, quality control, and crosswalking/mapping data sets.
  • Demonstrable knowledge of metadata standards including DC, MODS, METS, MARC, MARCXML, PBCORE
  • Experience working with protocols and data models such as OAI-PMH, OAI-ORE, ResourceSync, Europeana Data Model (EDM), DPLA MAP, Linked Open Data, RDF.
  • Familiarity with traditional cataloging practice and rules such as AACR2 and RDA.
  • Familiarity with one or more scripting languages and APIs.

FUNDING/SUSTAINABILITY

  • Preliminary seed-funding (Y1/Y2)
  • Grant-funding (Y3-?)
  • Self-sustaining as ultimate goal

LEARN MORE.

 

metro.org/esdn

 

thank you!

EMPIRE STATE DIGITAL NETWORK

By Metropolitan New York Library Council

EMPIRE STATE DIGITAL NETWORK

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