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Incorporating Patron Requests into Archival Workflows and Digital Repository Interfaces

Learn how to effectively include patron requests in your archival workflows and digital repository interfaces. This article discusses the steps to digitize materials, shifting gears, approaching the flow, letting go, preparing for the switch, and holding on. It also introduces the principle of least effort and Zipf's Law.

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Incorporating Patron Requests into Archival Workflows and Digital Repository Interfaces

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  1. Incorporating Patron Requests into Archival Workflows and Digital Repository Interfaces August 15, 2009 by Mark Custer

  2. Digital Initiatives Librarian • Programmer • Digital Collections at • East Carolina University • Productions Coordinator • Metadata Coordinator

  3. What should we digitize? don’t

  4. What should we digitize?

  5. 1) Shifting Gears 2) Approaching the Flow 3) Letting Go 4) Preparing for the Switch 5) Holding On

  6. 1 Shifting Gears

  7. In our experience, doing “B” will also cover “C”

  8. 2 Approaching the Flow

  9. 3 (the aftermath of) Letting Go

  10. 4 Preparing for the Switch

  11. Google Analytics DataJuly 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009

  12. 5 Holding On

  13. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE PRINCIPLE OF LEAST EFFORT An Introduction to Human Ecology by Harvard University G K Z P D. EORGE INGSLEY IPF, h. (Facsimile of 1949 edition) HAFNER PUBLISHING COMPANY New York and London 1965

  14. HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND THE PRINCIPLE OF LEAST EFFORT An Introduction to Human Ecology by Harvard University G K Z P D. EORGE INGSLEY IPF, h. (Facsimile of 1949 edition) HAFNER PUBLISHING COMPANY New York and London 1965

  15. Zipf’s Law Pn~ 1/na

  16. 352 Collections (in our top 20%) 111 Collections 1762 collections (total) 20% Goal 6.3% already digitized (not fully digitized)

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