Survey of Academic Library & Museum Efforts to Digitize Rare Book/Document Collections
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| Title: | Survey of Academic Library & Museum Efforts to Digitize Rare Book/Document Collections |
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| Description: | 44 organizations discuss their efforts to digitize their rare book and document collections, specifying future plans, providing data on budgets and use of staff time, among other issues. The study provides data on the extent of digitization efforts of rare materials such as illuminated manuscripts, parchment and inscriptions in hard surfaces such as metal or stone, as well as the overall percentage of resources devoted to pre-Gutenberg texts. It also looks at efforts to market digitized collections through social media, digital repositories, and dedicated web sites and e-newsletters. Participants also discuss safety and security during digitization, both in-house and through vendors In open ended questions, participants discuss the kind of equipment that they use and plan to purchase, how they assure material safety and security during digitization, as well as how they prioritize which collections to digitize and who influences these decisions. They also list outside service companies that they have worked with and describe how they handle digitization of special materials such as textiles or engineering blueprints, among others. The study also presents highly detailed data on sources of funding for digitization and current and planned levels of spending as well as expectations of the level of staff resources that will be devoted to digitization efforts in the near future. |
| Authors: | Primary Research Group, Inc |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Library surveys, Digital preservation--Surveys, Library materials--Digitization--Statistics, Rare books--Digitization--Statistics |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 44 organizations discuss their efforts to digitize their rare book and document collections, specifying future plans, providing data on budgets and use of staff time, among other issues. The study provides data on the extent of digitization efforts of rare materials such as illuminated manuscripts, parchment and inscriptions in hard surfaces such as metal or stone, as well as the overall percentage of resources devoted to pre-Gutenberg texts. It also looks at efforts to market digitized collections through social media, digital repositories, and dedicated web sites and e-newsletters. Participants also discuss safety and security during digitization, both in-house and through vendors In open ended questions, participants discuss the kind of equipment that they use and plan to purchase, how they assure material safety and security during digitization, as well as how they prioritize which collections to digitize and who influences these decisions. They also list outside service companies that they have worked with and describe how they handle digitization of special materials such as textiles or engineering blueprints, among others. The study also presents highly detailed data on sources of funding for digitization and current and planned levels of spending as well as expectations of the level of staff resources that will be devoted to digitization efforts in the near future. |
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| ISBN: | 9781574406917 9781574400021 |
