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Archives in a Digital Age

Explore the complexities and impediments faced in managing born-digital materials within archival collections. Learn about the latest survey results from 2010, covering issues, trends, and challenges in digital archiving. Discover key areas requiring training and adaptation to ensure effective management of digital archives.

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Archives in a Digital Age

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  1. Archivesin aDigital Age Ricky Erway OCLC Research April 16, 2010

  2. Survey sez…. • 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)

  3. Digitizing projects

  4. Mass Digitization

  5. 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

  6. Types of Born Digital Materials

  7. Born Digital Impediments

  8. 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.

  9. Examples • Boutique • Whole Collection • At scale • Public/Private agreement • Scan on demand • Massively Massive • Audio Visual • Born Digital • Web Harvesting • Data Curation

  10. Boutique Collection

  11. Whole Collection

  12. At Scale

  13. Public-Private Agreement

  14. Scan on Demand

  15. Massively Massive

  16. Audio Visual

  17. Born Digital

  18. Web Harvesting

  19. Data Curation

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