Digital decisions: user-driven digitization
ISSN: 0741-9058
Article publication date: 9 April 2021
Issue publication date: 5 August 2021
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to determine digitization selection strategies to optimize usage by examining digital collections at Stockton University, comparing the library-driven projects to the community-driven ones.
Design/methodology/approach
Case study of digitization selection strategy for Special Collections and University Archives, comparing library-driven to community-driven approaches.
Findings
Based on webpage analytics of the digital collections, community-driven digitization projects are more successful than library-driven ones.
Research limitations/implications
As a case study, this paper only analyzes a select number of digital collections from one institution.
Practical implications
Those responsible for digitization selection may wish to allow community members to propose collections for digitization.
Originality/value
To the authors’ best knowledge, no other known studies have used user analytics to compare community-driven digitization projects to library-driven ones.
Keywords
Citation
Sussmeier, S. and Perez, H. (2021), "Digital decisions: user-driven digitization", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 38 No. 3, pp. 6-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-02-2021-0007
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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