Slide 2 Taking a Census and Prioritizing Media Collections for
Preservation Mike Casey Director of Technical Operations Media
Digitization and Preservation Initiative Slide 3 Flickr @garry
Degralescence Attacks the Kingdom of Media Slide 4
Degradation/Obsolescence How much time do we have? 10-15 Years
Slide 5 Slide 6 The Suspected Problem Large but unknown number of
media objects Known degradation Known high research value Urgency
of digitization Slide 7 The Goal Both quantitative and qualitative
dataaccurate, detailed, comprehensive Accurate numbers Data on
condition and preservation problems Data on formats for
obsolescence analysis Specific information on research valuewhy are
holdings important? Stories demonstrating risk and value Slide 8
The Plan Web-Based Survey Form? Not comprehensivelow response rate
Not accurateexpert help needed to identify formats, diagnose
problems, etc. Survey of percentage not detailed enough Hard to
elicit anecdotal informationstories of value and use of holdings
Slide 9 The Plan In-Person Interview 1-3 hour interview Series of
questions Advance prep by large units Inspection of holdings Led to
discovery of previously unknown holdings and formats Slide 10 The
Plan In-Person Interview Heart of IVquestions for each format
Numbers of unique, rare and commercial Backups Dates Preservation
problems Slide 11 The Plan Inspection Help with counting
Identification of problems and risk factors Evaluation of storage
Photographs Slide 12 The Plan Data Storage OneNote Access Database
Slide 13 The Discovered Problem Large Numbers Degradation
Obsolescence Short Time Window Slide 14 Numbers More than 560,000
audio, video, film objects 364,000 audio (64%) 125,000 video (22%)
78,000 film (14%) Slide 15 Numbers African American Arts Institute
African Studies Program Anthropology, Department of Archaeology,
Glenn Black Laboratory of Archives of African American Music and
Culture Archives of Traditional Music Art Museum Astronomy,
Department of Bands, Department of (Jacobs School of Music)
Basketball, Men's (Athletics Dept.) Basketball, Women's (Athletics
Dept.) Black Film Center Archive Business/SPEA Information Commons
(IUBL) Center for Disability Information and Referral Center for
Language Technology and Instructional Enrichment Center for
Languages of the Central Asian Region Center for Latin American and
Caribbean Studies Center for the Documentation of Endangered
Languages Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Center for the Study of Global Change Center for the Study of
History and Memory Center on Aging and Community Central Eurasian
Studies Chemistry Library (IUBL) Communication and Culture,
Department of Creole Institute East Asian Studies Center Education
Library (IUBL) Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection Eppley
Institute for Parks and Public Lands Field Hockey (Athletics Dept.)
Fine Arts Library (IUBL) Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Department
of Football (Athletics Dept.) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Student Support Services Library Geography and Map
Library (IUBL) Geology Library (IUBL) Golf (Athletics Dept.)
Government Information, Microforms, and Statistical Services (IUBL)
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER) Library (IUBL) I.
U. Foundation Indiana Prevention Resource Center Inner Asian and
Uralic National Resource Center Institute for Advanced Study Kinsey
Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Latin
American Music Center Latino Cultural Center (La Casa) Law Library
Liberian Collections Project Life Sciences Library (IUBL) Lilly
Library (IUBL) Linguistics Club Mathers Museum of World Cultures
Media and Reserve Services (IUBL) Media Design and Production
Modern Political Papers (IUBL) Music Library, William and Gayle
Cook Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library (IUBL) Optometry
Library (IUBL) Optometry, School of Polish Studies Center
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Department of Radio and
Television Services Recording Arts, Department of (Jacobs School of
Music) Residential Programs and Services Libraries Rowing
(Athletics Dept.) Roy W. Howard Archive Russian and East European
Institute Soccer, Men's (Athletics Dept.) Softball (Athletics
Dept.) Sound And Video Analysis & Instruction Laboratory Swain
Hall Library (IUBL) Tennis, Men's (Athletics Dept.) Theatre and
Drama, Department of Traditional Arts Indiana Unclaimed Collection
#2 (Franklin Hall Attic) University Archives (IUBL) University
Communications, Office of Video Production (Athletics Dept.)
Volleyball, Women's (Athletics Dept.) West European Studies Film
Library Slide 16 Numbers Top 12 by (estimated) Number of Objects
Music Library195,596 Archives of Traditional Music98,431 Media and
Reserve Services (IUB Libraries)80,529 Radio and Television
Services43,893 Residential Programs and Services Libraries26,075
Kinsey Institute20,183 Slide 17 Numbers Top 12 by (estimated)
Number of Objects Center for Language Technology and Instructional
Enrichment (CeLTIE)13,567 University Archives12,086 Lilly
Library11,361 Archives of African American Music and Culture8,031
Media Design and Production6,549 Black Film Center Archive5,499
Slide 18 Numbers 44% Unique or Rare 56% Commercial (248,000) Slide
19 Numbers Top 10 by Unique Objects Music Library55,577 Archives of
Traditional Music31,562 Radio and Television Services19,453
University Archives11,270 Media Design and Production6,492 Slide 20
Numbers Top 10 by Unique Objects Athletics Video Production4,504
Kinsey Institute3,514 Center for the Study of History and
Memory3,323 Lilly Library2,653 Office of University
Communications2,584 Slide 21
