Notes

Outline

project for a Minnesota Digital Library

MDL vision   Build on existing technical and     library infrastructures   Coordinate opportunities to digitize collections for access and preservation and establish models for integration   Pursue future opportunities for sharing resources and expertise -- Minnesota Digital Library grant application

what is a digital library? The differences often can be very subtle.

what is a digital library? “Digital libraries are organizations that provide the resources, including specialized staff, to select, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret, distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence over time of collections of digital works…” -Digital Library Federation

assumptions about DLs   Not a bounded, uniform collection   Increasing diversity of information   More than just search   Collaboration is necessary

DL collaboration requires

DL collaboration requires

DL collaboration environment

DL environment

current DL model

centralized DL model

virtual catalog DL model

centralized archive DL model

collaborative DL model

collaboration can result in