Incorporating Patron Requests into Archival Workflows and Digital

Repository Interfaces

August 15, 2009by Mark Custer

Digital Initiatives Librarian Programmer

Productions Coordinator

Metadata Coordinator

Digital Collections atEast Carolina University

What should we digitize?don’t

What should we digitize?

1) Shifting Gears

2) Approaching the Flow

5) Holding On

3) Letting Go

4) Preparing for the Switch

Shifting Gears

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In our experience, doing “B” will also cover “C”

Approachingthe Flow

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(the aftermath of)Letting Go

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Preparing forthe Switch

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Google Analytics DataJuly 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009

Holding On

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HUMAN BEHAVIORAND

THE PRINCIPLEOF LEAST EFFORT

An Introduction to Human Ecology

by

GEORGE KINGSLEY ZIPF, P D.h.Harvard University

(Facsimile of 1949 edition)

HAFNER PUBLISHING COMPANYNew York and London

1965

HUMAN BEHAVIORAND

THE PRINCIPLEOF LEAST EFFORT

An Introduction to Human Ecology

by

GEORGE KINGSLEY ZIPF, P D.h.Harvard University

(Facsimile of 1949 edition)

HAFNER PUBLISHING COMPANYNew York and London

1965

Zipf’s Law

Pn ~ 1/na

1762 collections(total)

20% Goal6.3% already digitized

(not fully digitized)

111 Collections

352 Collections(in our top 20%)

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(Physical) Reading Room Requests399 collections, 20070701 - 20080630

Actualm = -0.9256r² = 0.9533

Predicted (by Zipf’s law)m = -1r² = 1

Wherem= sloper = correlation coefficient

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Unique Pageviews for 1762 EAD records66378 views total, during 20080701- 20090630

Logarithmic Distribution of Unique Page Views

Logarithmic Distribution of Unique Page Views

Actualm = -1.14696r² = 0.99981

Predicted (by Zipf’s law)m = -1r² = 1

Wherem = sloper = correlation coefficient

Logarithmic Distribution of Unique Page Views

Actualm = -1.14696r² = 0.99981

Predictedm = -1r² = 1

Wherem = sloper = correlation coefficient

This is not a new phenomenon

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Mass Digitization

Mass Representation

Questions?

References / CitationsSlide 01: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/3109/Slide 02: http://transforming-special-collections.near-time.net/news/Slide 06: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benuski/3451996330/Slide 07: http://shc2009symposia.pbworks.com/Slide 11: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/5766/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3288382289/Slide 12: http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2007-02.pdfSlide 14: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6249/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3376616085/Slide 22: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1578/Slide 28: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6466/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3376635245/Slide 29: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1315/Slide 33: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/7415/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3489762852/Slide 34: http://google.com/analyticsSlide 42: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/6059/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecu_digital_collections/3488947521/Slide 43: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/165502/Slide 58: http://www.cs.bu.edu/faculty/crovella/paper-archive/TR-95-010/paper.htmlSlide 66: http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/1310/