1. the minnesota digital library coalition Achieving Digital Preservation Through Collaboration Museum Computer Network 32 nd Annual Meeting Keith Ewing St. Cloud State University

2. why collaborate? Explore ways to provide learning, research and cultural opportunities for visitors Identify and grow new communities of users Develop strategies to manage digital collections Develop strategies to develop and preserve digital objects Identify common issues and goals that can be resolved together

3. the idea: build on existing strengths minnesota digital library manage describe digitize discover retrieve interpret

4. building a community of participation community users educators state agencies libraries archives museums

5. sacrifices for a common good Minneapolis Institute of Art community Minnesota Historical Society University of Minnesota SCSU

6. greater than the sum of its parts community

7. collaborate to benefit each other local collection images metadata images MDLC search local collection images metadata images search scanning center crosswalk

8. collaborate to benefit users local collection search local collection search local collection users MDL collection search