Short talk at the conference Archival Cooperation and Community Building in the Digital Age, Prague 27-29 April, 2015

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Austrian Books Online
Max Kaiser
Head of Research and Development
Austrian National Library
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max.kaiser@onb.ac.at
Archival Cooperation and Community Building in the Digital Age
International Conference
Prague, 27–29 April 2014
A Public Private Partnership between the
Austrian National Library and Google

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largest
public private partnership
in Austria’s cultural sector

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digitisation
of the entire historical
book holdings of the
Austrian National Library

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600,000 volumes
200 Mio pages

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one of the world‘s
most significant
collections

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Google Books
Digital Library
Austrian National Library

7. September 2012
http://www.onb.ac.at/
vision2025

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Vision 2025Knowledge for the world of tomorrow
Our holdings are digitized
We collect and sustain knowledge
Access to our knowledge is simple
With us, research is more faceted and effective
We enrich cultural and social life

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access for everyone
from anywhere

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Austrian Books Online

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→long duration of the cooperation
→substantial investment by both partners
→distribution of responsibilities and risks

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→ intellectual property rights
→ public domain works only
→ non-exclusivity
→ ONB free to digitise material with
other partners
→ transparency of process and
agreement
→ public tender
→ detailed online FAQs

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→ access
→ all files available free-of-charge for non-
commercial use
→ access via platforms like Europeana
→ provision to research partners

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who is paying
for what?
http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/downl/1148453/layout/CE%2043_3.jpg

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Google:
→transport
→insurance
→scanning
→OCR
→image processing
→quality control
→Google Books

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Austrian National Library:
→ provision of metadata
→ selection
→ internal logistics
→ conservational assessment
→ barcoding
→ metadata adjustments
→ data download and control
→ data storage & digital preservation
→ Digital Library

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70+ ONB staff members
20+ exclusively for project
→ book logistics
→ metadata adaptation
→ cataloguing
→ conservation / restoration
→ quality control
→ software implementation
→ project management

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book flow

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no individual selection …

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logistics in the
State Hall

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challenges…

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challenges…

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challenges…

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March 2015
~300.000volumes digitised

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outlook
→ full-text: new possibilities for research
→ new data centric research in the Humanities
& Social Sciences

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Austrian Books Online
www.onb.ac.at/ev/austrianbooksonline/

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thank you!
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