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“Preservation technology changing, online exhibitions, R&D, administrative decision.”
“Provide our users with better and easier access to some collections.”
“Requests for digital information.”
“Response to consultant’s report.”
“Revised library mission and strategic planning statement.”
“Substantial digital collections were created through grant funding in the 1990s. After a hiatus of several
years, in 2004 the creation of an in-house digitization facility was identified as being an important component
of a ‘digital library’.”
“The libraries wanted to initiate a digitization program and sought out funding opportunities for specific
digitization projects.”
“To improve and promote user access.”
“To make library resources more accessible to users.”
“To provide improved public access.”
“User preference of online materials”
“Vision of Deputy Librarian who supplied resources staff learned digitization skills.”
“Wanted to develop skills in this area.”
“We assigned digitization a high priority, part of our library’s mission.”
“We benefit from our consortium’s digital collection processing center.”
3. What is/has been the purpose of these digitization efforts? Check all that apply. N=66
Improved access to library collections 66 100%
Support for research 56 85%
Preservation 47 71%
Support for classroom teaching 46 70%
Support for distance learning 24 36%
Other purpose 16 24%
Please explain the other purpose.
“Collection building.”
“Preservation technology changing, online exhibitions, R&D, administrative decision.”
“Provide our users with better and easier access to some collections.”
“Requests for digital information.”
“Response to consultant’s report.”
“Revised library mission and strategic planning statement.”
“Substantial digital collections were created through grant funding in the 1990s. After a hiatus of several
years, in 2004 the creation of an in-house digitization facility was identified as being an important component
of a ‘digital library’.”
“The libraries wanted to initiate a digitization program and sought out funding opportunities for specific
digitization projects.”
“To improve and promote user access.”
“To make library resources more accessible to users.”
“To provide improved public access.”
“User preference of online materials”
“Vision of Deputy Librarian who supplied resources staff learned digitization skills.”
“Wanted to develop skills in this area.”
“We assigned digitization a high priority, part of our library’s mission.”
“We benefit from our consortium’s digital collection processing center.”
3. What is/has been the purpose of these digitization efforts? Check all that apply. N=66
Improved access to library collections 66 100%
Support for research 56 85%
Preservation 47 71%
Support for classroom teaching 46 70%
Support for distance learning 24 36%
Other purpose 16 24%
Please explain the other purpose.
“Collection building.”
