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# RLG Programs Books & Reports ## Current
Date | Reports | Related Program or Project
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May 18, 2009 | Schaffner, Jennifer. The Metadata is the Interface: Better Description for Better Discovery of Archives and Special Collections, Synthesized from User Studies (.pdf: 191K/18 pp.) | Archives and Special Collections
April 30, 2009 | Smith-Yoshimura, Karen. Networking Names. (.pdf: 135K/25 pp.) | Prototype a Cooperative Identities Hub
March 11, 2009 | Erway, Ricky. Impact of the Google Book Settlement on Libraries (Revised Version). (.pdf: 65K/7 pp.) | Public/Private Mass Digitization Agreements
January 22, 2009 | Malpas, Constance. RLG Partnership Shared Print Collections Working Group Shared Print Policy Review Report. (.pdf: 161K/23 pp.) | Analyze Current Shared Print Policy Frameworks Project
January 20, 2009 | Ayers, Leighann, Beth Picknally Camden, Lisa German, Peggy Johnson, Caroline Miller and Karen Smith-Yoshimura. What We've Learned from the RLG Partners Metadata Creation Workflows Survey. (.pdf: 173K/23 pp.) | Share Best Practices for Metadata Creation Workflows Project
January 20, 2009 | Palmer, Carole L., Lauren C. Teffeau and Carrie M. Pirmann. Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment: Themes from the Literature and Implications for Library Service Development. (.pdf: 412K/59 pp.) | Scholarly Information Practices Project
September 26, 2008 | Zorich, Diane, Günter Waibel and Ricky Erway. Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums. (.pdf: 334K/59 pp.) | Library, Archive and Museum Collaboration Program
July 18, 2008 | Proffitt, Merrilee and Jennifer Schaffner. The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities. (.pdf: 70K/10 pp.) | RLG Programs Digitization and the Humanities Symposium
May 27, 2008 | Erway, Ricky. Seeking Sustainability. (.pdf: 87K/15 pp.) | Bringing Special Collections into the Large-Scale Digitization Milieu Project
| May 2, 2008 | Lavoie, Brian and Günter Waibel. An Art Resource in New York: The Collective Collection of the NYARC Art Museum Libraries. (.pdf: 136K/18 pp.) | Prepare Collection Analysis of Four Art Libraries as Intelligence for Collaborative Agreements Project
March 27, 2008 | Proffitt, Merrilee, Arnold Arcolio, and Constance Malpas. Copyright Investigation Summary Report. (.pdf: 35K/6 pp.) | Contribute to the Develpoment of a Registry of Copyright Evidence Project
November 27, 2007 | Smith-Yoshimura, Karen. RLG Programs Descriptive Metadata Practices Survey Results. (.pdf: 99K/13 pp.) Smith-Yoshimura, Karen and Diane Cellentani. RLG Programs Descriptive Metadata Practices Survey Results: Data Supplement. (.pdf: 258K/46 pp.) | Establish a baseline understanding of metadata practices Project
November 15, 2007 | Kaufman, Peter and Jeff Ubois. "Good Terms—Improving Commercial-Noncommercial Partnerships for Mass Digitization; A Report Prepared by Intelligent Television for RLG Programs, OCLC Programs and Research." D-Lib Magazine, 13,11/12. | Mass Digitization Partnerships Project
November 2, 2007 | Payne, Lizanne. Library Storage Facilities and the Future of Print Collections in North America (.pdf: 227K/ 35pp.) | Shared Print Collections Program
October 19, 2007 | Erway, Ricky and Jennifer Schaffner. Shifting Gears: Gearing Up to Get Into the Flow (.pdf: 86K/ 11pp.) | Bringing Special Collections into the Large-scale Digitization Milieu Project
## Earlier Reports The following reports originally were produced for sale in print format. We are pleased to make them available electronically without charge.
