Analysis of Digitized Works

Overview

This page contains a detailed description of existing digital content collections that may serve as a model for or as potential input to a proposed DPLA. Many thanks to June Casey for undertaking the research below.

Please copy and use the template at the bottom of the page when adding/editing content collections.

Amazon & Amazon CreateSpace

URL

http://www.amazon.com/

CreateSpace: http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller-account/mm-summary-page.html?ie=UTF8&ld=AZFooterSelfPublish&topic=200260520

Type of Contract

Fee-based license: Amazon grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Amazon.

Formats

Born digital hybrid: eBooks, digital previews (digital books, digital newspapers, digital magazines, blogs and newsfeeds, games, MP3 and software downloads, video, audiobooks....

Types of Content

full-text, abstracts, index

Scope of Collection

“Over 810,000 e-books, Kindle Singles, newspapers, blogs, and games and active content.” Number of authors publishing with CreateSpace is unknown.

Policy/Governance

"Our vision is to be earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online." CreateSpace self-publishing requires no membership or set-up fees, allows for on demand distribution, offers a flexible royalty model (Amazon takes 40% of list price + fixed fee per item: https://www.createspace.com/Products/Books/Royalties.jsp)

Legal Information

"All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Amazon or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Amazon and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of Amazon or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. CreateSpace publishing offers members a non-exclusive agreement, member retains copyright."

Management

Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos opened the virtual doors of Amazon.com's online store in July 1995. The company was incorporated in 1994 in the state of Washington and reincorporated in 1996 in Delaware. The Company's principal corporate offices are located in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com completed its initial public offering in May 1997, and its common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol AMZN.

Technology

Dissemination: Digital downloads

Funding

Commercial

By Whom?

Commercial publishers and by individuals.

For Whom?

Individual and institutional consumers

Additional Information

ARTStor

URL

http://www.artstor.org/index.shtml

Type of Contract

Collections are contributed on a non-exclusive basis. Terms and Conditions of Use permit only educational, noncommercial use of the Digital Library. Contributors may have gratis access to the collection they have contributed and licensed access to other content.

Formats

Digitized images and other data

Types of Content

Digital objects, index, bibliographic information. Collection description and status: http://www.artstor.org/what-is-artstor/w-html/collection-status.shtml

Scope of Collection

“Hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data”.

Policy/Governance

To become a community-supported resource that enhances scholarship, teaching, and learning in the arts and associated fields.

Legal Information

Noncommercial educational and scholarly uses only. Collections are contributed to ARTstor on a non-exclusive basis. Intellectual property: http://www.artstor.org/our-organization/o-html/ip.shtml

Management

ARTstor's sole objective in creating and making available the database is to benefit education and scholarship. ARTstor was started by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2001. ARTstor became a separately functioning, independent non-profit organization in January 2004.

Technology

"Digitization & Discovery: Collections may be built from color transparencies of varying resolution, scanned photographic prints, or direct digital photography of objects in museums and in the field. ARTstor's effort to build and distribute an image library over the internet in a way that is both easy to use and secure is different from other practices now served by various tool sets; given the unusual challenges that this represents, we decided to develop our own tools. We also believe that ARTstor needs to be responsive to the needs of our users, and the only way to ensure that we can be responsive in this way is to be as autonomous as possible. ARTstor is a password-protected environment in which all high-resolution images are encrypted as FPX files that cannot be downloaded or copied and pasted out of the digital library (can be downloaded and printed as low-resolution files)."

Funding

Subscription / licensing fees. A non-profit initiative originally funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

By Whom?

Community-supported (educational and cultural institutions, non-profit entities).

For Whom?

To access images in the ARTstor Digital Library, you must be affiliated with a participating non-profit institution (university, college, museum, public library, or K-12 school). ARTstor is currently available to institutions of higher education and to museums outside of the United States. “Users should also bear in mind that the number of images available to them may vary from country to country, reflecting ARTstor's approach to addressing an international copyright landscape that itself varies from country to country.”

Additional Information

"Highlights from our collections include Magnum Photos, the Illustrated Bartsch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Berlin State Museums, Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives, Scala Archives, Carnegie Arts of the United States, the Natural History Museum in London, the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, the Mellon International Dunhuang Archive, the Asian Art Photographic Distribution (AAPD) from the University of Michigan, contemporary art and architecture from ART on FILE, the Ezra Stoller Archive of Modern Architecture, and dozens more."

Audiovisual Archive Network

URL

www.archivenetwork.org

Type of Contract

Content contributors control access to their holdings at the item level. They may choose to provide access on the open site and/or the educational subscription site (e.g., an item can be accessed at either or both portals). There is no charge to contribute content to the Library if it is available in one or both of these portals. Contributors receive complex time-based metadata and OAI-compliant records in return for their partnership. AVAN is non-exclusive; contributors can re-purpose the metadata and proxy files created for the Library in any way they wish.

Formats

Primarily moving image and sound formats (all file formats accepted). Still images and documents may be added as well as supplemental content to the audiovisual items.

Types of Content

Moving image and sound primary source material, including but not limited to: news programs and raw footage (television, radio, cable access, and internet origins), oral histories, interviews, home movies, video art, films, sound and radio art, performance documentation, and field recordings.

Policy/Governance

Independent non-profit 501(c)3 organization incorporated in California. A Board of Directors provides governance and oversight: http://www.archivenetwork.org/directors.htm

Legal Information

Content contributors retain all rights to their content, and control access to their materials. They set permissions on content that can be downloaded from both the open public site and the educational subscription site; AVAN’s default is streaming access. Metadata and cataloging created by AVAN staff is owned by the content contributor to re-purpose as they wish. The educational subscription is offered to non-profit and educational institutions, and to individual researchers and scholars unaffiliated with an institution.

Management

Executive Director: Linda Tadic http://www.archivenetwork.org/staff.htm

Five revenue streams have been created to guarantee sustainability, so the service does not depend solely on subscription revenue. Our goal is for AVAN to be self-sustaining with no external support at the end of Year 3 of its operations.

Technology

The educational subscription site utilizes tools such as time-based indexing with multiple controlled vocabularies (LC, Getty, IPTC, and discipline-specific), visual and voice recognition, and user-generated tags. The Digital Repository Service (DRS) is a low-cost trusted digital repository for non-profit orgranizations such as museums, libraries, arts centers, universities, and also individual creators such as filmmakers and artists. We have adopted an extended OAIS model.

Funding

Funding to research and write a business plan was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Revenue will be generated beginning in Year 2, but supplemental external support will be required in AVAN’s first three years. AVAN is projected to be self-sustaining by Year 4 with five revenue streams.

By Whom?

Revenue will be generated from the Library educational subscriptions, the Digital Repository Service, hosting content not provided to the Library for others to access, educational clip licensing, and speech-to-text transcriptions.

For Whom?

Any domestic or international organization or individual creator may contribute content to the Library at no charge, so long as it is primary source, historical sound and moving image content. The Library’s public site is available to the world. The educational subscription site is available to educational and non-profit organizations, and to unaffiliated individual researchers and scholars. Access to the educational site will initially be in the United States, expanding internationally in Year 3. The Digital Repository Service is only available to educational and non-profit organizations, and to individual creators. DRS users may be domestic and international.

Additional Information

Retrieved from "http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/dpla/Analysis_of_Digitized_Works"

Cursor books ("Red Lemonade" imprint)

URL

http://www.rnash.com/

Type of Contract

commercial, fee based

Formats

Born-digital: e-book digital downloads and print on demand (POD).

