Talk prepared for the Open Archives 2.1 Conference in April 2014. I've posted a version of the talk that accompanied these slides on the ArchivesNext blog: http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=3700.

1. Offene Archive 2.1
Kate Theimer
April 3, 2014

2. 
Business models

3. 
The “old” business
model

8. 
What has changed?

12. 
“Old” business model

14. 
New business model

16. 
Archives as platform

18. 
Here “platform” means:
Technology and content assets
organized in an architecture
to achieve some goal.

19. 
What should
“the goal”be?

20. 
To collect, preserve and
provide access to materials of
lasting value
Traditional mission

21. 
The mission of librarians is to
improve society through
facilitating knowledge
creation in their communities
Goal for “library as
platform”

22. 
To add value to people’s lives
by increasing their
understanding and
appreciation of the past.
New mission for
archives

23. 
Why?

24. 
Why?

25. 
Libraries are about more
than just books

26. 
More than books

27. 
Changing the
image of archives

30. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/420366.article

34. 
Participatory archives

35. 
An organization, site or collection in
which people other than the archives
professionals contribute knowledge or
resources resulting in increased
understanding about archival materials,
usually in an online environment.
A definition

36. 
Engagement

47. 
#rocketcat

51. 
Transcription

58. 
Identifying images

63. 
Other kinds of personal
contributions

67. 
The Next Generation

71. 
Further a cause
beyond the self

73. 
Higher level of
human need
the need for
self-transcendence, or
furthering a cause
beyond the self

74. To add value to people’s
lives by increasing their
understanding and
appreciation of the past.

75. 
Thank you
Kate Theimer
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