HUBBA HUB:DPLA as strategic collaborator with USC Digital Library

CaVraConUC Santa Barbara

June 18, 2015

Caroline Muglia | Collection Assessment Librarian & Community RepDPLA Reps program; Community engagement

Giao Luong Baker | Digital Imaging Manager, USC Digital LibraryField notes from DPLAfest

Matt Gainer | Head of Content and Strategy, USC Digital LibraryCollaboration of DPLA and USC; Content Hub; Management

PRESENTERS

DPLA is a free online library that provides access to millions of books, photographs, maps, audio-visual materials, and more from libraries, archives, and museums across the U.S.

WHAT IS DPLA?

• 3 classes, 250+ volunteer reps, 12 reps in CA

• Most of us work as librarians, information specialists, or curators

• All 50 US states, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Canada, China, & Ireland

• State libraries, public libraries, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and technology, library, publishing, media, and genealogical organizations

COMMUNITY REPS | Overview

Raise awareness Articulate mission and value in world of growing digital content

Increase public engagementOrganize activities that centralize DPLA as a portal, platform, and public option

Build relationships Networking, collaborations, and we share our experiences!

OUR GOAL | Ambassadors

● PORTAL for discovery

● PLATFORM to build upon

● Advocate for strong PUBLIC option

3 P’s OF ACCESS

Image from University of Southern California Digital Library, 1955.

TYPES OF PARTNERS

HUBS | Where the content comes from

DPLA | The Flow of Content

COMMUNITY REPS IN THE WILD

COMMUNITY REPS IN THE WILD

DPLAFEST 2015

DPLAFEST : BY THE NUMBERS2015

15 Content Hubs

+ 11 Service Hubs___________________

1,600 Contributors

DPLAFEST : BY THE NUMBERS2015

10,000,000 items in DPLA(as of April 2015)

15 Content Hubs

+ 11 Service Hubs___________________

1,600 Contributors

DPLAFEST : 2015

DPLAFEST : FELLOWSHIP OF THE WILLING2015

DPLAFEST : HUBBA HUBS2015

DPLAFEST : HUBBA HUBS2015

DPLAFEST : COVERING THE MAP2015

DPLAFEST : POSTERS & PROJECTS2015

DPLAFEST : THEMES2015

Aerial view of Los Angeles Harbor Terminal Island, San Pedro, Wilmington Image from the USC Digital Library

● Open Access

DPLAFEST : THEMES2015

Suspension bridge on the road to BaliImage from the USC Digital Library

● Open Access

● Standardizing Rights

DPLAFEST : THEMES2015

San Antonio Creek near the hotel at Camp Baldy, ca. 1930 Image from the USC Digital Library

● Open Access

● Standardizing Rights

● Sustainability

DPLAFEST : GOING FORWARD2015

Woodsman posing in the Big Trees of Santa Cruz, ca. 1900Image from the USC Digital Library

Grants● Knight Foundation

DPLAFEST : GOING FORWARD2015

Adskaia pochta, no.1, 1906Image from the USC Digital Library

Grants● Knight Foundation

● IMLS

DPLAFEST : GOING FORWARD2015

Sailing on Rosamond Dry Lake in the "Desert Queen", 1905Image from the USC Digital Library

Grants● Knight Foundation

● IMLS

● Whiting Foundation

DPLAFEST : GOING FORWARD2015

Opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct at Newhall spillway, 1913Image from the USC Digital Library

Partnerships● HathiTrust

DPLAFEST : GOING FORWARD2015

School boys information outdoors, Ghana, 1926Image from the USC Digital Library

Partnerships● HathiTrust

● Learning Registry

DPLAFEST : GOING FORWARD2015

View of dancers and band at a dance marathon in Venice, CA, ca. 1920Image from the USC Digital Library

Partnerships● HathiTrust

● Learning Registry

● PBS Learning Media

USC Digital Library

-We digitize and catalog any analog format

-We preserve digital content

-We enable flexible access

-We share our collections

USC Digital Library | USC Digital Repository

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USC Digital Library

Content

1M+ files (metadata + images)80+ Tb of archival storage6+ Tb of renditions for web viewing

44 collections 100+ sub-collections

USC Digital Library

2014 Visits

~458,000 visits ~1.8M items

58% organic search19% referral17% direct5% social media1% email

USC Digital Library

Social Media and Outreach

Social Media ProgramTwitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, Facebook

Traditional OutreachUSC Libraries Libwire (blog), KCET.com, Los Angeles MagazineGizmodo.com

USC Digital Library

Servicing our collections

SmugMugHigh resolution digital downloadsPhotographic printsFine-Art reproductions

CorbisCommercial licensing for select materials and collections

USC Digital Library Multiple USC “gateways”

USC Digital Libraryhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu

International MissionPhotography Archivehttp://usc.edu/impa

Basel Mission Pictures Archivehttp://bmpix.usc.edu

Trojan Family Archivehttp://alumnigroups.usc.edu/archive/

Green & Green Virtual Archivehttp://bit.ly/1f51ljc

USC Digital Library

Multiple external paths

OPENiNLM/NIH Biomedical Images http://openi.nlm.nih.gov

USC Digital Library Multiple external paths

OPENiNLM/NIH Biomedical Images http://openi.nlm.nih.gov

University of AlabamaCivil Rights Digital Libraryhttp://crdl.usg.edu/

USC Digital Library Multiple external paths

OPENiNLM/NIH Biomedical Images http://openi.nlm.nih.gov

University of AlabamaCivil Rights Digital Libraryhttp://crdl.usg.edu/

UMBRA Search African American Historyhttp://umbrasearch.org/

USC Digital Library Multiple external paths

OPENiNLM/NIH Biomedical Images http://openi.nlm.nih.gov

University of AlabamaCivil Rights Digital Libraryhttp://crdl.usg.edu/

UMBRA Search African American Historyhttp://umbrasearch.org/

Digital Public Library of Americahttp://dp.la

DPLA

DPLA normalizes stuff

DPLA normalizes stuff - 78,000 DIFFERENT rights statements

DPLA encourages sharing - Creative Commons 0 License

DPLA extends reach - more exposure

Caroline Muglia | muglia@usc.edu

Giao Luong Baker | gluong@usc.edu

Matt Gainer | gainer@usc.edu