[Eril-l] Proquest digital microfilm

[Sunshine Carter]

We are in the same situation here. 1T+ is something we don't have the
infrastructure for to either store centrally for access or distribute
electronically to our users.
We are figuring out what to do.

Sunshine
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Sunshine J. Carter
Interim Collection Development Officer &
Electronic Resources Librarian/ERM Unit Manager
University of Minnesota Libraries
309 19th Avenue S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tel: 612-625-5615
scarter at umn.edu


On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 4:49 PM Mueth, Sarah <mueths at uncw.edu> wrote:

> My library had been getting our local newspaper on digital microfilm via
> Proquest, and the paper is one that was not transferred to the new Recent
> Newspapers platform. So now we have files that need to be downloaded within
> the next 3.5 months before the content we paid for disappears forever.
>
>
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> The files, however, will take up an enormous amount of space—like, more
> than a terabyte. I’ve talked with library IT and they’re considering
> compressing the files to store them but also have concerns that this isn’t
> the best long-term storage solution.
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>
> So I guess my question to you, dear ERI-L subscribers, is if your library
> is in the same position, how are you handling this?
>
>
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> Sarah Mueth
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