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1 A NEW SERVICE TO THE ARCHIVAL COMMUNITY Digital Curation Associates, LLC

2 Reasons to Digitize Broaden access to collections Preserve materials—less handling Raise profile of the institution

3 Materials that Can be Digitized Books Journals Newspapers Newsletters City directories Maps Photographs Slides Microform Sound recordings Film Video recordings

4 Digitizing One’s Own Materials Disadvantages:  Cost  Equipment  Staffing

5 Outsourcing Advantages  Saves money  Saves staff time Disadvantages  Firms do not provide sufficient services  Preservation practices not respected  Often no web hosting available

6 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

7 Digital Curation Associates, LLC Provides a range of digitization services  Digitizing  Hosting  Upgrading  Cataloging & classifying  Promoting  Copyright clearance  Consulting

8 DCA is not Google Google is a commercial enterprise Google Books Library Project may give Google a monopoly


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