the imls national digital platform & your library: tools you can use

The IMLS National Digital Platform & Your Library

12/2/16

National Digital Platform

solve local digital issues

& contribute to national efforts.


catalyze improvements

to digital capability & capacity

Roadmap for Talk

1. About me & IMLS

2. Defining NDP

3. What we heard

4. What we’ve funded

5. Where we’re going

Roadmap for Talk

I lead the National Digital Platform initiative in the Office of Library Services at IMLS.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums

https://www.imls.gov/research/museum_universe_data_file.aspx


Two related ideas of the National Digital Platform

1. A way of thinking about all the digital tools, services, infrastructure and skills libraries and librarians utilize to meet the needs of their users across the United States.

2. A portfolio of projects funded through IMLS grant programs focused on expanding the digital capability and capacity of libraries across the country.


the national digital platform is the combination of software, social and technical infrastructure & staff expertise that provide library content and services to all users in the United States.


The platform isn’t an individual thing. It isn’t a piece of software, or a website. The platform is what all those things add up to.


It is possible for every library in the country to leverage and benefit from the work of other libraries in shared digital services, systems and infrastructure.


foundations of the

national digital platform already exist


prioritize improving &

connecting promising

digital tools & services

that have clear potential to scale


In 2014 and 2015 IMLS convened stakeholders to provide input on the national digital platform portfolio

The results of the 2015 convening are available distilled in this report http://1.usa.gov/1Xkxrcw

http://1.usa.gov/1Xkxrcw


Key Themes from the 2015 event included

Engaging, Mobilizing and Connecting Communities

Leveraging linked open data to connect content across institutions and amplify impact

Shifting to continuous professional learning as part of library professional practice


Engaging, Mobilizing and Connecting Communities Engaging users in national digital platform

projects through crowdsourcing and other approaches

Establishing radical and systematic collaborations across sectors of the library, archives, and museum communities, as well as with other allied institutions

Championing diversity and inclusion by ensuring that the national digital platform serves and represents a wide range of communities

Establishing and Refining Tools & Infrastructure


Leveraging linked open data to connect content across institutions and amplify impact

Focusing on documentation and system interoperability across digital library software projects

Researching and developing tools and services that leverage computational methods to increase accessibility and scale practice across individual projects


Shifting to continuous professional learning as part of library professional practice

Focusing on hands-on training to develop computational literacy in formal library education programs

Educating librarians and archivists to meet the emerging digital needs of libraries and archives, including cross-training in technical and other skills


Example Projects & Tools You Can Use


Almost all the narratives for these projects are available onlineimls.gov/grants/awarded/LG-70-15-0006-15

Just put the log # in the last part

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/LG-70-15-0006-15

Open Source Access to eBooks

Library E-Content Access Project (LEAP)$1,372,154 and $1,372,154 in Cost Share

– The New York Public Library (NYPL), in close collaboration with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and 19 partner libraries and library consortia from across the country will expand and provide outreach for the SimplyE open source eBook platform. Through this work, the partners aim to unify and improve the eBook borrowing and reading experience for library users across the country.

– https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/LG-00-15-0263-15


Open Source Access to eBooks

SimplyE for Consortia: 3 Clicks for All Your Ebooks$695,000 and $695,000 in cost share

– Minitex, in partnership with the Massachusetts Library System (MLS) and Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS), will enhance SimplyE, an open source e-reader designed specifically to streamline and improve the e-book circulation process for library patrons. SimplyE, which is currently designed to provide a seamless user experience for public library patrons, will be modified for academic, public, and school library users.


Hydra

Fostering a New National Library Network through a Community-Based, Connected Repository System $1,999,897.00 and $2,000,686.00 in Cost share

– The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Stanford University, and DuraSpace will foster a greatly expanded network of open-access, content-hosting "hubs." The three partners will engage in a major development of the community-driven open source Hydra project to provide these hubs with a new all-in-one solution, which will also allow countless other institutions to easily join the national digital platform.



Archive-It

Systems Interoperability and Collaborative Development for Web Archiving $353,221 and $98,460 in cost share

– The Internet Archive, with the University of North Texas, Rutgers University, and Stanford University Library will build a foundation for collaborative technology development, improved systems interoperability, and an Application Programming Interface (API) based model for enhanced access to, and research use of, web archives. In working with the Archive-It platform, used by more than 350 partner institutions, results of this research will be directly applicable to libraries, archives, and museums around the country and the world.



Perma.cc

Scaling Up Perma.cc: Ensuring the Integrity of the Digital Scholarly Record $782,649 and $823,126 in cost share

– The Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab, in cooperation with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and over 130 partner libraries will sustainably scale Perma.cc to combat link rot in all scholarly fields. Building on solutions and approaches developed in the field of legal scholarship, this project will grow the Perma library coalition and tackle link rot in other fields.



HistoryPin

Digital Memory in Rural Tribal Libraries: A Program for Technology Training & Memory Gathering

– Historypin, a free international platform for sharing culture and heritage, will work with tribal libraries in New Mexico and California to develop an online and in-person community memory program. The planning process will engage a diverse group of communities, moving toward a simple and scalable digital program with training and evaluation modules that can be conducted within the limits of under-resourced rural tribal libraries. Project partners include the New Mexico State Library's Tribal Library Program and the University of California, Riverside, who will contribute to state-level planning and coordination activities.

– https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/RE-00-15-0105-15

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/RE-00-15-0105-15

Digital Education and Training

Omeka S: Enhanced Description and Dissemination $249,337.00

– The university's Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media will extend the core functionality of Omeka S by more fully integrating linked open data in digital collections, and creating new modes of access and dissemination through other platforms. The center will develop and support several deliverables: a basic resource description template; three linked open data and controlled authority modules; a social media sharing module; and several developer training workshops. https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-70-15-0258-15

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-70-15-0258-15

Zooniverse

Transforming Libraries and Archives through Crowdsourcing- This project will greatly expand the capacity for libraries and archives across the country to use crowdsourcing techniques to engage with audiences and improve access to digital collections through the Zooniverse. The Zooniverse, an international crowdsourcing organization with 1.4 million volunteers, is poised to serve as a transformative element in the future of library and archive engagement efforts and as a core component of the national digital platform. Lessons learned from these projects will be incorporated into the Project Builder, which enables anyone to build a crowdsourcing project for free.https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/RE-00-15-0105-15


Mozilla Web Literacy

Digital Skills for Digital Librarians $808,601 and $808,601 in cost share

– The Mozilla Foundation, in collaboration with The Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School, will refine and launch an open source curriculum, training, tools, and credentials for public library staff to learn web literacy skills. The project intends to empower library staff to provide patrons with opportunities to develop the digital skills they need for better success in such areas as education, workforce development, and civic engagement. Emphasis will be placed on underserved communities, and populations.

– https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/RE-00-15-0105-15



So.. What’s next?


… is largely up to people like all of you.


The national digital

platform is a challenge to the field.

Digital Education and Training

Anticipated due dates for 2 page preliminary proposals for both the National Leadership Grants Program and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

February 1st 2017

September 2017 (Anticipated)