Collaboration on the LAM: Insights into Moving Image Archives Collaboration

1. beyond Collaboration on the LAM:  Insights into Moving Image Archives Collaboration Ricky Erway Senior Program Officer OCLC Research Future Directions Panel AMIA Annual Conference Savannah, GA Nov 13, 2008

5. Collaboration – it’s only natural • Collaboration… • Benefits all parties • Provides a compelling compromise • Acknowledges limitations, builds on strengths

7. Finding Commonalities • Cross-community appeal • An outcome addressing a common set of needs • Common denominator • A requirement common to all the participants • Currently out-of-reach • A function is not effectively or economically fulfilled by acting alone

8. Possibilities for Moving Image Archives Collaborators • Work with another MIA that’s done what you need to do. • Unite with a local museum, library, or archives to save costs • Partner with an institution with similar subject content • Work better within your parent organization • Take advantage of professional connections • Join forces with a commercial entity • Join up with an institution that would like to use your content

9. Don’t stop there…. social tagging rights user interface vocabulary-building new audiences fundraising advocacy shared-expertise content conservation exposure emerging technologies

10. High investment Low reward High investment High reward Low investment Low reward Low investment High reward Investment Reward The Collaboration Quadrant Generosity of trust, time, resources, compromise Results are long term, transformative, liberating

11. Catalysts – We need all the help we can get • Vision • Mandate • Incentives • Change Agents • Mooring • Resources • Flexibility • External Catalysts • Trust

12. Finale

13. Resources • Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-05.pdf • Blog http://hangingtogether.org/ • Ricky Erway erwayr@oclc.org