Fall 2009 Survey Results - Scanning

HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN MINNESOTA SCANNING Results from a November 2008 MHS survey

Scanning Survey Who scans? 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Yes No

Scanning Survey What’s Being Scanned 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Scanning Survey PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS, MANUSCRIPTS Photographs are a popular item to digitize. What makes  them stand out? They’re engaging and straightforward  Provide an interesting entry point to the collection  Reuse can provide revenue  Support from the MDL to mount collection provides catalyst 

Scanning Survey Reasons to Scan 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Scanning Survey Approach to Scanning 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

Scanning Survey Technical Specs: Resolutions 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

Scanning Survey Metadata Standards 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Yes No Don't Know

Scanning Survey Keeping a Record of Their Scanning? 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Yes No

Scanning Survey Indexing Scans 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Past Perfect Database Paper

Scanning Survey Preserving Scans? 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Scanning Survey Displaying the Scans 25 20 15 10 5 0 Website MDL Does Not Display

Scanning Survey Digital Preservation Planning 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Accept Born Digital Collections? Institutional Commitment to Preserving Digital Data Yes In Development No

Scanning Survey METADATA – DISPLAY - PRESERVATION Societies are digitizing portions of their collections, but  are not tagging that content for retrieval and access. Societies need preservation solutions  What solutions are needed?  Good, better, best practices   Tutorials? Mechanism for content display?  Shared preservation solution?

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Fall 2009 Survey Results - Scanning

by Minnesota Historical Society on Mar 26, 2009

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