BestPrac*cesforDigitalArchiving:Aggregated,Catholic,Collabora*ve

CatholicMediaConferenceJune3,2016PatLawton,DigitalIni/a/ves

JenniferYounger,Execu/veDirector

Aggregated,Catholic,Collabora/ve

•  Onearchive,manyCatholicnewspapers•  Partneringforsuccess•  Leadershipbyandforthecommunity•  Basedonbestprac/cesthatresultinmorereaders,beEeruserexperience,sharedcosts,morerevenue,digitalarchivingandcommunitystewardship

•  CatholicNewsArchive

Buildingthefounda*on

Prioritypapers1.7Millionpages

•  CatholicNewsServiceNewsfeeds1920-1986

•  Chicago,1852-2013•  HarQord,1876-2013•  Miami,1939-2013•  Na1onalCatholicReporter,1964-2013

•  NewOrleans,1842-2013

•  NewYork,1859-2013•  Philadelphia,1833-2013

•  PiEsburgh,1844-2001•  SanFrancisco,1861-2013

•  St.Louis,1941-2013

Va/canIIYears

•  Digi/zingpartnersat•  hEp://www.catholicresearch.net/cms/index.php/about/crra-groups/catholic-newspapers-commiEee/crra-digi/zing-partners/

•  23Founders•  CRRAcommitment

FoundersCatholicNewsArchive

•  ArchdiocesanCenteratSt.ThomasSeminary

•  ArchdioceseofNewOrleans•  AveMariaUniversitySchoolof

LawLibrary•  CatholicTheologicalUnion•  CatholicUniversityofAmerica•  CollegeoftheHolyCross•  DuquesneUniversity•  GeorgetownUniversity•  LoyolaUniversityChicago•  MountSt.Mary'sUniversity•  OurLadyofVictoryMissionary

Sisters

•  PhiladelphiaArchdiocesanHistoricalResearchCenter

•  SaintLouisUniversity•  SetonHallUniversity•  St.CharlesBorromeoSeminary•  St.NorbertCollege•  St.ThomasUniversity•  UniversityofDayton•  UniversityofNotreDame•  UniversityofSaintMaryofthe

Lake/MundeleinSeminary•  UniversityofSanDiego•  UniversityofSanFrancisco•  UniversityofSt.Thomas

Takingshape–CatholicNewsArchive

•  Digi/ze•  SetupplaQorm•  Provideaccess•  Archive

CatholicNewsArchivehEp://demos.veridiansodware.com/crra/

cgi-bin/crra

Declara/ononNon-Chris/anReligions

Declara/onTextandImage

“Civilrights”

Ar/cleinCatholicStandardandTimes(Philadelphia)

Browseanddownloadissues

Searchfor“Mooring”

Successstories

•  Historicalresearch-'I'maPhDstudentresearchingthepassengerswhotravelledontheSSGreatBritaininresponsetonewsoftheGoldrushinVictoria.

•  BC-readershipspiked!•  LC’sAmericanMemory–K-12lovedit!

Bestprac/cesgetbeEerresults

•  Morereaders•  AbeEeruserexperience(morefunc/onality)•  Sharedcosts,lowercosts•  Morerevenue•  Digitalarchiving•  Communitystewardship

Morereaders

•  Studentslovetoclicktotheirsources–PaulaKane,MarousChairofCatholicStudies,UniversityofPi@sburgh

•  Globalvisibility•  Yourwebsites,library&archivewebsites,andover1000Catholicschoolwebsites

•  CatholicNewsArchivesite•  Directorieswithauthor,/tle,andlinkstothesourcecontenthEps://www.elephind.com

GlobalsearchofhistoricnewspapershEps://www.elephind.com/

Declara/on“Non-Chris/anReligions”BCpaper2006&CanberraTimes

1965

AbeEeruserexperience

•  Highqualitymeta-tagging•  GoldstandardplaQorm•  Savereader’s/me•  Findit,blogortweetit•  Digitalhumani/es•  "Adigitalnewspaperarchivewillmakeitpossibletounderstand,onaverywidescale,Catholicismasprac1cedbyordinarypeople.“MichaelSkaggs,DoctoralCandidateandMediaHistorian,UniversityofNotreDame

