Current procedures:
Preservation Services Digital Projects Procedures
Step-by-step instructions for tasks done by the Preservation Services Unit: preparing materials for digitization, packing and shipping items to scanning vendors, quality control, and disposition of originals.
Prioritizing materials sent to Preservation Services and then to Document Services:
This example is from the MIT Energy Lab Reports project but could serve as a guideline for future projects, esp. research publications:
(Sept. 09) For Preservation, our order of preference is based on the amount of time it takes to prep. Assuming the items have pages in good condition, the order is:
- Loose, unbound pages
- Comb bindings with holes in good condition
- Velobinding
- Stapled
- Stapled with tape over staples
- Then: ratty stuff, including loose pages with lots of paste-ins