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PRDLA. 2009. Brian Flaherty Assistant University Librarian – IT The University of Auckland Library. Baskets of Knowledge. Digital Collaboration in New Zealand. Early on…National Union Catalogue. National Digital Forum 2002-. Register of Digitisation Initiatives.
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PRDLA 2009 Brian FlahertyAssistant University Librarian – ITThe University of Auckland Library
Baskets of Knowledge Digital Collaboration in New Zealand
roadblocks http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzdave/125492047/
lack of common agenda for collaboration • institutional / sectoral priorities - is it in our nature or are we funded to collaborate • “build it and they will come” • “standards are barriers to participation” • why bother ? – Google is our collaborator • variable skill sets – large institutions do better • hybrid costs
Digitisation is good Digital Collections are better
Metadata Let it free and it will come back to you
Digitisation is good Persistence is essential
Give people the tools to use and to reuse
“Cultural heritage results from EXCHANGE OF IDEAS about objects it is not located IN them” http://www.slideshare.net/andypowe11/open-social-and-linked-what-do-current-web-trends-tell-us-about-the-future-of-digital-libraries
Kia ora Thank you