Types of Content

full-text

Scope of Collection

“On the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair and on the day of Tools of Change Frankfurt, Cursor’s founder and CEO, Richard Nash, is pleased to announce the line-up of books for Red Lemonade, their first publishing imprint (Someday This Will Be Funny - Lynne Tillman, April 2011, Zazen - Vanessa Veselka, May 2011, Follow Me Down - Kio Stark, June 2011)."

Policy/Governance

Cursor is a social approach to publishing that focuses on the establishment of powerful, self-reinforcing online membership communities made up of professional authors, reader members, and emerging writers: "a portfolio of niche social publishing communities".

Legal Information

Copyrighted

Management

Started by Richard Nash in 2010, to make "available as digital downloads, print publications, limited editions, and as part of an online library."

Technology

?

Funding

Private investors; commercial

By Whom?

Community-supported (writer and reader driven)

For Whom?

An online community of writers and readers.

Additional Information

Publishers’ Weekly: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20090727/5021-don-t-call-it-c2-a0a-comeback-the-past-and-future-c2-a0according-to-c2-a0richard-nash-.html

Europeana and/or non-US public domain collections

URL

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Digitized: Images (JPEG), books (PDF), sounds, videos

Types of Content

Digital content contributed by partner institutions: http://www.europeana.eu/portal/partners.html. Objects include images (paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects), texts (books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers), and sounds (music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts).

Scope of Collection

Around 1500 institutions have contributed to Europeana. "Ideas and inspiration can be found within the more than 15 million items on Europeana."

Policy/Governance

Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. It promotes discovery and networking opportunities in a multilingual space where users can engage, share in and be inspired by the rich diversity of Europe's cultural and scientific heritage. Europeana links out to the original source.

Legal Information

Permission to share/transform under certain conditions (attribution, non-commercial, copyleft), unless otherwise indicated. Terms of Use are governed by the laws of The Netherlands.

Management

Overseen by the Europeana Foundation, consisting of the presidents and chairs of European associations for cultural heritage and information associations (http://version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-foundation/introduction)

Technology

"You cannot download items directly from Europeana.eu but we connect you to the original source of the item on the provider's website, where you may be able to download the object. The availability of an item for download depends on the facilities provided by each institution."

Funding

Funded by the European Commission, based in the National Library of the Netherlands, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek

By Whom?

Collaboration between museums, archives, audiovisual collections and libraries

For Whom?

Public

Additional Information

“Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. It promotes discovery and networking opportunities in a multilingual space where users can engage, share in and be inspired by the rich diversity of Europe's cultural and scientific heritage.”

Flickr: The Commons

URL

http://www.flickr.com/commons?GXHC_gx_session_id_=6afecb2055a3c52c

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Born-digital and digitized: Images (JPEG), videos (Adobe Flash)

Types of Content

Digital objects, bibliographic information contributed by public tagging (folksonomies).

Scope of Collection

1,388 members, 938 items. Participating institutions: http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/.

Policy/Governance

"The program has two main objectives:

1. To increase access to publicly-held photography collections, and;
2. To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge. (Then watch what happens when they do!)"

Legal Information

Rights dictated by participating institutions. Allow for "no known copyright" disclaimer, also some Creative Commons licenses. Copyright policy: http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Management

Owned by Yahoo! Inc., created by Ludicorp

Technology

Photos: digital downloads, subject to permission by the user who uploaded the image; Videos: accessible to users but cannot be downloaded.

Funding

Account sign-up fees; original pilot on 2008 with Library of Congress: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2008/01/16/many-hands-make-light-work/

By Whom?

International public photography collections (state and national government, universities, public libraries, cultural institutions) and by Flickr Commons users.

For Whom?

All geographies. For personal, educational, or for research purposes. Public and by those granted access by the user who uploaded the image.

Additional Information

National Archives joins Flickr Commons, February 5, 2010, US Fed News. Participating institutions: http://www.flickr.com/commons/institutions/

Google Book Search

URL

http://books.google.com/books/

Type of Contract

mixed model

Formats

Digitized: eBooks, previews (PDF)

Types of Content

full-text, bibliographic information, abstracts

Scope of Collection

October 14, 2010, “To date, working with library and publisher partners around the world, we have scanned more than 15 million books from more than 100 countries in over 400 languages as part of the Google Books project we started in 2004.” http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-future-of-books.html

Policy/Governance

"...to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful"

Legal Information

In copyright/in-print books; In-copyright/out-of-print books; out-of-copyright books. Books rights registry. Settlement Agreement: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/agreement/.

Management

Developed by Google Inc. with university partner institutions.

Technology

Snippet display of books from library collections referred to as "an enhanced card catalog of the world's books". Download feature available only for books in the public domain.

Funding

Google with content contributed by participating libraries.

By Whom?

Content provided through the Partner Program and the Library Project.

For Whom?

All geographies; public

Additional Information

HathiTrust Digital Library

URL

http://www.hathitrust.org/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Digitized: Digital book and journal content (available as JPEG image files, texts, PDFs)

Types of Content

full-text, index, bibliographic information, abstract

Scope of Collection

Currently Digitized: 8,118,282 total volumes, 4,493,242 book titles, 200,082 serial titles, 2,841,398,700 pages, 364 terabytes, 96 miles, 6,596 tons, 2,071,547 volumes (~26% of total) in the public domain. View visualizations of HathiTrust call numbers, languages, and dates http://www.hathitrust.org/statistics_info.

Policy/Governance

The mission of HathiTrust is to contribute to the common good by collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, and sharing the record of human knowledge.

Legal Information

All objects in the archive are either in the public domain, have the necessary permissions to support the level of access afforded, or are simply archived in such a way as to ensure an enduring copy of the content. HathiTrust provides reading access only to those publications where permitted by law or by the rights holder. In cases where a rights holder has granted HathiTrust permission to provide reading access to a publication, the administrative office of the University of Michigan Library retains a record of those permissions (view the Permissions Agreement). Similarly, when partner institutions or organizations deposit materials in the archive, a Digital Assets Submission Inventory is filed with the University of Michigan Library administration. Users are encouraged to cite and link to digital content and are free to do so without asking for permission. Depending on the source of the digitized work, licenses or other contractual terms may restrict further distribution or other uses.

Management

HathiTrust began in 2008 as a collaboration of the thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, the University of California system, and the University of Virginia to establish a repository to archive and share their digitized collections. HathiTrust has quickly expanded to include additional partners and to provide those partners with an easy means to archive their digital content. HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives.

Technology

HathiTrust is intended to provide persistent and high availability storage for deposited files. In order to facilitate this, the initiative’s technology concentrates on creating a minimum of two synchronized versions of high-availability clustered storage with wide geographic separation (the first two instances of storage are located in Ann Arbor, MI and Indianapolis, IN), as well as an encrypted tape backup (written to and stored in a separate facility outside of Ann Arbor). Each of these storage or tape instances is physically secure (e.g., in a locked cage in a machine room) and only accessible to specified personnel. Each separate storage system is also equipped with mechanisms to provide mirrored management and access functionality, and employ 100% data redundancy in an effort to prevent data loss. http://www.hathitrust.org/technology

Funding

Costs shared by the participating libraries and library consortia. The budget of HathiTrust is currently a separately maintained budget, held within the University of Michigan budget system and managed by the Executive Committee. The Strategic Advisory Board reports to the Executive Committee.

By Whom?

International community of research libraries (over fifty partners).

For Whom?

All geographies: public.

