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Archives in a Digital Age
Ricky Erway
OCLC Research
April 16, 2010
Survey sez….
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OCLC Research survey in 2010
Builds on ARL survey in 1998
ARL, CARL, RLG, IRLA, Oberlins
Institutions with special collections N=164
Early results, report coming in June
(Lots of other areas covered in survey)
Digitizing projects
Mass Digitization
Born Digital Materials
• 71% said they have born-digital material,
ranging from under a GB to 89,000 GB
• 45% said use has increased for born-digital
material
• 44% said they permit use of unprocessed
born-digital materials
Types of Born Digital Materials
Born Digital Impediments
Challenges
• Areas in which training or continuing
education is needed to meet institution’s
needs (check all that apply)
• Born-digital 83%
• Information technology 65%
• Intellectual property 56%
• Your three most challenging issues? Narrative
responses are still being analyzed, but space
and all things digital are at the top.
Examples
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Boutique
Whole Collection
At scale
Public/Private agreement
Scan on demand
Massively Massive
Audio Visual
Born Digital
Web Harvesting
Data Curation
Boutique
Collection
Whole
Collection
At
Scale
Public-Private
Agreement
Scan on
Demand
Massively
Massive
Audio
Visual
Born Digital
Web
Harvesting
Data Curation