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What We Are Learning From Google & Flickr About Digitization & Partnership Jill Hurst-Wahl Hurst Associates, Ltd. May 21, 2009 Copyright © 2009, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved.
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These slides are an excerpt of those used on May 21, 2009. Session description: Cultural heritage organizations preserve materials about our past so we can access them in the future. This work is done for the public good. Now institutions that have profit motives are partnering with archives, museums and libraries to make digitized materials more widely available. What benefits are being realized from these efforts? What concerns are being raised? What are we learning about for-profit and not-for-profit partnerships? This presentation will explore these and other questions that are being raised.
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What We Are Learning From Google & Flickr About Digitization & Partnership
Jill Hurst-WahlHurst Associates, Ltd.
May 21, 2009
Copyright © 2009, Hurst Associates, Ltd. All rights reserved.
First…let’s reset our thinking
What is Google?
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Search Engine Software & Hardware Company Content Provider Marketing & Promotions Company A Boundary Pusher
Creating an unending meal
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Lessons from Google
Focus on the user Become the center of the user’s world Allow the users to participate Fast and more is better Utilize “top shelf” partners Find the “yes”
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Flickr & the Flickr Commons
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Flickr
Photo & video s-h-a-r-i-n-g Friends, family, contacts & everyone Tagging (the hive mind) Creative Commons license Groups
Photos pools Discussions
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The Commons – Launched Jan. 16, 2008 To increase access to publicly-held
photography collections, and To provide a way for the general public to
contribute information and knowledge.
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Flickr
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Benefits for the LOC
Higher profile of its collections Community engagement Corrections and additions to metadata Sparked discussions & personal histories Higher visibility for the LC blog
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Benefits
Greater visibility User engagement & interaction
Meet users where they are Institution becomes part of a community
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Final Thoughts: Google & Flickr1. Both large companies with shareholders
and an emphasis on the bottom line
2. Libraries & archives hold content that will drive users to them
3. They’re good for us, but remember #1
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Final Thoughts: Digitization &
Partnership Fast vs. slow Quantity vs. quality Community vs. silo Symbiotic vs. separate
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