The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives

The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives

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This paper summarizes the outcomes of the 2009 OCLC Research survey of 275 research libraries in the United States and Canada regarding the current status of their special collections and archives. The resulting report, Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives,...

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Main Author: Jackie M. Dooley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2011-10-01
Series:Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
Subjects:
Special collections
digitization
born-digital
archives
Online Access:https://test.openjournals.nl/liberquarterly/article/view/10603
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spelling doaj-e92931c4b48c4f15b3b4e9237e46250d2021-09-30T14:18:08Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2011-10-01211The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and ArchivesJackie M. DooleyThis paper summarizes the outcomes of the 2009 OCLC Research survey of 275 research libraries in the United States and Canada regarding the current status of their special collections and archives. The resulting report, Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives, includes detailed analysis of the data and thirteen recommendations for community action. The three most common challenges named by respondents were space, digitization, and born-digital materials. Collections are growing dramatically, use of all types of material has increased, substantial backlogs remain, and 75% of library budgets have been reduced in recent years.https://test.openjournals.nl/liberquarterly/article/view/10603Special collectionsdigitizationborn-digitalarchives
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Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries
Special collections
digitization
born-digital
archives
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title The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives
title_short The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives
title_full The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives
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title_full_unstemmed The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives
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description This paper summarizes the outcomes of the 2009 OCLC Research survey of 275 research libraries in the United States and Canada regarding the current status of their special collections and archives. The resulting report, Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey of Special Collections and Archives, includes detailed analysis of the data and thirteen recommendations for community action. The three most common challenges named by respondents were space, digitization, and born-digital materials. Collections are growing dramatically, use of all types of material has increased, substantial backlogs remain, and 75% of library budgets have been reduced in recent years.
topic Special collections
digitization
born-digital
archives
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