1. Facsimile Reprints and Reproductions as Preservation Copies Kathryn Lybarger KLA/KSMA Joint Spring Conference 2012 April 12, 2012

2. Brittle Books project Box? Withdraw? Replace?

3. Photocopy Reprints Grainy quality Grainy quality Generational loss Generational loss Created by automatic scanning Created by automatic scanning Pictures may be dark or blotchy Pictures may be dark or blotchy Maps or other foldouts may be omitted Maps or other foldouts may be omitted Overall not bad Overall not bad

4. Printed text May be high quality, effectively a new edition Illustrations and maps may be included Watch out for printing anomalies

5. Printed (uncorrected) OCR Font is lovely, text is often garbage Font is lovely, text is often garbage No illustrations, tables No illustrations, tables Table of contents and index omitted (or point to other pages) Table of contents and index omitted (or point to other pages)

6. Wikipedia printouts Good way to get otherwise unavailable content into your library May include multiple articles (hypertext!) Why not just catalog the Wikipedia article? Out of date quickly, but probably not vandalized