Additional Information

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB)

URL

http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

Type of Contract

by license

Formats

Digitized: eBooks (digital page images, text files, PDF)

Types of Content

full-text

Scope of Collection

An online collection of nearly 2,800 books of high quality in the humanities, accessible through institutional and individual subscription. These titles are offered by the ACLS in collaboration with twenty learned societies, nearly 100 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. "HEB, which launched in September 2002, now adds approximately 500 books annually to the collection, including a carefully selected list of new XML titles that have the potential to use new media to communicate the results of scholarship in new ways. Titles now include monographs, collected essays and primary sources."

Policy/Governance

To provide "an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars and featuring unlimited, multi-user access and free, downloadable MARC records and stats".

Legal Information

"It is understood that the purpose of ACLS is to provide scholarly and educational access to such books by Authorized Users. Accordingly, License Purchaser may not utilize HEB for commercial purposes, including but not limited to the sale of Materials, fee-for-service use, or bulk reproduction or distribution of Materials in any form; nor may License Purchaser impose special charges on Authorized Users for use of HEB beyond reasonable administrative costs. Under no circumstances may License Purchaser (a) remove, obscure, or modify any copyright or other notices included in HEB or the Materials; or (b) use Materials in a manner that would infringe the copyright therein. Fair-use rights and restrictions apply to printing and downloading."

Management

The ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) manages Humanities E-Book with the advice of participating ACLS learned societies and an Advisory Doard and a Title Review Board.

Technology

The collection features unlimited multi-user access and free, downloadable MARC records. HEB is available 24/7 on- and off-campus through standard web browsers. Since most material on this site is licensed for electronic distribution only, fair-use restrictions should be carefully followed by users for any printing and/or downloading.

Funding

HEB was originally funded as the ACLS History E-Book Project in June 1999 by a $3-million, five-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional funding from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Now in its second phase, HEB achieved self-sustainability in the spring of 2005 and became ACLS Humanities E-Book in January 2007.

By Whom?

By the ACLS in collaboration with twenty learned societies, nearly 100 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office.

For Whom?

Access to and use of HEB is provided by paid subscription through a non-exclusive license and provides for access and use by Authorized Users at subscribing institutions. “Authorized Users” means persons who are authorized to use Licensee’s library facilities and/or who are affiliated with Licensee as students, faculty, members, or employees.

Additional Information

Internet Archive

URL

http://www.archive.org/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

born digital: eBooks (PDF, text, DAISY, ePub, DjVu, MOBI), texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages

Types of Content

harvested, index

Scope of Collection

449,068 moving images; 88,512 concerts; 798,365 recordings; 2,668,348 texts; 150 billion archived web pages November 26, 2010: "More than doubling the number of books available to print disabled people of all ages, today the Internet Archive launched a new service that brings free access to more than 1 million books — from classic 19th century fiction and current novels to technical guides and research materials — now available in the specially designed format to support those who are blind, dyslexic or are otherwise visually impaired."

Policy/Governance

Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format -- "Universal Access to All Knowledge".

Legal Information

Access to the Archive’s Collections is provided at no cost to you and is granted for scholarship and research purposes only. The Archive, at its sole discretion, may provide you with a password to access certain Collections, provided that you complete any required application process and provide accurate information in your application. You may use your password only to access the Collections in ways consistent with this Agreement — no other access to or use of the Site, the Collections, or the Archive's services is authorized. You agree not to interfere with the work of other users or Archive personnel, servers, or resources. Further, you agree not to recirculate your password to other people or organizations or to copy offsite any part of the Collections without written permission. Internet Archive does not itself seek to limit use of its digital materials. However, we cannot give ironclad guarantees as to the copyright status of items in our Collections and cannot guarantee information posted on items’ details or collection pages regarding copyright or other intellectual property rights. Our terms of use (http://www.archive.org/about/terms.php) require that users make use of Internet Archive's Collections at their own risk and ensure that such use is non-infringing and in accordance with all applicable laws.

Management

Founded by Brewster Kahle

Technology

Permanent storage and access; all content is downloadable.

Funding

The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. It receives in-kind and financial donations from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to: Alexa Internet, the Kahle/Austin Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and [independent donations].

By Whom?

Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others.

For Whom?

All geographies; public.

Additional Information

JSTOR

URL

http://www.jstor.org/

Type of Contract

by license

Formats

Academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work (PDF).

Types of Content

Full-text, index, bibliographic information, abstract; moving-wall restriction on recent content.

Scope of Collection

“With more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources, JSTOR is one of the world's most trusted sources for academic content.” For the 2011 subscription year, 174 titles from 19 publishers are available via the Current Scholarship Program.

Policy/Governance

Not-for-profit, trusted digital archive. To offer "high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching".

Legal Information

Institutional Licensees and/or Authorized Users may search, view, reproduce, display, download, print, perform, and distribute Licensed Content provided they abide by the restrictions in Sections 2.2 and elsewhere in these Terms and Conditions of Use, for the following Permitted Uses. Permitted Uses may be undertaken within the premises of an Authorized User's affiliated Institutional Licensee. Except in the case of Authorized Users who are Walk-In Users, Permitted Uses also may be undertaken remotely through secure access methods. Permitted uses include research activities, classroom activities, student assignments, educational workshops, and research papers.

Management

Created by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Technology

Articles downloadable as PDF.

Funding

Originally funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, but is now an independent, self-sustaining not-for-profit organization (receiving funds through institutional and individual account subscribers).

By Whom?

Publishers, libraries, archives, museums, herbaria, and other members of the scholarly community: 6,792 participating institutions, 159 countries, 785 participating publishers.

For Whom?

Institutional and individual account holders

Additional Information

MIT Press (university presses)

URL

http://mitpress.mit.edu/main/home/default.asp

Type of Contract

commercial, fee-based, some open

Formats

Print and digital: Books, journals (PDF); 200 new books a year and over 30 journals.

Types of Content

Full-text, index, bibliographic information, article abstracts.

Scope of Collection

"MIT Press publishes over 30 journals in a wide variety of disciplines." Approximately 3,424 e-books published (source: BooksinPrint.com).

Policy/Governance

To create books and journals that are challenging, creative, attractive, and yet affordable to individual readers. The MIT Press is the only university press in the United States whose list is based in science and technology.

Legal Information

http://mitpress.mit.edu/mitpress/copyright/MITCopyrightGuidelines_and_FairUse.pdf

Management

MIT

Technology

E-books and journal articles downloadable as PDF or EPUB, some digital-only multi-media projects

Funding

Commercial (sales and subscription fees)

By Whom?

MIT Press

For Whom?

Individual and institutional consumers "Today we sell a higher proportion of our products outside the United States than any other U.S. university press."

Additional Information

Mountain West Digital Library

URL

http://mwdl.org/

Type of Contract

open, public portal

Formats

Digitized: Text, Images, Video, Audio (all in various formats based on original source of the material) Theses; Books; Plays; Maps; Print photos; Videos; Drawings; Paintings; Journals; Letters; Slides; Black and white photographs pdf; jp2; rm.

Types of Content

Mixed: digital objects, full-text.

Scope of Collection

"We provide free access to 300,000 resources in over 350 collections from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and other parts of the U.S. West."

Policy/Governance

To improve the availability and delivery of library and information services.

Legal Information

No copyright statement, probably because MWDL only provides links and does not directly provide content.

Management

Utah Academic Library Consortium

Technology

Provides links to original sources; sources may or may not be downloadable, based on whether the original source allows downloads. Hosting institutions each run servers supporting their own digital collections and support partner institutions by providing scanning and hosting services.

Funding

"Utah Academic Library Consortium; Institute of Museum and Library Services funding under the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Utah State Library; Private donations to the MWDL Partners; Contributed time and equipment from the MWDL Partners."

By Whom?

