[Digihubsadmin] Ready for our next meeting/conference call?

Thu Aug 28 14:13:27 EDT 2014

Hi all,
There are a lot of moving pieces to our hub project and I wonder if it's time for a meeting/site visit.
Combing through notes, here are some topics: 
- Finalizing metadata points (agreeing on core fields)
- Cohesive marketing pieces (let's not have each Hub's marketing dept re-invent the wheel...)
- State-wide long term digital preservation
- Share a list of our prioritized projects (internal and external)
- Checking in on the Technical Committee: how is their work going?
- Hubs and Spokes OLC program in October

Other topics you would add? Any of these that you feel are resolved and I just need to re-read my notes ;)

Any chance of meeting/talking during the week of Sept. 8? I'd welcome you in Toledo if you want to tour our digitization lab. Right now Friday 9/12 is wide open.

Thanks, Meg.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chatham Ewing [mailto:chatham.ewing at cpl.org] 
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:49 AM
To: Delaney, Meg; Stephen Hedges
Cc: digihubsadmin (digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org); John Skrtic
Subject: RE: some possibilities(?)

It's a larger discussion, yes.
But before we broaden discussion, do we need to decide if this group thinks this is something worth doing?
Perhaps there is some other project that has a better chance for getting funded?
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From: Delaney, Meg <Meg.Delaney at TOLEDOLIBRARY.ORG>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:44 AM
To: Stephen Hedges; Chatham Ewing
Cc: digihubsadmin (digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org); John Skrtic
Subject: RE: some possibilities(?)

I agree, it's a larger conversation.
Thanks, Meg.

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From: digihubsadmin-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:digihubsadmin-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hedges
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:42 AM
To: Chatham Ewing
Cc: digihubsadmin (digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org); John Skrtic
Subject: Re: [Digihubsadmin] some possibilities(?)

There's so much in this response, I wonder if we shouldn't open this thread up to the whole digihubs list. The only people currently on the digihubsadmin list are Chatham, Angela (O'Neal), Paula, Meg, Jeff, Missy, Mandy, and me, but much of Chatham's response touches on technical issues.

