selection for preservation -Reply

[Karen Muller <kmuller@xxxxxxx>]

Just for information, ALA Editions published for ALCTS (in 1991):
"Guide to Review of Library Collections: Preservation, Storage, 
and Withdrawal," ed. by Lenore Clark. 1991 (#5) 0-8389-3396-3.
$15.00

With all the developments in digitization since 1991 it may be
time for a new edition (and I have thus copied the chair of the
ALCTS Publications Committee on this response), but I suspect
some of the basic principles remain.



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>>> Janet Gertz <gertz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 04/01/98 09:53am >>>
I am collecting information on selection criteria for 
digitization of library materials.  While my primary focus 
is digitization for preservation, I am also interested in 
selection criteria for digitization in general.

Does your library have a written set of criteria?  If so, 
would you be willing to send me a copy?  If you have 
informal criteria, I would be interested in talking to you 
about them.

Columbia's current criteria can be viewed at 
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/digital/criteria.htm

Thanks for your help.

Janet Gertz
Director for Preservation
Columbia University Libraries
gertz@xxxxxxxxxxxx
(212) 854-5757
Butler Library, Room 101c
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027