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Cornell University
· Assumes digitization of non-unique, or non-rare stack materials only
· Assumes no destruction of originals without special collections review
· Requires professional staff to outline “negative” criteria in advance (e.g. item incomplete, illegible, too fragile, copyright restricted)
· Production must include training program in the safe handling and preservation of library materials
V. Withdrawal of Paper Originals
The Task Force was charged to consider whether there are categories of materials that may be justifiably withdrawn after digitization. Once
again, we determined that answers would generally require definition on a project basis. Some collections, such as newspapers from Third
World area collections, may require little more scrutiny than identifying their location in the stacks. Other topics, such as American history
for example, are comprised of volumes of historic artifactual importance and would require careful, item level inspection.
Circumstances that may warrant withdraw of paper originals are:
1. Duplicate Copies: more than one original held by Cornell Library
2. Loss of content imminent (e.g. brittle paper)
3. Items that survive in large numbers and that carry no demonstrable evidential, aesthetic, associative, or other physical value
(Appendix no. 6-7)
VI. Appendix: Bibliography
Digitization Policies and Guidelines
1. Columbia University Libraries Criteria for Digital Imaging http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/criteria.html
2. University of California Selection Criteria for Digitization http://www.library.ucsb.edu/ucpag/digselec.html
3. The Library of Congress. Selection Criteria for Preservation Digital Reformatting
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/prd/presdig/presselection.html
4. National Library of Australia. Digitisation Policy http://www.nla.gov.au/policy/digitisation.html
5. Dan Hazen, Jeffrey Horrell, and Jan Merrill-Oldham. Selecting Research Collections for Digitization.
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/hazen/pub74.html
6. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections:
http://www.clir.org/activities/details/task.html
7. Cornell University Library Department of Preservation and Conservation. Conservation Treatment: Library Materials to be Retained
in the Collection in Original Format. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub103/appendix3.html
Task Force Membership:
David Block (chair)
Mihoko Hosoi
Terry Kristensen
Katherine Reagan
Steve Rockey
Linda Stewart
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http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/digitalselection.html
Cornell University
· Assumes digitization of non-unique, or non-rare stack materials only
· Assumes no destruction of originals without special collections review
· Requires professional staff to outline “negative” criteria in advance (e.g. item incomplete, illegible, too fragile, copyright restricted)
· Production must include training program in the safe handling and preservation of library materials
V. Withdrawal of Paper Originals
The Task Force was charged to consider whether there are categories of materials that may be justifiably withdrawn after digitization. Once
again, we determined that answers would generally require definition on a project basis. Some collections, such as newspapers from Third
World area collections, may require little more scrutiny than identifying their location in the stacks. Other topics, such as American history
for example, are comprised of volumes of historic artifactual importance and would require careful, item level inspection.
Circumstances that may warrant withdraw of paper originals are:
1. Duplicate Copies: more than one original held by Cornell Library
2. Loss of content imminent (e.g. brittle paper)
3. Items that survive in large numbers and that carry no demonstrable evidential, aesthetic, associative, or other physical value
(Appendix no. 6-7)
VI. Appendix: Bibliography
Digitization Policies and Guidelines
1. Columbia University Libraries Criteria for Digital Imaging http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/criteria.html
2. University of California Selection Criteria for Digitization http://www.library.ucsb.edu/ucpag/digselec.html
3. The Library of Congress. Selection Criteria for Preservation Digital Reformatting
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/prd/presdig/presselection.html
4. National Library of Australia. Digitisation Policy http://www.nla.gov.au/policy/digitisation.html
5. Dan Hazen, Jeffrey Horrell, and Jan Merrill-Oldham. Selecting Research Collections for Digitization.
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/hazen/pub74.html
6. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Task Force on the Artifact in Library Collections:
http://www.clir.org/activities/details/task.html
7. Cornell University Library Department of Preservation and Conservation. Conservation Treatment: Library Materials to be Retained
in the Collection in Original Format. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub103/appendix3.html
Task Force Membership:
David Block (chair)
Mihoko Hosoi
Terry Kristensen
Katherine Reagan
Steve Rockey
Linda Stewart
Back to Collection Development Policies Page
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/digitalselection.html
Revised and updated, 2/23/05
Send changes to Fred Muratori
