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The AMICAL Digital Library. Jeff Gima AMICAL Director American University of Paris AMICAL Annual Conference 6 April 2012. Cultural heritage materials. Building digital collections. cc licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by Gisela Giardino : http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/54937988/
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The AMICAL Digital Library Jeff GimaAMICAL DirectorAmerican University of Paris AMICAL Annual Conference6 April 2012
Building digital collections cc licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by Gisela Giardino: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gi/54937988/ cc licensed (BY) flickr photo by Gunnar Grimnes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gromgull/4822964371/
Interest in systems for managing digital collections (2006) 72% Highly interested
Interest in shared consortial platform for institutional or collaborative collections (2006) 56% Highly interested
A shared consortial platform… • available to every member of AMICAL • scaleable and financially accessible • consortiallyshared collections • member collections shared on AMICAL’s platform • virtual collections drawn from member collections
The LUNA+Insight system – collection building and management
The LUNA+Insight system –standards support Unicode CDWA, VRA, Dublin Core… OAI-PMH
3 ways AMICAL members can use this: • Basic use of consortial license (no direct charge) • Shared 20GB • Community support
3 ways AMICAL members can use this: • Basic use of consortial license (no direct charge) • Shared 20GB • Community support • Active Participant (starting at $1000/yr) • 20GB for institution • Direct support
3 ways AMICAL members can use this: • Basic use of consortial license (no direct charge) • Shared 20GB • Community support • Active Participant (starting at $1000/yr) • 20GB for institution • Direct support • Institutional license (starting at $3000/yr) • Separate installation • Direct support
AMICAL Digital Library - A pilot project for consortially-shared collection building Consortial platform Consortial collections
Coordination • AMICAL Digital Library Committee: • Carolyn Runyon, AUC (Chair) • Jeff Gima, AMICAL/AUP • StellAsderi, ACT • SafiaRafikova, AUCA • HohannesKizogyan, AUA
AMICAL Digital Library Committee • Charge: • Implementation decisions • Guidelines for participation • Post-pilot evaluation