Morerevenue

•  Increasedtraffictonewspaperwebsitesmeansadver/sersgetbiggeraudiences

•  Anthologies,memorialpublica/onsforpromo/onsorsale

•  Poten/alsalesofhighresolu/onphotographs•  Costsavings•  Supportfromothersmo/vatedtosupportaccessandarchivingforthebenefitoftheircons/tuenciesand/orthebenefitofsociety

Digitalarchiving

•  Archivesholdprintandfilmnewspapers•  Extentofdigitalarchivingpresumedminimal•  TheCatholicNewspapersProgramallowsustomaketheleaptofulldigitalpreserva1on...[and]willensurecon1nuingavailabilityandopenthedoortocompara1veresearchandwri1ngthatwasnearlyimpossiblebefore.“--KathleenDodds,DirectorofSpecialCollec1ons,WalshLibrary,SetonHallUniversity

Sharedcosts,lowercosts

•  Lowerunitcostsforconversion•  Hos/ngcostsgodownwithaggrega/on•  Simplerworkflowsstaffhavelessworktodoindeveloping,maintainingownplaQorm,etc.

•  Darkarchivingischeap,cura/ngdataover/meisexpensive

•  Sharingcostslowerscostsforallpar/cipants

One-/medigi/zingcosts

•  Years1–5•  1.7Mpages•  Scanning,meta-taggingatpagelevel,acceptancetes/ng,contentloadingtoplaQorm

•  $698,276total(about64%oftotal)•  $.41/page

Ongoingarchivecosts

•  Years1-5•  1.7Mpages•  PlaQorm,access,digitalarchiving=$188,500•  Management=$224,259•  $392,750(36%oftotal)•  $.23/page•  Totalcosts$.64/page-$1,091,000

Communitystewardship•  ACatholicNewsCommunityofnewspapers,readers,libraries,archives,sponsors

•  “ACau/onaryTale”•  BeEer–givepermissiontoproduceadigitalarchive,allowcontenttobescanned,retainalloriginalmaterialANDcopyrightownershiprights

•  Buildafreely-available(toendusers)archivediscoverablefrommanysites

•  Acollabora/velysupportedandgovernedresource

Wherethemoneycomesfrom

•  Grants,sponsorships,gids•  Librariesandarchives•  Onlinecrowdfunding•  Newspapers•  ArkansasCatholicGuardianAngelsCampaign•  HundredsofGuardianAngelshavesupportedscanningyearsofarchivesintoadigitalformatthatwillneverfade,crumbleorbelosttofire.

Successfulmodels

•  arXiv•  CLOCKSS•  FoundersoftheCatholicNewsArchive•  Whydothesemodelswork?•  Peoplevaluetheendresult

PreservingourCatholicheritage

•  Thisdigi/zingeffortwillmakeavailableattheclickofabuEonnearly175yearsoflocalCatholichistory.

•  TheCatholicChurchneedstohaveitshistoryeasilyaccessibletoresearchersandinterestedreaders,Catholicandnon-Catholicalike.

•  Wecantellourstorydirectlyandeffec/vely.•  MostReverendGregoryM.Aymond,Archbishop,NewOrleans

Manypartnersleadstosuccess

•  Newspapershavecontent&readers•  Libraries&archiveshavereadersandamissiontokeepthecontentaccessibleforever

•  80%ofrespondingnewspapers,libraries&archivesexpressedinterestincollabora/velyimplemen/ngasearchablearchive(March2015)

•  Wecandomoretogetherthanwecanalone

Thankyou

•  hEp://demos.veridiansodware.com/crra/cgi-bin/crra

•  PatLawtonatplawton@nd.edu•  JenniferYoungeratjyounger@nd.edu•  www.catholicresearch.net