Utah Academic Library Consortium: universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and other parts of the U.S. West. Hosting Hubs: Utah: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University; Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University; Gerald Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University; Stewart Library, Weber State University; Utah State Archives; Utah Valley University Library; Health Education Assets Library (HEAL); Digital Commons Institutional Repository, Utah State University. Nevada: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Libraries; University of Nevada, Reno, Libraries.

For Whom?

All geographies, public.

Additional Information

"The Mountain West Digital Library is a portal to digital resources from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Hawaii. The MWDL has these goals: Create a distributed digital repository of significant, rare, and/or unique resources from the libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions of the Mountain West region; Provide a public portal accessing digital collections in the Mountain West for the benefit of MWDL partners, the scholarly community at large, and the general public; Expand the digital library vision and environment for the Mountain West region, and support the digital library development efforts of Collections Partners, including colleges, universities, public libraries, school libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, municipalities, counties, state agencies, and other entities as approved by the UALC Council." About the Library and Collection Partners: http://mwdl.org/index.php/about

National Digital Newspaper Program

URL

http://www.neh.gov/projects/ndnp.html

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Digitized: Newspapers (text, PDF, jp2).

Types of Content

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, a prototype of the digital resource being produced through NDNP, is freely available to Internet users everywhere. Users may search the digitized pages contributed by funded state projects and LC as well as consult a national newspaper directory of bibliographic and holdings information to identify newspaper titles available in all types of formats.

Scope of Collection

"On December 15, 2010, the Library of Congress added more than 440,000 historic newspaper pages to the Chronicling America Web site. This most recent update expands date coverage for many titles already represented in the site and includes a wealth of content in new titles from Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. The site now includes more than 3.1 million pages from 414 titles published between 1860 and 1922 in 22 states and the District of Columbia."

Policy/Governance

The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) is a partnership between the NEH, the Library of Congress (LC), and state projects to provide enhanced access to United States newspapers published between 1836 and 1922. Strategic plan, 2007-2012: http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/strategicplan.html

Legal Information

"It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Researchers must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use."

Management

National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, state projects.

Technology

Downloadable as text, PDF, or images.

Funding

Federal funding to state projects by NEH to digitize historically significant titles that are aggregated and permanently maintained by the Library of Congress.

By Whom?

National Endowment for the Humanities

For Whom?

All geographies; public.

Additional Information

NYPL Digital Gallery

URL

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

Type of Contract

open, public portal

Formats

Digitized: Images (JPEG and Mr.Sid).

Types of Content

Digital objects, bibliographic information, index, Collection Guides and curated exhibition pages.

Scope of Collection

"NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 780,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.".

Policy/Governance

NYPL Digital Gallery is the public face of The New York Public Library's digital repository. Digital Gallery represents only content that can be provided free and open to the general public. Digital Gallery content is drawn from the larger digital repository of 1.3 million objects held at the Library. Items not available on Digital Gallery due to rights and privacy restriction may often be available on site at the Library in the various reading rooms.

Legal Information

1. Low Resolution Files (Only Non-Commercial Uses Allowed). Materials downloaded from the NYPL Websites may only be used for personal, educational, or research purposes. They may not be used for commercial purposes.
2. High Resolution Files (All Uses Allowed, Including Commercial Uses). High resolution digital files of photos in the Library’s Digital Gallery are available for editorial and commercial use for a reproduction fee. For more information, please go to: www.nypl.org/permissions.
3. You Are Responsible For Obtaining Necessary Permissions. The NYPL Websites contain a wide range of content. They contain materials that are in the public domain as well as materials that are protected by copyright. In cases where materials on the NYPL Websites are protected by third party rights, you are responsible for clearing the necessary rights in order to use the materials in question.

Management

New York Public Library

Technology

May save images as JPEG files.

Funding

Joint public and private funding.

By Whom?

New York Public Library

For Whom?

All geographies; public.

Additional Information

The Library holds thousands of hours of audio and video materials that will eventually be available through services running on the repository. A public facing interface for content that is not encumbered is planned for 2012.

Ohio Memory

URL

http://www.ohiomemory.org/

Type of Contract

open, public portal

Formats

Digitized images (jpeg, tiff), video (FLV).

Types of Content

Archaeological objects, photographs, State Agency publications, historical objects, manuscripts (letters, diaries, etc.), natural history specimens, newspapers, video. Also includes subject category essays "describing twenty-two topics relating to Ohio's rich history" and a "build your own exhibit" application.

Scope of Content

Repository contains more than 75,000 digital items. "Ohio Memory is a collaborative digital library project of the Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio, which includes collections from more than 354 cultural heritage institutions from all of Ohio’s 88 counties. Established by the Ohio Historical Society in 2000, the mission of the Ohio Memory Project is to provide access to historical treasures of Ohio, bringing together primary sources from all parts of the state in an online scrapbook that: (1) celebrates state and local history; (2) encourages cooperation between archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and other cultural organizations; (3) allows the global community to discover and explore Ohio’s rich past."

Policy/Governance

A collaborative project between the The Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio.

Legal Information

Online access to images on Ohio Memory is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information.

Management

Angela O’Neal, Director of Collections Services; Jason Crabill, Manager of Curatorial Services in the Collections Division at the Ohio Historical Society; Jillian Carney, Manager of Digital Services in the Collections Division at the Ohio Historical Society.

Technology

Some videos are available for download.

Funding

Ohio Memory is made possible with funds from the Ohio Historical Society, the State Library of Ohio, Participating Institutions and grants and donations from: Elizabeth Graves Foundation, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN), SBC/Ameritech (now AT&T), Ingram-White Castle Foundation.

By Whom?

Ohio Historical Society and the State Library of Ohio, with contributions from 354 cultural heritage institutions from all of Ohio’s 88 counties.

For Whom?

public and commercial

Additional Information

additional information

Opening History (UIUC)

URL

http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

"Links to resources. Photographs (slides, negatives), books and pamphlets, newspapers, prints and drawings, physical artifacts, periodicals, posters and broadsides, letters, archival finding aids, music, oral histories, maps, documents, moving images, sheet music postcards, physical specimens, diaries, paintings."

Types of Content

"Aggregation of digital collections: Publicly available portals to digital collections hosted at institutions across the country. Opening History, a publicly available registry of digital U.S. History collections from cultural heritage institutions and a repository of item-level metadata from these collections. Opening History, also available to the public via the Internet, provides possibly the largest aggregation of digital collections focusing on U.S. History."

Scope of Collection

1089 collection records

Policy/Governance

To provide "organized access to digital resources of value for research on United States history and culture."

Legal Information

See hosting institutions: http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/collections/GEMHostInst.asp

Management

UIUC. Hosted by Grainger Engineering Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Technology

Provides links to original sources; may or may not be downloadable, based on whether the original source allows downloads.

Funding

This project is a collaboration among the University of Illinois Library, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a Federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership, and a lifetime of learning.

By Whom?

A range of distributed and complementary cultural heritage collections from academic libraries, museums, and archives.

For Whom?

Open to all geographies. Intended for academic use by history researchers.

Additional Information

Opening History Collection Development Policy: http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/docs/CollectionDevelopmentPolicy.pdf

Overdrive

URL

http://www.overdrive.com/

Type of Contract

Fee-based contractor for libraries and retail distribution -- global distribution of e-books, audiobooks, and more.

