Archives in a Digital Age

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