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Starting a Statewide Digitization Effort

Starting a Statewide Digitization Effort. Cokie G. Anderson, Assistant Professor Electronic Publishing Librarian Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK cokie@okstate.edu Gina L. B. Minks, MLIS Special Collections Librarian University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK gina-minks@utulsa.edu.

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Starting a Statewide Digitization Effort

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  1. Starting a Statewide Digitization Effort Cokie G. Anderson, Assistant Professor Electronic Publishing Librarian Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK cokie@okstate.edu Gina L. B. Minks, MLIS Special Collections Librarian University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK gina-minks@utulsa.edu

  2. Why Collaborate? • Share costs of equipment, personnel, maintenance • Smaller institutions can “get into the game” • Better chance of grant funding • Reunite dispersed collections virtually

  3. Types of Collaboration • Joint Project • Two institutions both contribute materials and participate in digitization process • Digital Consortium • Institutions of various types and sizes contribute equipment, expertise, labor, and materials according to their ability to do so

  4. What is <OKDIGITAL>? • In the Autumn of 2001, a group of academic librarians in Oklahoma began to explore the possibility of doing a joint digital project • Out of these discussions came the idea for OKDIGITAL, a statewide digitization consortium based on the model of the Colorado Digitization Project

  5. The Oklahoma Digital Statewide Feasibility Study of Available Resources • Funded by a Fellowship from Amigos Library Services • Provided funds for a statewide survey and regional meetings • 285 surveys were sent to libraries, museums, tribal organizations and historical societies; 65 were returned

  6. Types of Institutions • 30% Museums • 26% Public Libraries • 19% Academic Libraries • 11% Other (medical & institutional libraries) • 10% Historical Societies • 3% Tribal Organizations • 1% Genealogical Societies

  7. Interest in Digitization • 85% Interested in digitization. • 23% Currently involved in a digitization project. • 75% Interested in a collaborative digitization project.

  8. Current Status of Project • Core group of participants has emerged from the regional meetings • Seeking grant funding for a pilot project • Working out written agreements on contributions of all participants and selection of materials • Established as a Discussion Group in the Oklahoma Library Association

  9. What Worked for Us • Networking, Networking, Networking • Professional Associations • Library School Alumni • Conferences • Presentations • Regular Communication • Monthly meetings • OKDIGITAL@yahoogroups.com

  10. Resources • National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage. NINCH Guide to Good Practice.http://www.nyu.edu/its/humanities/ninchguide • Colorado Digitization Project. Digitization Resources for Cultural Heritage Institutions.http://www.cdpheritage.org/resource/introduction

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