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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:. Digitizing on a Shoestring. Project #1: OCA/IA. Early Considerations. What are the costs? How will we pay? Selection process --Budget/page limit --What are others doing? --What gets used? Reference driven. Workhorses vs. Beauties. Create Paging List

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:

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  1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Digitizing on a Shoestring

  2. Project #1: OCA/IA

  3. Early Considerations • What are the costs? • How will we pay? • Selection process • --Budget/page limit • --What are others doing? • --What gets used? Reference driven

  4. Workhorses vs. Beauties

  5. Create Paging List Stack Retrieval Preservation Inspection Checking out Packing for transfer Create Packing List Create Metadata List Share bib records Books picked up and returned Checking In Reshelving Quality Control! Work Flow/Staff Labor Costs

  6. Packing List

  7. Metadata Request Form

  8. Public Access

  9. San Francisco Municipal Reports

  10. Project #2: GSU and City Records

  11. Down in the basement

  12. Different formats and sizes

  13. Digital equipment and set-up

  14. Challenges • Quality control • Public access • Storage and preservation of digital assets

  15. Benefits • Preservation of originals • Access! IA material downloaded over 21,000 times

  16. Stretching the institution • Creates new job descriptions and interdepartmental work flows • Who’s responsible? • Who pays? • Can we retrain staff? • Where should the digital library live in the organization?

  17. Community partnerships • Sonoma Wine Librarians: http://winelibrarians.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/pacific-wine-and-spirit-review-now-being-scanned/ • Vestkustens (SF Swedish newspaper) • Maritime Museum (NPS) • City Agencies: PUC, MUNI, Planning Dept

  18. Conclusions • Digitize the workhorses, not just the beauties • Digitize what your community uses. Meet user expectations • Digitize for preservation and/or access • Just do it!

  19. Susan Goldstein, City Archivist San Francisco History Center San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 415.557.4563 sgoldstein@sfpl.org

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