Formats

eBooks (PDF, EPUB), audiobooks (WMA, MP3), video (WMV), music (WMA, MP3)

Types of Content/Scope of Collection

Full-text -- "OverDrive currently hosts more than 500,000 premium digital titles from more than 1,000 publishers, including Random House, HarperCollins, BBC Audiobooks America, Harlequin, and Bloomsbury. Our digital distribution services are utilized by more than 13,000 libraries, schools, and colleges worldwide. For two consecutive years, OverDrive has been named to the EContent 100 as a company that matters most in the digital content industry."

Policy/Governance

To be a leading full-service digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and other digital content.

Legal Information

"When you "clickout" or otherwise "download" (referred to herein, collectively as "Download") Content from the OverDrive Service, OverDrive grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download or stream such Digital Content to your computer and/or your Device(s) solely for your personal non-commercial use. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute or use the Digital Content in any other manner. You shall not sell, transfer, lease, modify, distribute or publicly perform the Digital Content in any manner and you shall not exploit it commercially. Do not (A) decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the Digital Content or attempt to do so; or (B) modify the Digital Content or create any derivative works therefrom. This license to the Digital Content you Download will continue for as long as your copy of Digital Content exists pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement."

Management

Steve Potash, Chief Executive Officer; Lori Soukup, Chief Operations Officer; Mike Vantusko, Chief Financial Officer

Technology

Secure management, DRM protection, and download fulfillment services for publishers, libraries, schools, and retailers.

Funding

Commercial

By Whom?

See partners: http://www.overdrive.com/About/Partners.aspx

For Whom?

Publishers, libraries, schools, and retailers.

Additional Information

OverDrive was a founding member of the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Established in 2000, the IDPF promotes the development of electronic publishing applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems, and consumers, including the industry standard EPUB format. “In 2000, we launched Content Reserve, our digital marketplace that now contains over 500,000 downloadable titles from more than 1,000 publishers. In 2002, we launched our download service for libraries, which provides eBook, audiobook, and other digital content to millions of library users. Today, OverDrive works with thousands of libraries, schools, retailers, OEMs, and publishers, providing the infrastructure for managing, protecting, and distributing digital content.”

Oxford University Press

URL

http://www.oup.com/us/

Type of Contract

by commercial license

Formats

Born-digital: eBooks, journals.

Types of Content

full-text

Scope of Collection

“Today, the OUP group of publishing companies constitutes the world's largest university press, being larger than all the American university presses and Cambridge University Press combined. Worldwide, the OUP group publishes more than 6,000 new titles a year and employs approximately 5,000 people across 50 countries. As a result of its diverse, international publishing program, the "Oxford University Press" imprimatur has become familiar worldwide, standing for scholarly, educational, and research excellence and authority. In pursuit of our mission, we maintain an active scholarly publishing program, producing approximately 250 scholarly research monographs each year, as well as trade, textbooks, and professional titles. We have 8,400 books in print and we stock another 7,600 imports from OUP offices around the world.”

Policy/Governance

"Oxford University Press produces online editions of many of its most acclaimed scholarly and reference works including dictionaries, encyclopedias, general reference material and monographs in a wide range of subject areas."

Legal Information

"The materials on this web site may be retrieved and downloaded solely for personal use. No materials may otherwise be copied, modified, published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written permission of Oxford."

Management

Oxford University Press

Technology

Funding

Commercial

By Whom?

Oxford University Press, commercial publisher, department of the University of Oxford.

For Whom?

For purchase by libraries and individuals worldwide.

Additional Information

Project Gutenberg (other public domain e-book sites)

URL

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Type of Contract

open: "All our ebooks can be freely downloaded: Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats."

Formats

Digitized: eBooks (HTML, EPUB, Kindle, Plucker, QiOO Mobile, Plain Text UTF-8)

Types of Content

full-text, index, bibliographic information

Scope of Collection

“Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Over 100,000 free ebooks are available through our Partners, Affiliates and Resources.”

Policy/Governance

To encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks.

Legal Information

Public domain books: may read and redistribute. Copyrighted books: may read, but must contact the author and stipulate an agreement to distribute. "Our ebooks are free in the United States because their copyright has expired. They may not be free of copyright in other countries. Readers outside of the United States must check the copyright laws of their countries before downloading or redistributing our ebooks."

Management

Michael S. Hart

Technology

Downloadable

Funding

Donations

By Whom?

Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation (PGLAF). PGLAF is the not-for-profit corporation that receives and processes donations to Project Gutenberg, and seeks fundraising opportunities. PGLAF currently employs Michael Hart, who founded Project Gutenberg in 1971, as Executive Coordinator. PGLAF employs Anne Wingate and T. Wingate as part-time Project Coordinators and office managers.

For Whom?

Public

Additional Information

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

URL

http://www.plos.org/

Type of Contract

open access, non-profit organization

Formats

Links out to digital collections; journals.

Types of Content

Aggregation of digital collections: "a centralized information space".

Scope of Collection

26,000 authors. See 2009 Progress Report: http://blogs.plos.org/plos/2009/06/announcing-the-first-plos-progress-report/

Policy/Governance

"To open the doors to the world's library of scientific knowledge by giving any scientist, physician, patient, or student - anywhere in the world - unlimited access to the latest scientific research. To facilitate research, informed medical practice, and education by making it possible to freely search the full text of every published article to locate specific ideas, methods, experimental results, and observations. To enable scientists, librarians, publishers, and entrepreneurs to develop innovative ways to explore and use the world's treasury of scientific ideas and discoveries."

Legal Information

Ownership of Content:

The copyright in the material contained on the PLoS Sites belongs to PLoS or its licensors. The trademarks and other elements appearing on the PLoS Sites are protected by California, United States, and international copyright, trade dress, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions and all other relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights and applicable laws.

Reproduction of Articles:

All articles and accompanying materials published by PLoS on the PLoS Sites, unless otherwise indicated, are licensed by the respective authors of such articles for use and distribution by you subject to citation of the original source in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Management

Non-profit board of directors and an international advisory group. Scientific integrity maintained by community engagement in the editorial process.

Gary Ward, Chairman of the Board, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Co-Director of the Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Vermont

Patrick O. Brown, PLoS Co-founder, Stanford University School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Michael B. Eisen, PLoS Co-founder, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Technology

Downloadable

Funding

PLoS received a $9M start-up grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and has received support from the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Irving A Hansen Memorial Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ellison Medical Foundation, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and many other foundations, universities, and other organizations and individuals.

By Whom?

Board of Directors: http://www.plos.org/about/board.php

International Advisory Group: http://www.plos.org/about/intladvisors.php

For Whom?

Member institutions and individuals

Additional Information

Authors pay $2,000 publication fee.

Smithsonian Commons

URL

http://www.si.edu/commons/prototype/

Type of Contract

This project has not actually started yet- still in development

Formats

Types of Content

Policy/Governance

"Smithsonian Commons, a new part of our digital presence dedicated to stimulating learning, creation, and innovation through open access to Smithsonian research, collections and communities. The Smithsonian Commons will, in many ways, be the platform through which we accomplish the Four Grand Challenges articulated in the Smithsonian Institution Strategic Plan."

Legal Information

Management

Technology

Funding

By Whom?

For Whom?

Additional Information

Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere (California Digital Library)

URL

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/

http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

OAC -- Collection guides must be formatted using the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) standard, and must conform to the OAC Best Practice Guidelines for EAD. MARC collection descriptions are also supported.

Calisphere -- Digital objects must be formatted using the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) standard, and must conform to the "Enhanced Service Level" specifications defined in the CDL Guidelines for Digital Objects.

Types of Content

OAC - finding aids for archival collections

Calisphere -- photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts

Scope of Collection

28,000 collection guides and 220,000 digital objects from 250 contributing institutions throughout California

Policy/Governance

OAC and Calisphere are projects of the California Digital Library, a unit of the University of California system housed within the UC Office of the President.

