Overview of the Calisphere website, re-launched in September 2015. The redesigned site now includes over half a million items contributed by LAMs throughout California. The collections are aggregated using a metadata harvesting approach -- making it easier for a wide range of institutions to share collections. Presentation by Adrian Turner (California Digital Library) at the VRA / SCA / ARLIS “Endless Images” Summer Program 2016, Laguna Beach, CA.

1. allphotos(c)2015UniversityofCalifornia
Calisphere: New Modes for Contributing, New Modes for Access
VRA / SCA / ARLIS “Endless Images” Summer Program
2016-08-15

2. Calisphere has a new look
…and new ways to participate!

5. Your digital
collection
system
<mets>

6. Your digital
collection
system API
Metadata
harvest

7. Your digital
collection
system API
• OAI-PMH?
• Accessible through API?
• Exportable?
• Dublin Core, MARC, MODS,
etc.
Metadata
harvest

8. Your digital
collection
system API
 Published online?
 Not simply
metadata only?
 Publicly available?
 CC0 metadata?
Metadata
harvest

9. Digital Public Library of
America (DPLA)
Merritt DAMS (Nuxeo)
Management
LAM staff (UC only)
Preservation Aggregation
Metadata
harvester
Access
(end-users)
Other interfaces
as needed
Calisphere BETA
API
Digital
collections
hosted on
external systems
Solr index

10. Digital Public Library of
America (DPLA)
Merritt DAMS (Nuxeo)
Management
LAM staff (UC only)
Preservation Aggregation
Metadata
harvester
Access
(end-users)
Other interfaces
as needed
Calisphere BETA
API
Digital
collections
hosted on
external systems
Solr index

11. Digital Public Library of
America (DPLA)
Merritt DAMS (Nuxeo)
Management
LAM staff (UC only)
Preservation Aggregation
Metadata
harvester
Access
(end-users)
Other interfaces
as needed
Calisphere BETA
API
Digital
collections
hosted on
external systems
Solr index

12. Digital Public Library of
America (DPLA)
Merritt DAMS (Nuxeo)
Management
LAM staff (UC only)
Preservation Aggregation
Metadata
harvester
Access
(end-users)
Other interfaces
as needed
Calisphere BETA
API
Digital
collections
hosted on
external systems
Solr index

14. calisphere.org

18. Example 1:
Object harvested from Los Angeles Public
Library’s ILS system
(MARC21)

23. Object (Harvest): LAPL

24. Example 2:
Object harvested from OC Public Libraries’
CONTENTdm
(OAI-PMH)

28. Example 3:
Object harvested from OAC,
Sonoma State University Library

32. Example 4:
Object harvested from Nuxeo DAMS,
UC Riverside Library

36. Exhibitions

37. • Exhibits

38. • Exhibits

39. • Exhibits

40. • Exhibits

41. Digital Public Library of
America (DPLA)
Solr indexMerritt DAMS (Nuxeo)
Management
LAM staff (UC only)
Preservation Aggregation
Metadata
harvester
Access
(end-users)
Other interfaces
as needed
Calisphere BETA
API
Digital
collections
hosted on
external systems

45. Object (Harvest): LAPL

46. Linking from OAC finding aid
to objects in Calisphere

49. 500,000+ items
170 contributors

50. California Audio-Visual Preservation Project (CAVPP)
CSU Dominguez Hills
Loyola Marymount University
OC Public Libraries
Santa Monica Public Library
University of the Pacific
UC campus libraries
... and more

51. More harvesting
More collections
More exposure

52. More harvesting
More collections
More exposure
Supported by the US Institute of Museum and Library
Services under the provisions of the Library Services
and Technology Act, administered in California by the
State Librarian

53. Additional information
https://registry.cdlib.org/documentation
allphotos(c)2015UniversityofCalifornia

54. Additional information
https://registry.cdlib.org/documentation
allphotos(c)2015UniversityofCalifornia

55. Contact us
oacops@cdlib.org
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56. Q&A
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