Stephen
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chatham Ewing" <chatham.ewing at cpl.org>
> To: "Missy Lodge" <MLODGE at library.ohio.gov>, hedgesst at oplin.org, "digihubsadmin (digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org)"
> <digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org>
> Cc: "John Skrtic" <john.skrtic at cpl.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 9:47:15 AM
> Subject: RE: some possibilities(?)
>
> Stephen,
>
> If state-wide long-term digital preservation is something we think all 
> think we need,  first we'd need to select a set of tools to begin and 
> then we'd need to plan and administer it. A grant might help us do 
> that, and if it was in-scope, I'd be glad to collaborate with hub 
> libraries and Kent to make it happen.  And this kind of discussion 
> should allow us to better clarify the kinds of metadata that we'd like 
> to see captured with digital masters so that we can have a legitimate 
> chance at doing digital preservation rather than keeping and verifying bits.
>
> At least for myself, digital preservation as it covers costs for 
> ongoing staffing and technology is a big concern. I have limited 
> resources in the way of programming cycles, and I barely have an 
> administrative budget for such a thing. And ongoing equipment costs 
> will be significant, and I'm concerned even though everyone assures me 
> that the costs of digital storage are coming down. Low costs for large 
> volume can still be a big number. And I worry about it even as Google 
> and Microsoft seem able to offer more and more free storage space as 
> part of e-mail accounts. And we all know the issue isn't just an issue 
> of space, but also an issue of materials management, refresh, migration and etc.
>
>  And there are some workable models out there to which a program might refer.
>  So, there are bit level coop models like MetaArchive or ADPnet 
> (http://www.metaarchive.org/public/resources/presentations/2010PLN_presentations/Trehub_ADPNet_Organizational.pdf).
>  These use older tools like LOCKSS and would not represent an 
> innovation on  existing practice, but might work while we figure out a 
> more robust  solution. There are also  higher cost non-profit vendors 
> like OCLC,  Duraspace, or the San Diego Supercomputing Center. And we 
> have the numerous  for-profit options emerging from all over including 
> companies like Iron  Mountain. Even equipment manufactures like 
> Seagate are getting into the  business of cloud storage. Finally there 
> are numerous projects that use  DSpace out of MIT. Then there are 
> projects that always require programming  cycles to stand-up, and 
> these usually involve some combination of Hydra,  Fedora, and Blacklight.
>
> As I see it, what I need/want at this time would for a state-wide 
> cooperative to put in place a shared digital preservation system. I 
> would  want to look to the literature to see if someone else has done 
> a usable breakdown of features and costs using tools like OAIS and 
> projects like PREMIS to benchmark a hard-nosed gap analysis of 
> solutions for setting up digital preservation systems. If not, I'd 
> like to see such an analysis in a proposal to set-up a state-wide 
> system for Ohio that could ride herd on the problem of long-term 
> digital preservation (and access) for the digital masters of all of the digital surrogates I will be producing.
>
> C/
>
>
> Chatham Ewing
> Digital Library Strategist
> Cleveland Public Library
> 325 Superior Ave., N.E.
> Cleveland, OH 44114
> 216.213.3962 (mobile)
> chatham.ewing at cpl.org
> http://www.cpl.org  
>
> ________________________________________
> From: digihubsadmin-bounces at lists.oplin.org
> <digihubsadmin-bounces at lists.oplin.org> on behalf of Lodge, Missy 
> <MLODGE at library.ohio.gov>
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 12:25 PM
> To: hedgesst at oplin.org; digihubsadmin   (digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org)
> Subject: Re: [Digihubsadmin] some possibilities(?)
>
> I personally think it would be well worth all of our time to pursue 
> this opportunity.  Many years ago (and Kim Fender  may be the only one 
> who remembers this) there was a core group who talked about going for 
> a NLG Digitization Grant.  Unfortunately, the State Library is very 
> limited on the amount of match that we can provide but I (as well as 
> several of us here) are used to being 5% on paper and 50% in 
> real-time!  Katy Klettlinger, the new LPD consultant has extensive 
> digitization experience and would have some great ideas and concepts if we move forward.
>
>
>
> Missy Lodge
> Associate State Librarian for Library Development
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: digihubsadmin-bounces at lists.oplin.org
> [mailto:digihubsadmin-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Stephen 
> Hedges
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 12:14 PM
> To: digihubsadmin (digihubsadmin at lists.oplin.org)
> Subject: [Digihubsadmin] some possibilities(?)
>
> Yesterday, the IMLS released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for their
> FY2015 National Leadership Grants for Libraries, 
> http://www.imls.gov/notice_of_funding_opportunity_fy2015_national_lead
> ership_grants_for_libraries.aspx
>
> From the notes of the IMLS "National digital platform" meeting 
> (http://www.imls.gov/assets/1/AssetManager/IMLSFocusNotes_NYC.pdf), I 
> suspect that some of these grants will go toward expanding the DPLA hubs.
> Are there costs involved for the Digitization Hubs that might be 
> covered by one of these grants?
>
> I also had a meeting yesterday with Jeff Fruit and Nancy Lensenmayer 
> from the KSU SLIS during which we talked a bit about the Digitization 
> Hubs. I noted that this project does not really address digital 
> preservation, but I have sensed some interest in more formally 
> pursuing preservation; they were interested in a possible partnership 
> if that happens, perhaps even within the context of a grant. (If I'm 
> interpreting my notes from the 7/22 OhioDIG meeting correctly, Meghan 
> Frazer from OhioLINK also mentioned digital preservation as one of 
> their interests.)
>
> I'll be the first to admit that almost all of this stuff is over my 
> head, but I wanted to share these possibilities, for what they might be worth.
>
> Stephen
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