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The Ohiolink Digital Media Center Application Profile: A New Tool For Ohio Digital Collections, Emily A. Hicks, Jody Perkins, Margaret Maurer Feb 2015

The Ohiolink Digital Media Center Application Profile: A New Tool For Ohio Digital Collections, Emily A. Hicks, Jody Perkins, Margaret Maurer

Margaret Beecher Maurer

No abstract provided.


Application Profile Development For Consortial Digital Libraries: An Ohiolink Case Study, Emily A. Hicks, Jody Perkins, Margaret Maurer Feb 2015

Application Profile Development For Consortial Digital Libraries: An Ohiolink Case Study, Emily A. Hicks, Jody Perkins, Margaret Maurer

Margaret Beecher Maurer

In 2002, OhioLINK’s consortia of libraries recognized the need to restructure and standardize the metadata used in the OhioLINK Digital Media Center as a step in the development of a general purpose digital object re-pository. The authors explore the concept of digital object repositories and mechanisms used to develop complex data structures in a cooperative environment, report the findings and recommendations of the OhioLINK Data-base Management and Standards Committee (DMSC) Metadata Task Force, and identify lessons learned, ad-dressing data structures as well as data content standards. A significant result of the work was the creation of the OhioLINK Digital Media …


The Ohiolink Digital Media Center Application Profile, A New Tool For Ohio Digital Collections, Emily A. Hicks, Jody Perkins, Margaret Maurer Feb 2015

The Ohiolink Digital Media Center Application Profile, A New Tool For Ohio Digital Collections, Emily A. Hicks, Jody Perkins, Margaret Maurer

Margaret Beecher Maurer

No abstract provided.


Building The Infrastructure: The Ohiolink Collaborates Project, Barbara J. Strauss, Margaret Maurer Feb 2015

Building The Infrastructure: The Ohiolink Collaborates Project, Barbara J. Strauss, Margaret Maurer

Margaret Beecher Maurer

This presentation describes the OhioLINK CollaboraTeS project and assesses the survey used to create the CollaboraTeS Tookbox.


If You Build It, Will They Come? Building The Collaborative Infrastructure And The Ohiolink Collaborates Toolbox, Barbara J. Strauss, Margaret Maurer, Julie Gedeon Feb 2015

If You Build It, Will They Come? Building The Collaborative Infrastructure And The Ohiolink Collaborates Toolbox, Barbara J. Strauss, Margaret Maurer, Julie Gedeon

Margaret Beecher Maurer

This research examines how libraries are collaborating, why libraries collaborate, and seeks the environmental conditions that foster successful cross-institutional collaborations. The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) Consortium’s CollaboraTeS Project is examined, to inventory expertise and needs within the OhioLINK community and the members’ willingness to share, barter or contract their expertise with other OhioLINK institutions. This is followed by an examination of a sample of North American collaborative projects to identify environmental conditions that foster collaborations in North American libraries. A brief survey within the OhioLINK environment was then conducted that validated anecdotal evidence that the CollaboraTeS Toolbox has …