DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THE CARIBBEAN d LOC PLATFORMS

DIGITAL LIBRARY OF THE CARIBBEAN (d. LOC) & PLATFORMS FOR SUSTAINABLE, SHARED DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

d. LOC Model & Collaboration Partners are the Heart: shared governance; partners retain all rights, agree to participate in community Centralized Hubs (admin, technical), training program Community: Scholarly Advisory Board; connected collaborators d. LOC Quick Facts Over 70 partners Over 3. 5 million pages of content Over 7 million views each month Preservation, access, enhanced features; community engagement

Sustainable Digital Collections Shared Homes

SOCIO-TECHNICAL Socio-technical: • People • Policies • Community of practice • Designated Community • Who are we accountable and responsible to? • Technologies

PLATFORMS FOR SUSTAINABLE, SHARED DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Mutual Aid; Training “May all of your problems be technical. ” Shared Infrastructure s& Communities Institutional Support

MUTUAL AID In organization theory: voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit. Mutual aid, as opposed to charity, does not connote moral superiority of the giver over the receiver.

PLATFORMS FOR SUSTAINABLE, SHARED DIGITAL COLLECTIONS Concept Design Training in Haiti Meeting in Haiti Marketing Meeting in Panama

d. LOC’s Shared House • Shared house for many. Partners are the heart; have resources from and about the Caribbean and circum. Caribbean • Process: complete a partner application, reviewed by the Executive Board • Partners commit to digitizing their materials (creating metadata, digital imaging, reviewing for copyright/permissions), participate in governance and community building