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
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them stand out?
They’re engaging and straightforward
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Provide an interesting entry point to the collection
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Reuse can provide revenue
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Support from the MDL to mount collection provides catalyst
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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
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are not tagging that content for retrieval and access.
Societies need preservation solutions
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What solutions are needed?
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Good, better, best practices
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 Tutorials? Mechanism for content display?
 Shared preservation solution?

Scanning Survey
THANKS