Cataloging Guidelines for Creating Chinese Rare Book Records in Machine-Readable Form 2000, 80 pp. Guide to creating bibliographic records for Chinese rare book holdings to share in union catalogs, regardless of the library system used. Bilingual in Chinese and English, with examples from records created using RLIN®. Under the editorial direction of Sören Edgren at Princeton, the Guidelines grew out of a project to create an international union catalog of Chinese rare books in the RLG Union Catalog. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 7.6MB)
| Moving Theory into Practice 2000; ISBN: 0-9700225-0-6. Winner of the Society of American Archivists' 2001 Waldo Leland Gifford Award Softbound, 189-page, illustrated guide and reference work by Anne R. Kenney and Oya Y. Rieger with contributions by others; published by RLG. This book, which includes the contributions of more than 50 experts, is directed to libraries and archives that choose to retrospectively convert cultural resources to digital image form. Integrating cultural objectives with practical digital applications, it offers vital assistance in a complex arena. From decision-making, to sound practices, to turning projects into sustainable digital programs, this publication provides a wealth of balanced information and counsel. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 40.5MB)
Preserving Digital Information 1996, 71 pp. (Typescript version of published text.) This seminal report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information was commissioned by the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Research Libraries Group. It provides an analysis of the digital landscape, focusing on features, including stakeholder interests, that affect the integrity of digital information objects and which determine the ability of digital archives to preserve such objects over the long term; introduces the principle that responsibility for archiving rests initially with the creator or owner of the information and that digital archives may invoke a fail-safe mechanism to protect culturally valuable information; explores in detail the roles and responsibilities associated with the critical functions of managing the operating environment of digital archives, strategies for migration of digital information, and costs and financial matters; and concludes with a set of recommendations for action. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 191K)
RLG Archives Microfilming Manual 1994, 208 pp. (Photocopy of original publication.) This manual addresses the needs of archivists and librarians managing projects and programs to microfilm archives and manuscripts. Written by members of the RLG Archives Preservation Microfilming Project, it covers issues from outsourcing of filming services to future digitization of microfilm produced today. A supplement was produced in 2003 to provide guidelines for microfilming to support digitization (below). Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 20.5MB)
RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook 1992, 216 pp. Guide intended for use by library preservation administrators and filming service bureau staff. Contains the RLG guidelines for monographs and serials (prefilming, targeting, and filming technical requirements). Appendices address implementation issues faced by libraries mounting filming projects—from a sample request for proposals, to operational impact, to identifying defects in camera negatives. A supplement was produced in 2003 to provide guidelines for microfilming to support digitization (below). Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 30.1MB)
RLG Guidelines for Microfilming to Support Digitization 2003, 20 pp. Supplement to RLG Archives Microfilming Manual and RLG Preservation Microfilming Handbook intended for use with the earlier publications when the microfilm being produced is highly likely to be digitized. Download (.pdf: 1.0MB)
Manual do RLG para Microfilmagem de Arquivos (publication Nr. 53) 2001, 211 pp. The RLG Archives Microfilming Manual translated into Portuguese by the Projeto Cooperativo Conservação Preventiva em Bibliotecas e Arquivos is available at no charge from www.cpba.net.
AMIS: Archives and Museum Information Service Demonstration 1994, 35 min. A VHS videotape documenting the design and intended functionality of RLG's AMIS project at the point it was ended for lack of necessary development funding. Illustrates key aspects of a PC-based system linked to RLIN® that would enable archives and museums to provide staff and patrons with essential collections information; store and retrieve text, sound, and still and moving images; and manage daily operations, from accessioning and cataloging to exhibit planning, public events, and donor relations. Find in a library
Preferred Library Futures II: Charting the Paths 1993, 27 pp. Report on an invitational workshop for an array of stake holders in the university campus information environment of the future, held to explore options and potential projects for creating the desired environment. This event built on RLG's earlier Preferred Futures for Libraries sessions. Includes an afterword by RLG president James Michalko. Download (.pdf: 1.7MB)
Preferred Futures for Libraries 1991, 19 pp. (Photocopy of original publication.) Report on workshops held on six university campuses early in 1991 that explored with small groups of library directors and chief academic officers from 41 campuses their vision for the future shape of libraries and information resources at their institutions. Sponsored by RLG and funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Written by Richard M. Dougherty and Carol Hughes. Download (.pdf: 3.1MB)
Government Records in the RLIN® Database: An Introduction and Guide 1990, 17 pp. Report on a resource first made available in the RLG Union Catalog in the late 1980s and greatly enhanced since: descriptions of the records of government agencies—and how those descriptions can be used for research. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 4.1MB)
Information Needs in the Sciences: An Assessment 1991, 79pp. Assessment of information needs in eight science disciplines; produced under the umbrella of RLG's 1985-1991 Program for Research Information Management (PRIMA), this survey helped lay the groundwork for such RLG services as Citation Resources (CitaDel®) and Eureka®. Prepared by Constance C. Gould and Karla Pearce. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 62.8MB)
Information Needs in the Social Sciences: An Assessment 1989, 56 pp. Assessment of information needs in five social science disciplines; produced under the umbrella of RLG's 1985-1991 Program for Research Information Management (PRIMA), this survey helped lay the groundwork for such RLG services as Citation Resources (CitaDel®) and Eureka®. Prepared by Constance C. Gould and Mark Handler. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 12.6MB)
Information Needs in the Humanities: An Assessment 1988, 62 pp. Assessment of information needs in eight humanities disciplines; produced under the umbrella of RLG's 1985-1991 Program for Research Information Management (PRIMA), this survey helped lay the groundwork for such RLG services as Citation Resources (CitaDel®) and Eureka®. Prepared by Constance C. Gould. Download from the OCLC Corporate Library Collection (.pdf: 13.0MB)