Consulting services

Whether you're just getting started with your digitization and preservation program or need some help to move your efforts to a new level, OCLC Digital Collection and Preservation consulting services offers customized support and step-by-step assistance to keep you moving forward.

We offer an array of services designed around the differing needs of institutions and the many stages of digital development and preservation. No matter where you are in the process, or what your needs or challenges, our expert staff is ready to help.

OCLC's digitization and preservation consulting services can help you build and implement a digitization and preservation strategy to match your institution's goals, save you time and money through best approaches and practices, and cater to your institution's short-term challenges and longer-term needs.

Our consulting services give you the power of...

• Expert advisors who can determine the best approaches for your institution and collections
• Strategic development to create an operational vision
• Gap analyses to determine the business capabilities needed to deliver your vision.
• Prioritizations to ensure your efforts are aligned to meet your goals.
• Program definition to avoid redundancy in individual digitization and preservation projects.
• Best practices applied to your project to utilize the most efficient and effective methods.
• Grant writing assistance and resources.

How can we help?

When applied to your digitization and preservation projects, our skilled and experienced consulting services staff can speed up implementation, reduce risk and take advantage of the latest developments and best practices.

We will tailor a consulting engagement to your needs and budget, and we can work with you in areas such as:

• Facilitation planning
• Project reviews
• Hardware and software selection
• Use of OCLC's digital collection products and tools, including:
• CONTENTdm or capturing, managing and accessing your content
• Digital Archive for highly secure long term storage and access
• Metadata design for access and preservation requirements
• Content selection for preservation
• Media preparation for preservation of delicate materials
• Digitization and preservation systems and processes
• Project management advice and guidance
• Operational review to evaluate programs and recommend improvements

Start the process

Our long and involved commitment to preservation and digitization has earned OCLC a leadership position in within the community of libraries, archives and cultural heritage institutions. From helping to develop standards to shaping a new generation of digitally-shared resources, everything that we do is built around the needs of our membership and their users.

Tap directly into our expertise and knowledge by contacting our consulting services team to discover what we can do for your institution.