1. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Automating Registration of Digital Preservation Copies The Place of Registries in the Digitization Workflow Bill Carney Product Manager, OCLC LIBER-EBLIDA Workshop on the Digitization of Library Material in Europe Copenhagen, 24 th October 2007

2. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Agenda  The Role of Registries  The DLF/OCLC Registry of Digital Masters  A Bright Future for the Registry  A Suggestion for a New Model

3. OCLC Online Computer Library Center The Role of Registries “…Staff engaged in digitizing efforts should be able to discover whether a specific item has already been digitized, and if so whether the digitization has been done at an adequate level such that another digital copy is not required.” [1] [1] [1] Digital Library Federation, Registry of Digital Masters Record Creation Guidelines, May 2007, http://www.diglib.org/collections/reg/reg.htm (accessed August 16, 2007).http://www.diglib.org/collections/reg/reg.htm

4. OCLC Online Computer Library Center The Role of Registries  A growing scope  An economic necessity  Collaboration creates efficiencies  EROMM and NRMM  A valid concept, but what does the evidence say?

5. OCLC Online Computer Library Center The DLF/OCLC Registry of Digital Masters  Available in 2004  Recently released DLF Guidelines for record creation in May 2007  LIBER, OCLC and EROMM announcement to load EROMM digital preservation records into the Registry of Digital Masters  4,100 records to date with nine participating institutions “A central place for library staff to search for, and find digitally preserved materials.”

6. OCLC Online Computer Library Center RDM Usage “We want to notify our colleagues in other institutions that we intend to preserve these digital resources so they don’t have to spend their money digitizing the same thing.” Renette Davis, University of Chicago Library “Although we were one of the first libraries to contribute records to the registry, I think we have not started using it systematically due to two key reasons: 1. Unclear/unproven nature of the institutional and community benefits behind contributing records to the registry. I am afraid the registry is still being perceived as a test bed. 2. Unknown nature of what is involved in the process from an institutional perspective - resources and time required to contribute records to the registry.” Oya Rieger, Cornell University

7. OCLC Online Computer Library Center A Change in the Environment  Google Book Search  Microsoft Live Search Books  Decreasing time lag between selection and transformation  Volume  Resource constraints

8. OCLC Online Computer Library Center A Bright Future for the Registry

9. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Current Contribution Model EROMM Library Network Local Library Systems DLF/OCLC RDM

10. OCLC Online Computer Library Center A Suggestion for a New Model

11. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Conclusion Synchronization Increased Contribution Reduced Duplication Increased Value & Usage Increased Resources & Preservation

12. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Questions and Contact Information  Bill Carney Product Manager OCLC Business Development Division carneyb at OCLC.org