Digital Georgetown and the Georgetown University Press Artemis

Digital. Georgetown and the Georgetown University Press Artemis G. Kirk University Librarian CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 1

Opportunity for Collaboration • Enhance cooperation between Library and Press – “Anecdotal” collegiality – Librarian on Press Board • Add Press content to Digital. Georgetown • Discover short- and long-term benefits to digital publication for Press CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 2

Project Goals • Digitize 2 -3 years of an annual, GURT • Test Library’s capability to archive published content • Test Press’s capability to market its retrospective content • Develop a business model for past and future e-content, sustained via the Library CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 3

Description • Library digitized recent but low-use back issues of GURT --GU Round Table in Language and Linguistics • Press offered free access to back issues to test use and market potential • Library created pilot for sustainable archive and business model for future CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 4

Team/Resources • Close relationship between Press and Library Digital Services – Specialists from both units work together – Collaboration with WRLC • Pilot for Digital Services & Technology Planning Division to assess future technology needs CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 5

Technology • DSpace platform – Hosted at consortium site, WRLC • Dublin Core metadata Standards • Full content openly accessible for all years • Link to Press for other information, sales CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 6

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Project Significance for GU Press • GU Press’s first digital publication • Measures usage and need for carefully-selected digital backfiles – Concern not to undermine print sales of current issues • Tests various possibilities for print, e- and print, or e-only future models CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 9

Project Significance for Library • Applies planning model of digital. Georgetown to this project • Creates a sustainability model for digital preservation and archiving • Assures national standards for University-wide digital content • Leads mission-related but distinct unit into closer alliance with University CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 10

Potential for success • New business model for Press, portable elsewhere at University • Enhanced “publicity” for both Press and Library • Creation and conservation of culture and new knowledge for posterity CNI Presentation 5 December 2006 11