Cornell's DCAPS:
A New Model for Delivery and Support of Digital Services
H. Thomas Hickerson
Associate University Librarian for Information Technologies and Special
Collections
Cornell University
Digital Consulting and Production Services (DCAPS) at Cornell University
provides a unified framework for developing and managing a suite of
services necessary to support the life cycle of digital information.
Now nearing a year in operation, DCAPS incorporates a growing array
of services to provide clients with a single integrated solution to
the needs of libraries, faculty, publishers, and others. Presently including
digitization, metadata, technology support, electronic publishing, and
copyright services, DCAPS is innovative in its managerial, operational,
and marketing approaches and in its economic model. While challenging
conventional patterns of library organization and financing, the model
is being developed to enable further partnerships with other campus
service providers.
Web Page:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/dcaps/
Presentation:
Cornell's
DCAPS (PowerPoint--large file)