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DigitalGeorgetown and the Georgetown University Press. Artemis G. Kirk University Librarian. Opportunity for Collaboration. Enhance cooperation between Library and Press “Anecdotal” collegiality Librarian on Press Board Add Press content to DigitalGeorgetown
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DigitalGeorgetown and the Georgetown University Press Artemis G. Kirk University Librarian CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Opportunity for Collaboration • Enhance cooperation between Library and Press • “Anecdotal” collegiality • Librarian on Press Board • Add Press content to DigitalGeorgetown • Discover short- and long-term benefits to digital publication for Press CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Project Goals • Digitize 2-3 years of an annual, GURT • Test Library’s capability to archive published content • Test Press’s capability to market its retrospective content • Develop a business model for past and future e-content, sustained via the Library CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Description • Library digitized recent but low-use back issues of GURT--GU Round Table in Language and Linguistics • Press offered free access to back issues to test use and market potential • Library created pilot for sustainable archive and business model for future CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Team/Resources • Close relationship between Press and Library Digital Services • Specialists from both units work together • Collaboration with WRLC • Pilot for Digital Services & Technology Planning Division to assess future technology needs CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Technology • DSpace platform • Hosted at consortium site, WRLC • Dublin Core metadata Standards • Full content openly accessible for all years • Link to Press for other information, sales CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Project Significance for GU Press • GU Press’s first digital publication • Measures usage and need for carefully-selected digital backfiles • Concern not to undermine print sales of current issues • Tests various possibilities for print, e- and print, or e-only future models CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Project Significance for Library • Applies planning model of digitalGeorgetown to this project • Creates a sustainability model for digital preservation and archiving • Assures national standards for University-wide digital content • Leads mission-related but distinct unit into closer alliance with University CNI Presentation 5 December 2006
Potential for success • New business model for Press, portable elsewhere at University • Enhanced “publicity” for both Press and Library • Creation and conservation of culture and new knowledge for posterity CNI Presentation 5 December 2006