40 likes | 113 Views
Develop strategies for digital archiving at institutional, national, and pan-national levels. Prioritize unique materials and establish a structure for collaboration. Explore opportunities like digitization, access enhancement, and use of popular search engines while considering threats such as hidden costs and monopolies.
E N D
Digital archiving • There are some activities but not carried out in a strategic context • Main problem is to develop strategies at institutional, national and pan-national level • Determining priorities: basic principle • Unique materials done by holding institutions • Remaining problem: develop a structure for prioritisation
Collaboration to enhance access • Opportunities: • Impetus to digitise • Access to materils • Use the popular search engines like Google
Threats. • Hidden costs • Risk of the future stability of private company • Risk of monopoly on access • Risk of monopoly on types of use • Conflicting priorities between public and private
Open access • Combination of incentives and mandates • Exploring IP policy options • Selective attention to HSS