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SCA Annual General Meeting, May 1-3, 2008 Mary W. Elings, The Bancroft Library

Applying MPLP Principles to Digitization of Archival Collections

Mary W. Elings, The Bancroft Library

Merrilee Proffitt, OCLC/RLG Programs

James Eason , The Bancroft Library


Applying MPLP Principles to Digitization of Archival Collections

Mary W. ElingsArchivist for Digital Collections

The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California Berkeley


More Product, Less Process

Mark A. Greene/Dennis Meissner “More Product,Less Process: Pragmatically Revamping Approaches to Deal with Late 20th Century Collections” (2004)

http://ahc.uwyo.edu/documents/faculty/greene/papers/Greene-Meissner.pdf



• Principles for Change– Maximize user access (preeminent goal)– Golden minimum “good enough” is realistic

– Arrange, describe and at a common, aggregate level

– Reserve exceptional effort only when warranted– Accomplish more by trying to do less


Forces

• Lack of funding sources


Forces


• Mass digitization


Forces



http://www.microsoft.com/

http://www.archive.org/


Forces



• User expectations


Forces



• User expectations

ARNOLD ROTH, New Yorker (February 5, 2007)


Newspapers

Manuscripts

Images

Microfilm

Books

ArchivesSo much to digitize….


Microfilm Pilot (2003)

• George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst Papers (selections)

• Newly created microfilm

• Targets present (aggregate grouping)

• 4000 frames scanned @ $0.50/frame

• Folder level digital objects


Other Microfilm Projects

• 16,000 pages of Bancroft Dictations (2004)• 100,000 pages of Historic CA Newspapers as part

of NDNP (2005-2007)• LHDRP workflow (potential)• What has changed:

– Price is dropping: $0.30/frame– Specifications stabilizing

• 300-400 ppi or 4000 along longest edge• grayscale, JP2, PDF

– Can scan first, then create MF or vice versa


Examiner Pilot (2007-2008)

• San Francisco examiner photograph archive (selections)

• ca. 3,600,000 negatives total

• Pilot: 170,000 nitrate negatives

• Sleeve-level digital objects

• Low resolution scanning (access/reference images only)


What’s Next?

• NASA and Internet Archive • Space Act

– to develop a massive online archive of photography, film and video from NASA’s 50-year history

– five-year, non-exclusive agreement wherein the Internet Archive will digitize, host and manage still, moving and computer-generated imagery produced by NASA.

– The NASA Images site should be up by July 1, 2008, (www.nasaimages.org)

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/aug/HQ_07178_Internet_Archive.html



• Principles for Change– Maximize user access (preeminent goal)– Golden minimum “good enough” digitization is

realistic

– Arrange, describe and digitize at a common, aggregate level

– Reserve exceptional digitization effort only when warranted

– Accomplish more digitization by trying to do less

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