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The John Muir Papers and MPLP: Combining Boutique and Industrial Approaches to Digitization

The John Muir Papers and MPLP: Combining Boutique and Industrial Approaches to Digitization. Shan Sutton Associate Dean & Head of Special Collections University of the Pacific Library Stockton, California. Basic MPLP Tenants for Digitization.

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The John Muir Papers and MPLP: Combining Boutique and Industrial Approaches to Digitization

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  1. The John Muir Papers and MPLP: Combining Boutique and Industrial Approaches to Digitization Shan Sutton Associate Dean & Head of Special Collections University of the Pacific Library Stockton, California

  2. Basic MPLP Tenants for Digitization • Standard levels of description should be less detailed to make more content available to users, although some materials merit exceptions. • Users prefer more content with less description. • Both of these concepts have encouraged archival self-reflection, and a shift from boutique to industrial digitization projects.

  3. Boutique vs. Industrial Digitization • Boutique • Selective body of material • High quality images • Extensive description/interpretation • Industrial • Large body of material • Lower quality images • Minimal description/interpretation

  4. The John Muir Papers

  5. Muir Photographs • Images: Boutique in choosing to scan originals instead of microfilm, and only selecting photos that include Muir. • Metadata: Industrial in using pre-existing descriptions only, no additional analysis or description.

  6. Muir Journals • Images: Boutique in choosing to scan originals instead of microfilm, industrial in digitizing all 78 journals. • Metadata: Industrial in using pre-existing titles only, no additional analysis or descriptions (including no abstracts and transcriptions).

  7. Muir Drawings • Images: Boutique in choosing to scan originals instead of microfilm. • Metadata: Industrial in using pre-existing titles only, no additional analysis or description.

  8. Muir Correspondence • Images: Industrial in scanning microfilm. • Metadata: Industrial in using pre-existing descriptions on sender, recipient, date, location, but boutique in creating transcriptions.

  9. Final Thoughts on MPLP and Digitization • Look for opportunities to incorporate industrial processes, especially in image creation. • Reserve boutique treatment for material that truly merits the investment. • Both approaches may be applied within the same collection when appropriate.

  10. Final Thoughts on MPLP and Digitization • It’s clearly cheaper and faster to scan and describe collections to less detailed levels, but is the loss of quality in image and metadata worth it in meeting user needs? • Are different audiences served by boutique vs. industrial digitization?

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