[DPLAsteering] OCLC DPLA aggregator

[Liz Bishoff]

I've posted the document to Google Drive.

 

During today's Steering Committee meeting, we will briefly discuss the
process for reviewing the proposal and timeline for collecting additional
questions.  Based on the short timeframe for the meeting we don't believe we
will have time for a  thorough discussion.  

 

If you remember, Gwen Evans has been taking the lead on our discussions with
OCLC regarding OCLC serving as the Ohio aggregator.  We asked them to submit
a written proposal.  Gwen received that response early in March.

 

Please find attached OCLC's proposal to serve as the aggregator for the DPLA
Ohio Service Hub.  We have had this response for a couple of week  however
we needed to verify that we could distribute it to the Steering Committee.
As that approval has been received, we are now sharing it with you.  Liz and
Tom have already reviewed it and have noted several issues:

--OCLC has proposed a 1 year pilot, DPLA Ohio would likely want this to
cover the 3 years of the prototype.

--Pricing for the project would need to be for 3 years

--Current proposal only covers organizations that are OAI-harvestable, with
no reference to how non-OAI harvestable organizations collections would be
addressed.  Currently there are fewer than 40 organizations in Ohio with
OAI-compliant systems.  A solution which would cross-walk data is critical
to grow participation.

--Verification that OCLC would feed the content directly to DPLA.  Their
diagram shows that the feed would go to DPLA, however there is no reference
of such.

 

There are additional questions that Gwen asked OCLC and has received an
answer to below.  They are copied below. 

 

We would like the Steering Committee to review the proposal and identify any
additional questions that you might have so that we can forward all
questions to OCLC.  We would like to resolve the question regarding the DPLA
Ohio technical strategy-whether we go with REPOX or go with an OCLC solution
very soon so that we can complete the draft DPLA application.  

 

Please submit your comments by next Friday, April 8, 2016.

 

Thank you-Angela, Stephen, Missy.

 

Liz Bishoff

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From: "Evans, Gwen"
Date: Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 7:09 PM
To: "Sauer-Games,Mary"
Cc: Bruce Crocco, "Pace,Andrew"
Subject: Re: Proposal for Pilot Project

 

Hi Mary -- thanks so much, this is a great starting point for the committee.
I have a couple of questions that I know will be asked:

 

1. "The metadata will be enhanced (for an incremental cost) as it is
processed in the OCLC workflow infrastructure to add linked open data
references. "

 

Is this enhancement optional so that libraries could choose not to have
linked data and avoid the cost?  MSG: Yes, this would be optional.

 

2. "The Ohio-wide aggregation is delivered to DPLA in the DPLA MAP format
and will only include enhancements necessary to supply that required format.
This metadata is provided to DPLA under a CC0 license."

 

This is only about enhancements performed by OCLC, correct? If libraries
have more than the minimum metadata elements, those will be passed along --
and if the records have library- added linked data elements of their own,
those will be passed along also, correct?  MSG:  Absolutely.  All library
created metadata would be passed along, including linked data elements.

 

3. This is very ambiguous: "Does an Ohio library have to be an OCLC member
to participate in the pilot or subsequent service? 

For the pilot project there is no prerequisite for OCLC membership. When the
service goes live, then any organization that subscribes to the service
becomes an OCLC member. Paying fees for OCLC services, ie., fiscally
supporting the cooperative, is the definition of OCLC membership."

 

To me that is a roundabout way of saying that at go-live date, an
institution de facto will become a dues-paying member, yes? And what do you
mean by go-live? In my world it means "when the service is up and
running."MSG:

MSG:  Gwen, libraries do not pay "membership fees" to belong to OCLC.  When
you purchase a service from OCLC, you are automatically become a member of
OCLC.  "Go-Live" is when the service is up and running. 

 

Again, thanks, and I don't necessarily expect the answers by tomorrow.  

 

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