Legal Information

The contents of the Calisphere database (digital content including images, text, and audio and video recordings) are made publicly available by the collection-holding repositories for use in research, teaching, and private study. Services comply with DMCA and University of California policies.

Management

The California Digital Library is a unit in the department of Academic Planning, Programs, and Coordination, under the Vice Provost at the UC Office of the President. An executive director is responsible for the direction, development, and management of the CDL.

Technology

OAC and Calisphere have been developed by the California Digital Library using the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF), an open-source indexing and presentation system. The software is actively maintained and supported by CDL developers and is in use at institutions across the U.S. The XTF source code is based on open source software (e.g., Lucene, Saxon) and is freely available for developers to download, install and configure.

Funding

Core funding is from the University of California, with numerous grant projects funded by IMLS, CLIR, California State Library, Hewlett Foundation, and others.

By Whom?

Approximately 250 academic, public, and private libraries, special collections and archives, historical societies, and museums at all UC campuses and throughout California.

For Whom?

public.

Additional Information

more information at http://www.cdlib.org/services/dsc/

For other content services made available by the California Digital Library, see http://cdlib.org

South Carolina Digital Library

URL

http://www.scmemory.org/index.php

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Digitized images (jpeg, jp2, TIFF), audio (mp3, mov, ra).

Types of Content

audio, books, images, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, objects, pamphlets, sheet music.

Scope of Collection

As of February 2012, SCDL contains 165 total collections.

Policy/Governance

"The South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL) is a collaborative effort that includes South Carolina’s schools, libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. SCDL’s mission is to encourage our collaborators to create, maintain, and promote digital collections that represent South Carolina's historical and cultural resources while following state-level guidelines that are based on national standards and best practices. SCDL intends to be the model for other institutions digitizing materials in the state, and will strive to provide the knowledge, resources, and capacity necessary for those institutions to complete their digital projects. SCDL also seeks to enhance the overall education and scholarship of South Carolina's citizens by coordinating free and unlicensed access to these digital collections through a central web presence."

Legal Information

"SCDL does not claim ownership of materials (i.e. metadata and images) in the portal, but operates under the principal of 'shared access, local ownership' with ownership remaining with the originating institution. Institutions may request that their materials be removed from the portal or website. Owners of collections included in the portal agree to defend and hold SCDL harmless from any claims or damages which may result from users who download or otherwise use data from the portal or website in violation of an owner’s rights under state or federal law."

Management

Kate Boyd, SCDL Program Director; Emily Gore, Assistant Director for Upstate; Lisa Hartman, Assistant Director for Pee Dee; John White, Ph.D., Assistant Director for Low Country.

Technology

CONTENTdm. Some items available for download.

Funding

LSTA funds, IMLS

By Whom?

Joint project between Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL), South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, South Carolina State Library, University of South Carolina, Clemson University, College of Charleston.

For Whom?

public

Additional Information

State Historical Society of North Dakota - Digital Horizons

URL

http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Digitized collections from consortia of North Dakota and Minnesota institutions, archives.

Types of Content

Primarily photographs with indexing and bibliographic information.

Scope of Collection

6354 items

Policy/Governance

Digital Horizons is an online collection of images from the collections of North Dakota State University, Concordia College, Prairie Public, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota powered by the software, CONTENTdm. The images can include photographs, letters, diaries, maps, newspapers, moving images, and audio files. The project got underway in 2007 and collections appearing online increase daily. Image searches can be refined by institution through the advanced search feature. Inquiries about items should be directed to the contributing institution.

Legal Information

Reuse permission required for items under copyright.

Management

Digital Horizons is committed to: creating open-access digital resources for research, instruction, and personal enrichment; developing and maintaining a digital library infrastructure; partnering on projects with other institutions that will benefit all parties.

Technology

Unknown

Funding

Unknown

By Whom?

Digital Horizons was established in 2007 by a consortium including Concordia College Archives, Moorhead, Minn; NDSU Institute for Regional Studies & University Archives, Fargo, N.D.; Prarie Public Broadcasting, Fargo, N.D., and State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, N.D.

For Whom?

public and commercial use

Additional Information

Texas Heritage Online / Portal to Texas History

URL

Texas Heritage Online: http://texasheritageonline.org/

Portal to Texas History: http://texashistory.unt.edu/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Digitized images (jpeg, TIFF), audio, etc.

Types of Content

articles, artwork, book, book chapters, clippings, datasets, images, journals, magazines, newsletters, legal documents, legislative documents, letters, maps, musical score/notation, newspapers, pamphlet, paper, patent, photographs, physical objects, poem, postcards, poster, presentations, report, review, sound, specimen, text, thesis or dissertation, video, website, yearbook.

Scope of Collection

Texas Heritage Online provides unified online access to Texas' historical documents and images for use by teachers, students, historians, genealogists, and other researchers by partnering with 164 libraries, museums, and other institutions across the state, making 232,012 unique items available for research.

The Portal to Texas History contains total of 178,213 unique items, comprising 2.4 million files.

Policy/Governance

Texas Heritage Online envisions unified online access to the cultural heritage resources held by Texas institutions to enhance understanding of our cultural heritage and better serve our users. Texas Heritage Online promotes collaboration among Texas institutions by establishing common standards, sharing best practices and facilitating cooperative funding to provide online access to cultural heritage resources that benefit learners. Texas Heritage Online is administered by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 15 persons, including officers, but excluding ex officio or appointed members.

The Portal to Texas History is created and maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit.

Legal Information

Mixed bag in terms restrictions for Texas Heritage Online: some items are fully public while others are rights restricted. Contents are made publicly available by the collection-holding partners for use in research, teaching, and private study. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections often makes it difficult to determine the copyright status of an item. Please contact the collection-holding partner for additional information.

The Portal to Texas History and the holding repositories provide the digital resources and information as a service to aid users in determining the copyright status of an item. Ultimately, however, it is the user's responsibility to use an item according to the terms governing its use.

Management

Texas Heritage Online is managed by staff at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and maintained by The University of North Texas Libraries.

The Portal to Texas History is created and maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit.

Technology

The Portal to Texas History infrastructure is implemented with open source components and open, standards-based protocols and formats: "For all public-facing components of the system, we use the Django Web framework"; "We build back-end services with Python and technologies such as mod_python and web.py"; "Digital objects are represented in the system with the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) which provides a way to describe the structure of complex digital objects...For the descriptive metadata process, we employ a locally qualified version of Dublin Core called UNTL";"We implement persistent linking and other services in the system with the Archival Resource Key (ARK) specification."

Funding

Texas Heritage Online - LSTA and IMLS funding.

Portal to Texas History - LSTA, IMLS, and NEH funding (among others). See UNT's grant page for more information http://www.library.unt.edu/digitalprojects/grants

By Whom?

Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the University of North Texas Libraries.

For Whom?

public

Additional Information

Most items in Texas Heritage Online are hosted on the Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Library). "The Portal is a gateway to Texas history materials. You may discover anything from an ancestor's picture to a rare historical map. From prehistory to the present day, you can explore unique collections from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, genealogical societies, and private family collections. The Portal continues to grow as additional partners contribute digital versions of their collections. We hope you'll return often to discover our latest additions."

http://texashistory.unt.edu/

University Press e-book consortium

URL

See: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/mm10sp-maikowski.pdf

Type of Contract

Fall 2011 launch date. Fifty-five intererested university press participants. Purchase and subscription.

Formats

E-book consortium. Publication timing: full text ebook simultaneous to print, and early metadata delivery.

