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ALISS AGM22 May 2013
Ed Fay, Digital Library [email protected] | @digitalfay
Archives in an Online WorldCreating LSE Digital Library
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Archives in an Online WorldDigitisationWebb/Shaw/Beaver (collaborations, user testing)Visualisation: Women’s Library TimelineMobile: PhoneBooth / Women’s Walks
Born-digital collectingContent sources: official pubs, deposited archives, LSE lectures/website (extending work of institutional repositories which are well established)Opportunities offered by websites/blogs/tweetsArchives: organisational vs personalForensic workflow
LSE Digital LibraryUser experienceBeyond our (digital) wallsPlanning/InfrastructureSkills
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What sort of ‘stuff’?Digitised—historic collections• Manuscripts, pamphlets, photographs• Maps, audio/video recordings
Born-digital—current/future collections• Research outputs (publications, data, theses)• Institutional assets (public events, records)• Web harvesting (tweets, blogs, social media)• Digital archives (organisational and personal)• Official publications (governments, IGOs)
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Beatrice Webb diary
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Beatrice Webb diary
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Beatrice Webb diary
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G.B. Shaw photographic collection
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G.B. Shaw photographic collection
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The Women’s Library timeline
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PhoneBooth
http://phone.booth.lse.ac.uk/
• Charles Booth: systematic investigation of living and working conditions in London, 1886-1903– Maps, Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-9– Police notebooks: eye-witness, street-by-street observations
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PhoneBooth
http://phone.booth.lse.ac.uk/
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PhoneBooth
http://phone.booth.lse.ac.uk/
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Beaver (LSE Student Newspaper)
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Pamphlets vs Blogs
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Web harvesting
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Web harvesting
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Web harvesting
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LSE Public Events• Born-digital recordings from 2006-present
o c.1,400 events, all with audio recordingso c.400 with video recordings as well
• (Also digitisation of c.1,900 analogue tapes—VHS, C90, etc.—1980s-2000s)
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Official publications• UK parliament, quangos, regulatory bodies• US/Canadian federal, Commonwealth• IGOs: UN, EU, IMF, World Trade/Health…
• Parliamentary papers, debates, legislation, treaties, document series, official histories, statistics, annual reports, development plans, policy documents, research reports
And what about…
• NGOs, campaign groups, public debate…
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Research outputs• Publications• Data
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Digital archives (legacy media)Forensic imaging
60 collections (hybrid and digital archives), total size 70GB14,829 files, average 247 files per collection
USB stickPower source
USB connection to computer
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Digital archives (legacy media)Forensic imaging
60 collections (hybrid and digital archives), total size 70GB14,829 files, average 247 files per collection
USB stickPower source
USB connection to computer
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Quick pause…
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UX: mind-map• Benefits
– Support research/teaching– Increase use of collections– Build profile of LSE/Library
• Usersstudents (UG/PGT/PGR), staff (academic/research/teaching/support), visitors, alumni, external students, family/local historians, members of public, commercial users, media, school teachers, other information pros, biographers, depositors/donors, prospective staff/students, funders, picture researchers, competitors
• Content, collections– Knowns (now)– Unknowns (future)
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UX: mind-map• Functional
– Focus on content– Collate and share– Quick and advanced search– Categories for browsing– Lots of entry points
• Technical– Preservation
• Operational– Audience discovery– Controlled admin burden
• Creative– Brand, reputation/authority
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UX: information architecture
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UX: interaction design
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UX: visual design• Mood boards
– Reference material, design examples– ‘Modern Editorial’, ‘Real-world’, ‘Cutting-edge function’
• Design concept– Mock-ups of 2-3 homepages
• Review/amends– Stakeholder interaction
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Strong branding
Brief welcome
Routes in for different users
Subtle colour coding
Always-there quick search
Regularly updated collections showcase
Promotional features and content
Latest news
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Filter and drill down on the left
Central interface to the library
Ability to see different views
Space for further visualisations in the future
Focuses the mind on the data
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Beyond our walls
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Beyond our walls: content licensingCreative Commons (CC-BY-NC-SA)
“share, remix, reuse”
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/collections/digital/strategy_policy/content_licensing.aspx
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Beyond our walls: content licensingCreative Commons (CC-BY-NC-SA)
“share, remix, reuse”• Attribution
– Maintain link to the authoritative source
• Non-commercial– Protect our investment in digitisation– Potential for partnerships, licensing (not a priority)
• Share-alike– Encourage openness from others
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Beyond our walls: 3rd party platforms
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Mission | Strategy“Build and preserve distinctive collections to support
research and learning, and represent a record of thought in the social sciences”
“Develop our digital library so that we are able to acquire, preserve and provide access to digital collections which
match the strength of our print collections”
“…information repository services to support new forms of scholarly communication and enable the School to manage, disseminate and preserve these intellectual assets”
LSE Library Vision and Strategyhttp://issuu.com/lselibrary/docs/libraryvision_and_strategy
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Local £
Digital
• Research outputs (publications, data)• Digitisation• Public lectures• Web harvesting (websites, blogs, tweets)
• Archives (institutional, personal)• Theses• Official publications
• Journals• Books• Newspapers• Statistics / data
Physical
• Archives (institutional, personal)• Theses• Official publications
• Monographs• Journals• Pamphlets• Newspapers• Statistics• Microfilm
LSE Library Collections
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Preservation responsibilityLocal £
Digital • LSE Digital Library• Consortia
• LOCKSS• Portico
Physical• Archives Services• Print Collections
• Print Collections• Consortium
• UKRR
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Digital collections• Increasing volume and diversity
o Text, image, audio/video, Web/social, data
Institutional repository: additions per month Archives: new hybrid or digital additions per year
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Digital collections• Increasing volume and diversity
o Text, image, audio/video, Web/social, data
Physical collections: metres added per year
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Phased implementation oftechnical infrastructure, staff skills
Prioritisation
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Phased implementation oftechnical infrastructure, staff skills
Prioritisation
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LSEDL: roles and responsibilities
Academic Services• User/depositor liaison• Collection development• Info skills training
Archive Services• User/depositor liaison• Archival description
Collection Services• Ingest/preservation• Resource discovery• Infrastructure (IT)
Digital Library Team• Innovation (dev/UX)• Policy
Senior Management• Strategy• Resources
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LSEDL: roles and responsibilities
Academic Services• User/depositor liaison• Collection development• Info skills training
Archive Services• User/depositor liaison• Archival description
Collection Services• Ingest/preservation• Resource discovery• Infrastructure (IT)
Digital Library Team• Innovation (dev/UX)• Policy
Senior Management• Strategy• Resources
New posts
New skills
New systems
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Final thoughts• Digital collections are inevitable.• Opportunities exist to make historic
collections available in new ways and to extend or build new collections.
• Ultimately, this is about embedding digital practices throughout the Library organisation.