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A NEW SERVICE TO THE ARCHIVAL COMMUNITY Digital Curation Associates, LLC
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Reasons to Digitize Broaden access to collections Preserve materials—less handling Raise profile of the institution
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Materials that Can be Digitized Books Journals Newspapers Newsletters City directories Maps Photographs Slides Microform Sound recordings Film Video recordings
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Digitizing One’s Own Materials Disadvantages: Cost Equipment Staffing
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Outsourcing Advantages Saves money Saves staff time Disadvantages Firms do not provide sufficient services Preservation practices not respected Often no web hosting available
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Digital Curation Associates, LLC A new service without the disadvantages of typical digitization firms Combines preservation and technological expertise Provides searching of multiple digital collections
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Digital Curation Associates, LLC Provides a range of digitization services Digitizing Hosting Upgrading Cataloging & classifying Promoting Copyright clearance Consulting
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DCA is not Google Google is a commercial enterprise Google Books Library Project may give Google a monopoly
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