64 · Survey Results: Survey Questions And Responses
Item must have high research or market value.
Lack of order, privacy or security risks, preservation risks, formats.
Material of exceptionally high historical and research value is described at the item level.
Monetary or intrinsic value of collection size is important but secondary.
Must be a small collection (less than .50 cubic foot).
Necessity in distinguishing individual items—at this time only done for images.
Needed for digital object.
Never done here.
Never unless digitized.
Only if material warrants item level description (e.g., diary, scrapbook).
Patron access needs, and preservation risks (especially theft).
Patron access needs. Anticipated high-use. Processing policy.
Patron access needs size.
Patron access needs. If it is anticipated that finding aid will be accessed frequently by researchers off site, more detail is
provided.
Provided only in the content of online databases (contentDM).
Rareness of material anticipated heavy use format donor agreement staffing.
Rarity or monetary value perceived significance mostly with photographs.
Research value, uniqueness, value.
Risk of loss of information (media, e-records) or theft (autographs) and likelihood of digitization (would increase need
for item level metadata).
Security, digital library development.
Security, size of collection, anticipated use.
Significance of the collection/creator.
Significance of the item itself and the types of information it provides.
Size of collection and format of material.
Size of collection staffing digitization potential.
Size of the collection type of materials—e.g., a collection of scripts, probably would want to process at item level in
order to list each script.
Size, research value.
Size: only small collections would be considered for item level.
Special media.
Item must have high research or market value.
Lack of order, privacy or security risks, preservation risks, formats.
Material of exceptionally high historical and research value is described at the item level.
Monetary or intrinsic value of collection size is important but secondary.
Must be a small collection (less than .50 cubic foot).
Necessity in distinguishing individual items—at this time only done for images.
Needed for digital object.
Never done here.
Never unless digitized.
Only if material warrants item level description (e.g., diary, scrapbook).
Patron access needs, and preservation risks (especially theft).
Patron access needs. Anticipated high-use. Processing policy.
Patron access needs size.
Patron access needs. If it is anticipated that finding aid will be accessed frequently by researchers off site, more detail is
provided.
Provided only in the content of online databases (contentDM).
Rareness of material anticipated heavy use format donor agreement staffing.
Rarity or monetary value perceived significance mostly with photographs.
Research value, uniqueness, value.
Risk of loss of information (media, e-records) or theft (autographs) and likelihood of digitization (would increase need
for item level metadata).
Security, digital library development.
Security, size of collection, anticipated use.
Significance of the collection/creator.
Significance of the item itself and the types of information it provides.
Size of collection and format of material.
Size of collection staffing digitization potential.
Size of the collection type of materials—e.g., a collection of scripts, probably would want to process at item level in
order to list each script.
Size, research value.
Size: only small collections would be considered for item level.
Special media.