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World Digital Library Project Update

On November 18, 2013, John Van Oudenaren, WDL Project Director at the Library of Congress, presented an update on the World Digital Library (WDL) project. Key areas of discussion included technical developments such as improvements in online content submission and user interface enhancements. The project has seen a growth of 45%, adding nearly 3,000 items in the past year from 37 partner institutions across 20 countries. With over 4 million visits and 23 million page views recorded in FY 2013, the WDL continues to engage a diverse global audience while focusing on capacity building and future partnerships.

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World Digital Library Project Update

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  1. World Digital Library Project Update Annual Partner Meeting Washington, DC November 18, 2013 John Van Oudenaren The Library of Congress WDL Project Director

  2. Outline • Technical Developments • Partners • Content • Capacity Building • Users and User Engagement

  3. Technical Developments • Process Improvements • Online content submission process • Dropbox • Partner review • User Interface (UI) Improvements • Browse and search results page • Viewer/page turner • Gallery View

  4. Content • 9,560 items • 402,048 images • 2,972 items added in the past year (45% growth) • Items contributed by 37 partner institutions in 20 countries • 103 institutions in 50 countries currently represented on the WDL • Long-term content goals and selection criteria are under discussion

  5. Partners • 178 partners in 80 countries (added 11 partners and three countries: Yemen, Kenya, Vietnam) • Three new national library partners: National Library of Kenya National Library of Vietnam Slovak National Library • Réseau francophone numérique (RFN) • Capacity building challenge Current partners Prospective partners

  6. Capacity Building • Digital Conversion Centers • Egypt • Iraq • Uganda • Arab Peninsula Regional Group, Qatar National Library Doha Workshop, June 2013 • Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library Training Visit, September-October 2013

  7. Users and User Engagement (Data for Library of Congress FY 2013) • Visits: 4,296,206 • Page views: 23,316,314 • Downloads: 305,906 • ReadSpeaker Usage: 170,312 • Top countries by number of visits: Spain, Brazil, Mexico, United States, China, Argentina, Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal, Colombia, France, Russian Federation

  8. Users and User Engagement • Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and United States account 48 percent of total visits • Usage in Spanish-speaking countries declined in relative and absolute terms; most other countries/languages continued to grow • Large gap between Spanish, English, Portuguese and the other four languages • Arabic is growing, and now ranks fourth, ahead of Chinese, French, and Russian • Page views per visit seems to be increasing, particularly in recent months

  9. Engagement

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