Evolution of Online Content and Open Source Software Trends at LYRASIS Leadership Forum
Explore the transition to funding and accessing openly accessible content, along with trends in open source software at LYRASIS Leadership Forum. Learn about local publishing, collaborative funding efforts, impact measurement, and creating linkages for societal impact.
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LYRASIS Leadership Forum Boston June 14, 2016 Robert Miller, Michele Kimpton, Celeste Feather, Laurie Arp, Maria Brady, Iris Andrews, Kenna Juliani, Mary Meyer and Jenn Bielewski
Licensing and Strategic Partnerships Celeste Feather Senior Director of Licensing and Strategic Partnerships
Material People Contribute to the Online World Structured TEDx Licensed content Wikimedia Scholarly Open Access content Kudos Non-traditional Traditional YouTube Local/archival collections and repositories Digital humanities Open data Unstructured lyrasis.org
Evolution of Online Content, Containers, and Context lyrasis.org
Questions How is your local environment transitioning to fund local publishing and content that is openly accessible, through digitization, born digital projects, and collaborative funding efforts? How do you measure the impact of this work? What linkages do we need to create in order to increase the impact of content on society? What else can our community do to provide context for this locally created/digitized knowledge so it can thrive? lyrasis.org
Open Source Community Supported Software Trends, pros/cons, example Laurie Gemmill Arp Director of Collections Services & Community Supported Software
Open Source Software Trends Continued adoption and growth in academic and government settings Improved technical infrastructure for distributed development Few to many github, SLAC, Jira DSpace: 84/26 Agile development process Methodology, flexibility, CSS model, all? Continued evolution of sustainability models 1 to community: shared governance, admin, membership Services: doc, training, hosting and support lyrasis.org
Matrix Proprietary Pros Stability Support Usability Cons Cost No voice Frequently designed for other industry Open Source Pros Designed by the community for the community Ownership Voice in operation and future Collaboration Free Control Cons Potential for orphan software Potential learning curve Collaboration fast or far Free like kittens Documentation/Support/Training vary lyrasis.org
Current Example: ArchivesSpace ArchivesSpace Open source archives information management application Background 2009-13 Governance Membership model Organizational home Focus/Challenge Functionality Expectations Transitioning from software consumers to software community of supporters/users lyrasis.org
Questions Are you using OSS? What are the costs/benefits of open source vs proprietary for you? Internal, external fte cost, annual service fees, training and support Lost opportunity costs What has been successful, and what has been challenging? What projects/platforms are you evaluating now? Who makes decision to migrate/How? What services and support could LYRASIS put in place to remove barriers and/or improve success? lyrasis.org
Technology making the transition to online and digital Michele Kimpton LYRASIS Technology advisor
Observations Patrons want easy online access to all the content Content shifting from analog to digital materials Libraries, Archives and Museums are digitizing their unique cultural materials . . . Yet struggle to find funding and resources to digitize and manage the content Sustainability of these works longer term challenging and unfunded lyrasis.org
Managing digital content Steps in the lifecycle when managing digital content, each requiring software and resources https://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/02/life-cycle-models-for-digital- stewardship/ lyrasis.org
End-to-End Sequence MANAGE/ ACCESS PLAN DESCRIBE PRESERVE Consulting Training Digitization ASpace CSpace DSpace Islandora Hydra Archivematica Fedora lyrasis.org
Questions Do these observations resonate with you and your organization? Is your Institution making investments in creating/managing digital content? Or have plans to? What are the challenges? Priorities? Where do you need help? How are you planning for this in the future? lyrasis.org
