Re:Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress
by tjwds on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @10:13AM
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> why would the public require physical access if they have an online reading room.
Respectfully, I really disagree with this line of thought:
* Having digital facsimiles of your collection makes it more accessible and more available
* More people knowing about your collection means more foot traffic
* Some things about a collection can't be discovered from a digitized copy; having a record of the digitized copy encourages researchers to come in and see the real deal
* Maybe scholarship doesn't have to happen IRL? See Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad: a fantastic novel that was researched primarily online [0]
Respectfully, I really disagree with this line of thought:
* Having digital facsimiles of your collection makes it more accessible and more available
* More people knowing about your collection means more foot traffic
* Some things about a collection can't be discovered from a digitized copy; having a record of the digitized copy encourages researchers to come in and see the real deal
* Maybe scholarship doesn't have to happen IRL? See Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad: a fantastic novel that was researched primarily online [0]
0. https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/grant-expand-digital-librar...