NGTS Update: February 2013
UC Libraries
NGTS Update: February 2013
POT 1 Build the system-wide infrastructure for digital collections
The Systemwide Operations Planning and Advisory Group (SOPAG
<http://tumblr.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=85ffaef57f3e9d8521a1fa162&id=c3fb8ef343&e=11d365e0c5>)
has endorsed two reports that are components of POT 1 work on developing
a proposal for a systemwide infrastructure for the UC Digital Collection:
The Lightning Team 3B report
<http://tumblr.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=85ffaef57f3e9d8521a1fa162&id=1a772a9a14&e=11d365e0c5> evaluates
the ability of four existing systemwide access systems to meet the
discovery and display requirements of the UC Libraries Digital
Collection: WorldCat Local
<http://tumblr.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=85ffaef57f3e9d8521a1fa162&id=9a17d470c7&e=11d365e0c5>,
Calisphere
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UCSD Digital Library Collections
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and the UC Office of the President’s online digital image repository
<http://tumblr.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=85ffaef57f3e9d8521a1fa162&id=618b0016ef&e=11d365e0c5>.
The team found that no one system meets the majority of the
requirements, but that each has strengths that could be referenced in
the design and development of the UC Libraries Digital Collection access
interface. The team also recommends that because WorldCat Local is
explicitly a discovery system and not a display system and because it is
so widely used across the UC campuses, it should be used in concert with
the final digital collection system. Attention should be paid to
ensuring that metadata records can be efficiently ingested into WorldCat.
Lightning Team 3C scoped out the extent and feasibility of harvesting or
crawling solutions for achieving the discovery and display requirements
identified through the work of previous Lightning Teams. The team aimed
to identify reasonable mechanisms for getting new collections included
in the UC Libraries Digital Collection service’s earliest incarnation,
even if that first incarnation just attended to discovery and display
services. The LT3C report
<http://tumblr.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=85ffaef57f3e9d8521a1fa162&id=f85b31dfa9&e=11d365e0c5> presents
a scope of work estimate for developing an initial, basic access
interface for the UC Libraries Digital Collection with a combination of
harvesting, crawling, and a registry. The registry would be designed
both to alert the service of new collections and provide a means for
capturing collection-level metadata.
POT 1 has developed a proposed model for a systemwide digital assets
management system with discovery and display capability. The proposal is
being submitted to SOPAG and will be presented to the Council of
University Librarians (CoUL
<http://tumblr.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=85ffaef57f3e9d8521a1fa162&id=54a6dd6be1&e=11d365e0c5>)
at the February CoUL meeting.
POT 7 Transform collection development practices
The UC Collection Development Committee (CDC
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has agreed to oversee the activities of POT 7, “to identify roles and
responsibilities for UC subject specialists/curators,” given alignment
with CDC activities. APOT 7 lightning team
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has been collecting information regarding duties, skills, knowledge and
abilities for a UC subject specialist/curator. The task force is
expected to forward its recommendations via CDC later in the spring. CDC
will also review the remaining POT 7 tasks for prioritization: a)
determine the need for a licensing expert pool or service; b) develop a
means to assess the effectiveness of UC shared collection development
policies and practices; and c) develop a proposal to assess
next-generation subject specialist/curator models.
Strategic Action Projects for 2013
SOPAG is currently identifying campuses to participate in five strategic
action projects:
1. Investigate the cost-savings of a consortial shelf-ready contract
based on the RFI elements developed by POT 2.
2. Assess the effectiveness of system-wide implementation of the
Guidelines for Efficient Archival Processing
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developed by POT 3 and test a cooperative strategy for eliminating
archival backlogs.
3. Develop and assess shared cataloging arrangements to eliminate the
backlog of Chinese language monographs (20,761 volumes).
4. Develop and assess workflows for cooperative cataloging of campus
audio CD backlogs.
5. Test the effectiveness of extending the workflows employed by the
Shared Cataloging Program at UCSD to other UC campuses for commonly
licensed electronic resources: both Tier 1 or Tier 2, as well as
identified Tier 3 resources.
A designated campus will serve to take the lead on each of the projects
and assign a project lead. A project analyst from the Project Management
Working Group
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will be assigned to each project to support the effort’s progress and
help assure a consistent approach to assessment and reporting.
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