Managing Digitization Activities · 21
“Easy online access to materials.”
“E-commerce.”
“Efforts are currently limited to digitization of library-held materials with improved access as the primary
goal, however, the Digital Production Center has completed two grant-funded fee-based digitization projects
weighed more heavily toward support for classroom teaching and/or specific research.”
“Explore new technologies &issues in building digital collections.”
“Increase the dissemination of scholarly communications.”
“Institutional &library promotion and development.”
“Interest from and appeal to alumni.”
“Online exhibits.”
“Partnerships, collaboration, knowledge sharing.”
“Preservation of the original material through reduced handling of the items.”
“Public relations—exposure of collections to Web users.”
“Representation of Special and Area Studies Collections.”
“Service to users.”
“Support library fundraising/development activities.”
“Web Access.”
4. Are digitization activities managed as discrete, finite projects or as ongoing library functions?
N=66
Finite projects 0 —
Ongoing functions 4 6%
Some of both 60 91%
Other arrangement 2 3%
Please explain the other arrangement.
“Project not completed. Feasibility study only done thus far.”
“We have done a few discrete projects and are doing a larger one with Internet Archive, but also intend
to generally move to ongoing functions. We also have a very large e-Reserve system that does regularized
digitization.”