Dear all,
At Kent we have been engaged in a review of our official publications collection and have been investigating ways to improve access to these materials whilst at the same time looking to save space for materials that are relatively low use in print form.
Working in partnership<http://www.publicinformationonline.com/news/32> with Dandy Booksellers we have donated some of our archive of House of Commons, Lords, Command Papers and Standing Committee Debates in order that they can be scanned and made available to us electronically. These materials will be added to the Public Information Online (PIO) platform which has major implications for discoverability and storage as they will be rendered easily accessible via our resource discovery layer.
Mindful that any digitisation work would need to meet digital preservation criteria we worked with Dandy to ensure that the digital alternatives created were of a high enough standard to allow us to reconsider our print holdings. We are delighted with the quality of the digitisation and feel that this is a great opportunity to sensitively conserve our official publications heritage and would recommend any universities similarly reviewing their print holdings to consider this approach in order that we can create a comprehensive and high quality digital resource for all.
If you would like know more about this project I would be happy to talk to you or if you would prefer you can contact Dandy Booksellers directly by email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Best regards,
Ben
Ben Watson
Academic Liaison Librarian (Law)
Templeman Library
Information Services
Templeman Library
University of Kent
Canterbury
CT2 7NU
Tel: +44 (0)1227 823111
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