Sustaining Digital Resources: An On-the-Ground View of Projects Today

"Tens of millions of dollars, pounds, and euros are invested each year by government agencies and private foundations to develop and support digital resources in the not-for-profit sector. As budgets tighten, will these digitial resources be able to survive and thrive?

This question is at the heart of the Ithaka Case Studies in Sustainability project, a multi-year, international exploration of the strategies being used to support digital initiatives over the long term. Twelve detailed case studies present the steps project leaders have taken to achieve this, with special attention paid to their strategies for cost management and revenue generation. These studies include financial data, and explore the decision-making process that project leaders undertake when experimenting with different strategies to find the best fit for their organization.

Sustaining Digital Resources: An On-the-Ground View of Projects Today, serves as a guide to the cases, outlining the stages that successful projects undertake in developing sustainability models: from empowering leadership and developing accountability structures, to crafting a strong value proposition that responds to user needs, to securing the resources needed to help the project thrive. [...]"

• Rapport complet

• Etudes de cas:

• • BOPCRIS Digitisation Centre: Experimentation with Sustainability and Partnerships for Library Digitisation Projects
  • Centre for Computing in the Humanities: Leveraging Shared Infrastructure and Expertise to Develop Digital Projects in an Academic Department
  • DigiZeitschriften: Library Partnership and a Subscription Model for a Journal Database
  • eBird: A Two-sided Market for Academic Researchers and Enthusiasts
  • Electronic Enlightenment: Subscription-based Resource Sold Through a University Press
  • Hindawi Publishing Corporation: The Open-Access Contributor-Pays Model
  • L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel: Free Content and Rights Licensing as Complementary Strategies
  • The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways, National Science Digital Library: Early Sustainability Planning for a Grant-Funded Digital Library
  • The National Archives: Digitisation with Commercial Partnerships via the Licensed Internet Associates Program
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Building an Endowment with Community Support
  • The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae®: Specialised Historical Content for a Niche Audience
  • V&A Images: Image Licensing at a Cultural Heritage Institution

(source: JISC/Strategic Content Alliance & Ithaka, juillet 09 / via ResourceShelf, 14/07/09)