Types of Content

Subject-based collections of both frontlist and backlist; individual titles could be purchased from vendors of choice. Hope to launch with approximately 5,000 frontlist and 25,000 backlist titles. Start with PDF; XML as a goal for next phase.

Scope of Collection

“The consortium expects to launch with over 2000 new titles and 23,000 older titles in subject-area collections, as well as a complete collection offer.” http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/university-press-ebook-consortium-moves-forward/

Policy/Governance

University Press Governance Model with Library Advisory Board. Management team: BOD comprised of seven representative university press directors. Managers at many of these presses understand that the separate efforts of individual presses are an inefficient solution to the challenge of disseminating university press ebooks to academic libraries. By working together to achieve efficiencies of scale, presses that join the consortium will put the needs of the scholarly community as a whole at the top of the agenda.

Legal Information

Unknown.

Management

The team of directors spearheading a university press-branded consortium to sell collections of ebooks to academic libraries - Steve Maikowski, New York University Press; Eric Halpern, University of Pennsylvania Press; Alex Holzman, Temple University Press; and Marlie Wasserman, Rutgers University Press. Collaborative business model. A financially sustainable business model for a consortium of collaborating university presses in the aftermath of rapidly declining university press print book sales to academic libraries. Bring together university press content and sell it at fair prices to libraries.

Technology

Unknown.

Funding

Grants from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, currently looking for funding from other public and academic sources.

By Whom?

For Whom?

Academic libraries.

Additional Information

Virginia Memory

URL

http://www.virginiamemory.com/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

digitized images (jpg, jp2, tif), pdf.

Types of Content

Books, serials, archival material (mixed formats), photographs, maps, visual materials, record index, catalog containing older digital collections, special exhibits, articles on Virginia history, online classroom (containing teachers guides and other educational materials)etc. Full list of collections can be found here: http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/collections_a_to_z

Scope of Collection

"The Library maintains vast and varied collections of print materials, manuscripts, archival records, newspapers, photographs and ephemera, maps and atlases, rare books, and fine art that tell the history of the commonwealth and its people. Since the mid-1990s, the Library has digitized parts of the collections in an effort to make our materials more widely available to our online users."

Policy/Governance

Founded and maintained by the State Library of Virginia. "The goal of Virginia Memory is to offer our varied constituencies access to a host of online materials highlighting the richness of our holdings and presented in flexible, yet integrated ways, providing users with a greater understanding of our collections. We seek to increase users' understanding and appreciation of Virginia history and culture, whether they are professional researchers, history enthusiasts, genealogists, students, or casual users, through the presentation of digital versions of our collections. New versions of Virginia Memory will be released regularly and will contain new collections and other materials, as well as enhanced or new functionality that will improve the user experience."

Legal Information

unclear

Management

State Library of Virginia

Technology

ExLibris DigiTool, content management system

Funding

unclear

By Whom?

State Library of Virginia

For Whom?

public

Additional Information

Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)

URL

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

catalog records and digital images (gif, tiff, jpeg)

Types of Content/Scope of Collection

Over 1 million digital images.

Policy/Governance

The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship.

Legal Information

Rights assessment is your responsibility. As a publicly supported institution the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections. The nature of historical archival collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Whenever possible, the Library provides information about copyright owners and other restrictions in the catalog records or other texts that accompany collections. The Library provides such information as a service to aid patrons in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the patron. The Library of Congress is eager to hear from any copyright owners who are not properly identified so that appropriate information may be provided in the future.

Management

Technology

"Library of Congress staff built the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog application with several software tools and components. The Library of Congress is not using a commercial repository system or digital asset management application to present the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog or to manage digital objects."

Funding

Federal

By Whom?

Library of Congress

For Whom?

Public

Additional Information

National Archives- Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)

URL

http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/

Type of Contract

Includes some accessible free data and some only available to institutional/paying subscribers.

Formats

Types of Content/Scope of Collection

Millions of data records: http://www.archives.gov/research/accessions/2010-quarter-4.html.

Policy/Governance

"The Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) is more than a traditional library. Recognizing that our customers no longer expect to work within the walls of a library, these pages are designed to provide NARA staff and researchers nationwide with convenient access to content beyond the physical holdings of our two traditional libraries. ALIC provides access to information on American history and government, archival administration, information management, and government documents to NARA staff, archives and records management professionals, and the general public."

Legal Information

"Generally, materials produced by Federal agencies are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. However, not all materials appearing on this web site are in the public domain. Some materials have been donated or obtained from individuals or organizations and may be subject to restrictions on use. The vast majority of digitized historical documents and photographs in ARC are in the public domain. Therefore, no written permission is required to use them. We would appreciate your crediting the National Archives and Records Administration as the original source. For the few that remain copyrighted, please read the instructions noted in the description for the digital image. Please note that a few photographs on other areas of our web site have been obtained from other organizations and that these are always credited. Permission to use these photographs should be obtained directly from these organizations."

Management

Technology

Funding

Federal

By Whom?

National Archives and donors.

For Whom?

NARA staff, archives and records management professionals, and the general public.

Additional Information

Smithsonian Institution

URL

http://www.si.edu/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

Page images, PDFs, Uncorrected OCR texts, Webcasts.

Types of Content

Online exhibitions, webcasts, digital editions, bibliographies and fact sheets, and finding aids/inventories for collections such as our trade literature collection and artist files.

Scope of Collection

6.4 million digitized objects

Policy/Governance

With each physical exhibition it mounts, the Smithsonian Libraries creates a corresponding digital exhibition. While conceptually true to their physical counterparts, digital exhibitions ultimately extend the depth, breadth and longevity of their physical counterparts and remain online after the gallery exhibitions have closed. Such online formats provide international, 24/7 access to the show and other related featured objects--particularly important for those who may be unable to travel to Washington. The Smithsonian Libraries’ Galaxy of Images contains thousands of images browse-able by various categories. Additional images and collections are added regularly.

Legal Information

Smithsonian Libraries provides free and open access to its digital images and the images may be freely downloaded for personal, research and study purposes only.

Management

The Smithsonian Institution Libraries is a system of 20 branch libraries and central support services that include a Book Conservation Laboratory and an Imaging Center. Branches are located in Smithsonian museums, research institutes and offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, Edgewater and Suitland, Maryland, and the Republic of Panama.

Technology

Dspace open source software enables open sharing of content that spans organizations, continents and time (used for digital repository).

Funding

Public/charitable- Various foundations fund the digital library including the Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation. Also get funding support from licensing and imaging fees.

By Whom?

Smithsonian institution

For Whom?

General public

Additional Information

Strategic Digitization Plan: http://www.si.edu/Content/Pdf/About/2010_SI_Digitization_Plan.pdf.

Institute of Museum and Library Services Digital Collections and Content (DCC)

URL

http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/

Type of Contract

open

Formats

digitized PDF, image files, mp3s

Types of Content

index, bibliographic information.

Scope of Collection

Currently 393 collection records. Last record updated On 2/17/2011.

Policy/Governance

"The Digital Collections and Content (DCC) project is investigating and implementing a systematic approach to developing useful, meaningful, and usable digital collections. This collaboration with IMLS and IMLS-funded projects supports IMLS' mission to create a nation of learners and sustain cultural heritage."

Legal Information

"The IMLS Digital Collections and Content (DCC) project is investigating and implementing a systematic approach to developing useful, meaningful, and usable digital collections. As part of our investigation, the DCC project tracks how users interact with the DCC site and what resources are viewed. Statistics about users' sessions are only analyzed in the aggregate, and data released in publications of DCC research is never individually identifiable. Specifically, in accordance with the Web Privacy Notice issued by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois, the DCC project does not release the IP addresses of machines that visit the DCC site. Any IP addresses that are collected in the course of DCC research are purged from our records within 1 year."

