Stepping away from the Silos : strategic collaboration in digitisation / Margaret Coutts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coutts, Margaret, author.

Series:

Chandos advances in information series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archival materials--Digitization.

Archival materials.

Library materials--Digitization.

Library materials.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Chandos Publishing, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

For over twenty years, digitisation has been a core element of the modern information landscape. The digital lifecycle is now well defined, and standards and good practice have been developed for most of its key stages. There remains, however, a widespread lack of coordination of digitisation initiatives, both within and across different sectors, and there are disparate approaches to selection criteria. The result is ‘silos’ of digitised content. Stepping away from the Silos examines the strategic context in the UK since the 1990's and its effect on collaboration and coordination of exemplar digitisation initiatives in higher education and related sectors. It identifies the principal criteria for content selection that are common to the international literature in this field. The outputs of the exemplar projects are examined in relation to these criteria. A range of common practices and patterns in content selection appears to have developed over time, forming a de facto strategy from which several areas of critical mass have emerged. The book discusses the potential to improve strategic collaboration and coordinated selection by building on such a platform, and considers planning options in the context of work on national digitisation strategies in the UK and internationally. Summarises the rise of publicly funded digitisation in the UK from the 1990's to date and identifies the need to improve coordination and content selection criteria Reviews the role of digitisation in government and organisational strategies from the 1990's to the present day Examines the strategic position of collaboration within and across different organisations Identifies common selection criteria and outlines the coverage of exemplar projects Discusses the apparent emergence of a de facto selection strategy and the potential for national strategic planning of digitised content based on existing outputs and improved collaboration

Contents:

Front Cover

STEPPING AWAY FROM THE SILOS

Series Page

STEPPING AWAY FROM THE SILOS: Strategic Collaboration in Digitisation

Copyright

CONTENTS

BIOGRAPHY

FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

COVER ILLUSTRATIONS

EDITORIAL NOTES

GLOSSARY

1 - Introduction: Digitisation since the 1990s

1.1 INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION

1.2 EXPANSION, CONSOLIDATION AND REVIEW

1.3 `A CORE FUNCTION'

1.4 CURRENT ISSUES

1.5 A SILO CULTURE

1.6 CONTENT SELECTION

1.7 SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

REFERENCES

2 - Strategic Context

2.1 UK AND DEVOLVED GOVERNMENTS

2.2 HIGHER EDUCATION

2.2.1 Higher Education: Funding Councils

2.2.2 Higher Education: Jisc

2.3 RESEARCH COUNCILS

2.4 NATIONAL LIBRARIES

2.4.1 British Library

2.4.2 National Library of Scotland

2.4.3 National Library of Wales

2.5 PUBLIC LIBRARIES

2.6 MUSEUMS

2.7 ARCHIVES

2.7.1 The National Archives

2.7.2 National Records of Scotland

2.7.3 Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

2.8 INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS

2.8.1 Wellcome Trust

2.9 STRATEGIC CONTEXT IN SUMMARY

2.10 COLLABORATION

3 - Digitisation Programmes and Outputs in the UK

3.1 ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES PROGRAMME

3.2 NON-FORMULA FUNDING OF SPECIALISED RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES

3.3 RESEARCH SUPPORT LIBRARIES PROGRAMME

3.4 JISC

3.4.1 Distributed National Electronic Resource

3.4.2 Jisc Digitisation Programme 2004-09

3.4.2.1 Phase 1: 2004-07

3.4.2.2 Phase 2: 2007-09

3.4.3 Enriching Digital Resources 2008-09

3.4.4 e-Content 2009-11

3.4.5 Content Programme 2011-13

3.4.6 Developing Community Content 2010-2011 and e-Content Programme 2011

3.4.7 Rapid Digitisation 2011

3.4.8 UK Medical Heritage Library

3.5 RESEARCH COUNCILS

3.6 NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND

3.7 BRITISH LIBRARY

3.8 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND.

3.9 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES

3.10 THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

3.11 NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND

3.12 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND

3.13 WELLCOME LIBRARY

3.14 ARCADIA FUND

3.15 COHERENCE OF CONTENT

4 - Content Selection for Digitisation: Principal Criteria and Mapping of UK Outputs

4.1 CONTENT SELECTION CRITERIA: DEVELOPMENT OF PRINCIPAL COMMON CRITERIA

4.2 SELECTION CRITERIA FOR INTELLECTUAL CONTENT IN DIGITISATION PROGRAMMES

4.3 VALUE

4.3.1 Value: Uniqueness and Rarity

4.3.2 Value: Added Value

4.3.3 Value: User Needs

4.4 THEMATIC AND SUBJECT CONTENT

4.5 FORMAT AND MEDIUM

4.6 COHERENCE

4.7 VIRTUAL REUNIFICATION

4.8 CLUSTERING

4.9 FUNDERS

4.10 DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL MASS

5 - The Future for Collaboration

5.1 ENVISIONING A UK NATIONAL DIGITISATION STRATEGY

5.2 NATIONAL DIGITISATION STRATEGIES BEYOND THE UK

5.2.1 European Union

5.2.2 Sweden

5.2.3 France

5.2.4 Norway

5.2.5 Australia

5.3 REALISING A UK NATIONAL DIGITISATION STRATEGY

5.4 CAPITALISING ON COLLABORATIVE CULTURE

5.5 STEPPING AWAY FROM THE SILOS

Appendix 1

ARCADIA FUND

ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL

BRITISH LIBRARY

ELIB

Hybrid Libraries

Large-scale Resource Discovery (CLUMPS) Projects

Digital Preservation

Access to Network Resources

Electronic Document Delivery

Electronic Journals

Electronic Short Loan Projects

Images

On Demand Publishing

Pre-Prints

Quality Assurance

Supporting Studies

Training and Awareness

JISC

JISC Digitisation Programme 2004-09

Phase 1 2004-07

Phase 2 2007-09

e-Content Programme 2009-11

Content Programme 2011-13

Strand A

Strand B

Strand C

Enriching Digital Resources 2008-09

2014

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES.

Archives

Manuscripts

Print Material

NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND

ScotlandsPeople

ScotlandsPlaces

Scottish Archive Network

NOF-DIGITISE: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND DIGITISATION FOR LEARNING MATERIALS PROJECTS

NON-FORMULA FUNDING OF SPECIALISED RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND

RESEARCH SUPPORT LIBRARIES PROGRAMME

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

WELLCOME LIBRARY

Research Resources in Medical History

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

MAPPING OF DIGITISATION OUTPUTS TO SELECTION CRITERIA

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed Novermber 23, 2016).

OCLC:

967776850