cdlc event on dpla and ny heritage
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EMPIRE STATE DIGITAL NETWORK
New York Service Hub of the DPLA
Kerri Willette, ESDN ManagerDPLA and New York Heritage
CDLC Offices, 2/27/2015
INTRODUCTION TO ESDN & DPLA
Part One
New York Service Hub
Timeline
• Hire staff
• Convene advisory & working groups
• Develop infrastructure
• Establish workflows
• Gather data from NY 3Rs hosted collections
• Create and distribute guidelines for contribution
• Outreach to LAMS statewide
• Grow New York content in DPLA
Phase 1October 2013 - April 2015
Phase 2May 2015 - April 2016
Contribution
PHASE 1
Contribution
PHASE 2
Archives
Libraries
Museums
Historical Societies
Regional Partners
• Outreach• Communication• Permissions
Regional Partners
Hosted Regional Collections Non-hosted Regional Collections
Member institutions with:
• Locally hosted collections– Large private institutions
– Small specialized institutions with local systems
• Collections looking for a home
CDLC Members
• New York Heritage• Liaison: Susan D’Entremont
What’s next
Phase 1
• First contribution to DPLA – happening now! 89,626 records
• Schedule monthly ongoing harvests
• Coordinate outreach and communication through 3R’s regional liaisons in preparation for Phase 2
Phase 2
• Broaden contribution
• Streamline contribution processes
• Continue adding regionally hosted content
• Work with regional liaisons to include non-hosted partners statewide
• Grow New York content in DPLA
THE NITTY-GRITTY
Part Two
Mission
http://dp.la/info/hubs
“Service hubs provide DPLA with their partners’ unique metadata records that resolve to digital
objects…through a single data feed... ”
Contribution
ESDN gets different metadata feeds from lots of partners:
CONTENTdm, Islandora, CollectiveAccess, ArchivalWare, etc. DC, MODS right now.
ESDN maps all that data to MODS.
ESDN sends one stream of MODS data to DPLA.
Partner Metadata
Contribution
Aggregation Software (REPOX)
Contribution
Step by Step
• Get permission.
• Map collection metadata to our MODS for sending to DPLA.
• Review data feed for inconsistency and mapping issues (OAI must be configured).
• Check for presence of required and recommended fields.
Get Permission
Get Permission
“I understand that the descriptive metadata – as distinguished from the digital objects themselves – will be made freely available by the DPLA for
harvesting and re-use under a Creative Commons CC0 license.”
Data Mapping
Many spreadsheets
Data Review
• Custom tools for field level review
Required/Recommended Fields
• Required (per record):• Title• Rights• Link to object in local context • Link to thumbnail (where applicable)
• Other fields recommended :• Date • Place• Type • Subject
What should I do to get ready?
Administrative/Technical
• Start thinking about the permission letter.
• For local systems, verify that OAI or other sharing protocols are configured.
What should I do to get ready?
Metadata
• Follow standards/local practices consistently.
• Read a bit about shareable metadata.
• Review your rights statements.
Not yet
• Finding aids
• Newspapers
• Institutional repositories
Thanks!
• Project website: http://metro.org/esdn/
• Follow: @NYSdigital
Kerri Willette
ESDN Manager