[Eril-l] Proquest digital microfilm

[Rebecca Holloway]

Hi all—I’m inclined to contact the Internet Archive to see what they may be able to offer, especially if Proquest might be willing to release these into the public domain.

From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org> On Behalf Of Arndt,Theresa
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To: Mueth, Sarah <mueths at uncw.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Proquest digital microfilm

I wrote to Sarah, but others may be interested in this idea  If ProQuest no longer wants to support small local newspapers, perhaps they will allow options for the public good.  It would be a shame to lose these local resources if the work of digitizing them has already occurred.

Is there a state consortia you can reach out to, or reach out to your state library, or even large university libraries within your state.  Maybe they can help, or help get a grant or suggest other options?  Under the circumstances, maybe this would be allowed by ProQuest to become a resource for your entire state/community?

Good luck!   - Theresa

Theresa Arndt
Library & Information Services
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
717-245-1750
arndtt at dickinson.edu<mailto:arndtt at dickinson.edu>


From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>> On Behalf Of Chua, Hui Hua
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We have one title but it’s not very large. We plan to download and provide electronic access.

Hui Hua


Hui Hua Chua
Collections & User Support Librarian
Michigan State University Libraries
366 W. Circle Dr., WG-1C
East Lansing, MI 48824
517.884.0856 | chua at lib.msu.edu<mailto:chua at lib.msu.edu>



From: Eril-l <eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org<mailto:eril-l-bounces at lists.eril-l.org>> On Behalf Of Sunshine Carter
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 6:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [Eril-l] Proquest digital microfilm

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

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.

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?
_____________________________________
Sarah Mueth
Coordinator of Serials and Electronic Resources
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