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Preservation efforts in the library community. Valrie Minson University of Florida, USAIN President, 2014-2015. Today. What is being collected? Different institutional approaches National and regional initiatives Challenges Next steps. What are we collecting?. Institutional Record.
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Preservation efforts in the library community Valrie Minson University of Florida, USAIN President, 2014-2015
Today • What is being collected? • Different institutional approaches • National and regional initiatives • Challenges • Next steps
Librarians, Archivists, Historians, oh my • University Archivists: institutional record • Librarian: institutional record and support current scientific research • Special Collections/Archivists: people or donor driven, scattershot collecting • Digital Curators: often funding driven • Historians: all inclusive • Library organizations
National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature • “The purple book” • Adopted in 1993 • Blueprint for cooperative preservation http://www.usain.org/Preservation/preservinitiative.html
National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature • State and local literature (1820-1945) • Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (4432 monographs; 267 serials)
National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature • Federal documents • Pre-1862 imprints • What are we NOT preserving? • Limited manuscripts & archives • Seed catalogs • Newspapers • Extension data • Data sets
Regional • Centers of Excellence • USDA and agriculture agencies • ASERL Journal Retention Project • Lists than 1,000 agriculture journals • Identifies “core” titles, selected by the NAL
National • Project Ceres • Funded by College & Research Libraries (CRL) • Preserve print and increase digital access • Agricultural economics, rural life, home ec • Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
Digitization and Preservation • Space drives us. • Digitization • State-wide storage facilities • Regional journal retention: ASERL, WEST, and others • Focus on the institution
Challenges & Gaps • Rethink how we collect • Individual, institution, local, regional, state, national needs • More systematic collecting of stories • Print does not mean accessible • Finding Aids do not always aid finding • Agricultural Scholars Council