Digital Philanthropy: Increasing Access through Donor Collaboration

摘要

Over the past three years, Stanford University Libraries has embarked on a program to work directly with local Bay Area map collectors to scan and provide online access to their private collections. These collections mainly include items not owned by the Libraries, allowing Stanford to increase its digital holdings of rare and valuable materials. The program benefits not only Stanford's scholars and students, but also the donors who are able to make their collections available to a public they could not easily reach. The collections typically have been built over decades, focusing on specific regions or themes giving one a unique view of a topic or geographic area. This paper will focus on the steps taken to put the program in place, including developing work flows, writing contracts, moving materials, manipulating metadata, and creating points of access.