Dear all,
I'd be very grateful to hear on or off-list from others about their
experience of commercial publication (microform or electronic) of
their archival or rare book collections.
I'm particularly keen to gain an idea of i) cost vs benefit - I realise
most publishers bear production costs but wonder if the resulting
income to repositories from royalties, which I suspect is often
small, balances against staff input at either the planning or
production stages ii) how positive experience it was overall - what
hassles were involved working with the publishers or those
physically handling material iii) what the promotion benefits have
been - particularly, if discernable, whether there has been any
impact on use of the originals.
I apologise for such a convoluted query - perhaps replies off list are
best - but really am very interested in learning from the experience
of others in this area in view of Leeds University Library exploring
the possibility of exploiting its collections in this manner.
With thanks,
Jessica Gardner
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Jessica Gardner
Special Collections
Brotherton Library
University of Leeds
(0113) 2336387
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