Management

This project is a collaboration among the University of Illinois Library, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a Federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership, and a lifetime of learning.

Technology

Funding

Funded by IMLS National Leadership Grants and selected LSTA-supported collections. “Most activities of the Institute of Museum and Library Services are authorized by Chapter 72 of Title 20 of the U.S. Code (20 USC CHAPTER 72). This statute is the result of two laws, the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the reauthorization of that act in 2003. Other legislation, such as the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act and the E-Government Act, also affect IMLS programs and policies. As a federal agency administering discretionary federal programs, IMLS receives its funding through the annual appropriations process. We are one of several independent agencies whose spending limits each year are established in the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.”

By Whom?

Collaboration between libraries associated with the Institute of Museum and Library Service (IMLS).

For Whom?

Public

Additional Information

National Science Foundation- National Science Digital Library

URL

http://nsdl.org/

Type of Contract

open: "Use of the NSDL.org website and related search and reference services is completely free, as are the majority of the resources discoverable through NSDL. However, some of the resource providers who make their materials accessible through NSDL do require a login, or a fee-based membership or that users purchase the complete version of a resource."

Formats

Links out to content providers: images, video, audio, animations, software, datasets, and text documents such as lesson plans and journal articles.

Types of Content

Discovery pathways to content providers with keyword index.

Scope of Collection

"As of October 2010, NSDL contains 120 collections and over 132,000 records, in addition to other supporting user services and content, such as NSDL news and online exhibits. New resources are added to the Library every week."

Policy/Governance

NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources and collections for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and research.

Legal Information

"Because NSDL aggregates materials developed by a wide range of content providers, each resource carries its own policy for reproduction and/or reuse of content. In many cases, the content authors anticipate "fair use" for educational purposes with proper attribution; however, it is always best to contact the author before reusing any text, animation, image, or other content. In some cases rights information can be determined by clicking "more info" where it appears next to a resource in NSDL search results."

Management

"Under the support of the NSF, the Library's development, project management, and daily operations are a collaborative effort of the NSDL Resource Center, and NSDL Technical Network Services, and other NSDL-funded projects. The broader NSDL community of resource builders and contributors is composed of a diverse range of institutions including universities, museums, libraries, research labs, federal agencies, professional societies, and commercial content providers."

Technology

discovery

Funding

NSDL receives the majority of its funding through the generous support of the National Science Foundation. Individual NSDL collections and services also receive funding from a wide variety of public and private sources.

By Whom?

NSDL-associated institutions and institutions related to the study of science.

For Whom?

Science students at the preK-12, post-secondary, graduate study, professional education levels.

Additional Information

Biodiversity Heritage Library

URL

http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org

Type of Contract

type of contract

Formats

formats

Types of Content

types of content

Policy/Governance

policy/governance

Legal Information

legal information

Management

Institutional Council of member institutions; Executive Council appointed from Institutional Council

Technology

technology

Funding

Grants and line items from members institutions.

By Whom?

McArthur Foundation; Moore Foundation; Lounsberry Foundation; internal funding from member institutions

For Whom?

for whom?

Additional Information

additional information

Project Muse

URL

http://muse.jhu.edu/about/muse/index.html

Type of Contract

Subscription.

Formats

Peer-reviewed journal content

Types of Content

As of March 2011, provides full-text access to current content from over 400 titles representing nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers.

Policy/Governance

policy/governance

Legal Information

legal information

Management

management

Technology

technology

Funding

funding

By Whom?

by whom?

For Whom?

for whom?

Additional Information

additional information

Folger Shakespeare Library Digital Image Collection

URL

http://luna.folger.edu

Supporting documentation

http://www.folger.edu/Content/Collection/Digital-Image-Collection/

Type of Contract

Open

Formats

JPEG2000

Types of Content

Digitized images

Scope of Content

The Folger's Digital Image Collection offers online access to over 40,000 images from the Folger Shakespeare Library collection, including books, theater memorabilia, manuscripts, art, and more. Included are over 300 cover-to-cover digitized early printed books and bound manuscripts, including 210 pre-1642 quarto editions of William Shakespeare's poetry, plays, and apocrypha.

Policy/Governance

"The mission of the Folger Shakespeare Library is to preserve and enhance its collections; to render the collections, in appropriate formats, accessible to scholars; and to advance understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's writings and of the culture of early modern Europe more generally through various programs designed for all students and for the general public." - http://www.folger.edu/Content/About-Us/

Legal Information

"Unless otherwise noted, all content of the website is "Copyright © Folger Shakespeare Library®." All Rights Reserved." - http://luna.folger.edu/

Management

"Visitors are often surprised to learn that the Folger Shakespeare Library is not part of the Library of Congress or the Smithsonian, but an independent research library. It is administered by the Trustees of Amherst College, the alma mater of Henry Folger, the library's founder.Although the Folger is located on Capitol Hill near the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, and the US Capitol, it is a privately endowed and supported institution. When Mr. Folger was asked why the library was not built near Shakespeare's home in Stratford-upon-Avon in England, he replied, “I did think of placing the library near the bones of the great man himself, but I finally concluded I would give it to Washington, for I am an American.” " - http://www.folger.edu/Content/About-Us/Folger-FAQs.cfm

Technology

Public access via Luna Insight, CONTENTdm.

Funding

"When Henry Clay Folger and Emily Jordan Folger left the world’s largest collection of Shakespeare materials to the American people, they also provided the building in which it is housed and an endowment capable of supporting its annual operating expenses.

As with virtually all non-profit institutions, however, the Folger’s mission has changed significantly in the course of its history. The original endowment was sufficient to support the work of a small research library frequented by scholars, but it could not begin to meet the financial needs of a dynamic Washington, DC, cultural institution which offers a wide range of programs and services to the public.

Thanks to the generosity of many benefactors during the years since its founding, the Folger has augmented its endowment significantly so that, today, the institution has a stable foundation. Nevertheless, even these increased endowment resources cannot underwrite the entire constellation of the Folger's programs and activities. Thus the Folger must rely on annual contributions from friends and supporters to bridge this financial gap.

The Folger's annual giving program invites support at all levels from corporations, foundations, and individuals, through the Friends of the Folger Library. These contributions provide critical support each year which allows the library to sustain existing programs and create new ones." - http://www.folger.edu/Content/About-Us/Folger-FAQs.cfm

By Whom?

"The Folger Digital Image Collection contains high resolution images requested for research, publication, and the web. Also included are items chosen for digitization by Curators, Conservators, and Reading Room Staff; or created for special projects, e.g., pre-1640 quarto editions of Shakespeare." - http://www.folger.edu/Content/Collection/Digital-Image-Collection/Features.cfm

For Whom?

"For educational or scholarly purposes, in support of the promotion of cultural programs, or for other personal or noncommercial use, we encourage use of "Share this" and "Embed this" tools in LUNA to link to material in the Folger Shakespeare Library digital image collection. The Folger will take action to disassociate the institution from links or implied relationships that are not in the best interest of the Library." - http://luna.folger.edu/

Additional Information

"Folger Shakespeare Library holds copyright to the images it produces of the library’s collection. Written permission is required for publication of these images. Fees are charged for commercial publication of images and waived for non-commercial 501(c)(3) publication. Permission is granted for one time, one edition, one publication, one broadcast, one digital press run, or one website use only. Further use requires separate application." - http://www.folger.edu/Content/Collection/Photographic-Resources/Permissions/

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