The GSDN member organizations provide various services, ranging from digitization and metadata creation support, to digital asset management hosting and preservation, to training and consulting. Below is a summary of current service offerings, followed by a more detailed breakdown including representatives, services, eligibility requirements, and cost.

Service Provider Digitization Metadata Creation Digital Asset Management / Hosting Preservation Statewide / National Aggregation Training and Consulting
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Balboa Park Online Collaborative

GSDN Representatives

  • Nik Honeysett (CEO)
  • Jack Ludden (Senior Strategist and Innovation Specialist)

Services Offered

  • Digitization
  • Digital asset management/hosting
  • Consulting on developing a digital collections program

Eligibility

  • Available to any cultural heritage organization or individual in the US

Costs

  • Digitization and digital asset management/hosting services are provided on a cost recovery basis

California Digital Library

GSDN Representative

  • Adrian Turner (Senior Product Manager)

Services Offered

  • Statewide/National-Level Aggregation (Calisphere and DPLA)
  • Consulting on sharing finding aids and digital collections via the Online Archive of California (OAC), Calisphere, and DPLA

Eligibility

  • Available to any cultural heritage organization in California

Costs

  • No cost

California State University Dominguez Hills Library

GSDN Representative

  • Greg Williams (Director, Archives/Special Collections)

Services Offered

  • Digitization
  • Digital asset management/hosting (CONTENTdm)
  • Training (digital project planning)
  • Statewide/National-Level Aggregation (via CDL’s Calisphere and DPLA services)
  • Consulting on developing a digital collections program

Eligibility

  • Available to cultural heritage organizations in the South Bay area of Los Angeles and statewide on specific topics

Costs

  • Digitization services are available for grant funded projects or cost recovery basis

California State University Northridge Library

GSDN Representative

  • Steve Kutay (Digital Services Librarian)

Services Offered

  • Digitization
  • Metadata creation/remediation
  • Digital asset management/hosting (CONTENTdm)
  • Digital preservation
  • Statewide/National-Level Aggregation (via CDL’s Calisphere and DPLA services)
  • Consulting on developing a digital collections program

Eligibility

  • Available to cultural heritage organizations in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys

Costs

  • Digitization and metadata services, with digital asset management/hosting, are available for grant funded projects or on a cost recovery basis. Digital preservation services are offered with asset management/hosting at no cost. Training and consultation available at no cost

Los Angeles Public Library

GSDN Representatives

  • Ani Boyadjian (Research & Special Collections Manager)
  • Sung Kim (Librarian)

Services Offered

  • Metadata consulting

Eligibility

  • Available to any cultural heritage organization in Los Angeles City or County

Costs

  • No cost; metadata consulting services are available on a limited basis, please contact Los Angeles Public Library for more information.

San Francisco Public Library

GSDN Representatives

  • Susan Goldstein (City Archivist)
  • Christina Moretta (Photo Curator & Librarian)

Services Offered

  • Digitization (self-serve, using Digitization Center)
  • Training and Consultation

Eligibility

  • Available to any cultural heritage organization in the San Francisco Bay Area

Costs

  • No cost

University of California Merced Library

GSDN Representatives

  • Emily Lin (Head, Digital Curation and Scholarship)
  • Jerrold Shiroma (University Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections)

Services Offered

  • Digitization (self-serve, using Digitization Center)
  • Digital asset management/hosting (Nuxeo)
  • Metadata creation
  • Preservation
  • Statewide/National-Level Aggregation (via CDL’s Calisphere and DPLA services)
  • Training (digitization, rights management, personal archiving and other programs)
  • Consulting on developing a digital collections program

Eligibility

  • Available to any cultural heritage organization in the San Joaquin Valley/Sierra Nevada Region, where the digital collections align with UC Merced research priorities

Costs

  • Grant funded projects: planning and consulting services for these digital projects are done at no cost. As part of the grant planning, UC Merced determines the digitization, metadata creation, access and preservation costs. Generally, costs associated with digitization, access to collections and preservation are covered by the grant.
  • Non-grant funded projects: digitization services are available on a cost recovery basis.

University of Southern California Library

GSDN Representative

  • Deborah Ann Holmes-Wong (Director, Digital Library)

Services Offered

  • Digitization
  • Digital asset management/hosting (CONTENTdm)
  • Metadata creation
  • Preservation
  • Statewide/National-Level Aggregation (via CDL’s Calisphere and DPLA services)
  • Training and Consultation

Eligibility

  • Available to any cultural heritage organization in California

Costs

  • Grant funded projects: Planning and consulting services for these digital project are done at no cost. As part of the grant planning USC will determine the digitization, metadata creation, access and preservation costs. Generally costs associated with digitization, access to collections and preservation are generally covered by the grant.
  • Non-grant funded projects: Services are available to organizations on a cost recovery basis. This includes consultation on project planning, including project costs and project management in addition to digitization and metadata services.

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