Determining the value of born-digital and digitized materials

Brian Dietz

NCSU Libraries

TRLN Annual Meeting 2011

Context• Draft report “Digital Curation at NCSU

Libraries” (May 2010)

• Desire to include a value matrix that allowed us to assess the appropriate curatorial treatment of different electronic resources

Value matrix• Desire to include a value matrix that

allowed us to assess the appropriate curatorial treatment of different electronic resources

Value matrix• Unique

• Cost of reproduction

• Ease of reproduction

• Historical value

• Donor profile

• Related to institutional strength

• Probability of future re-use

Refinements• Reviewing value matrix with curators and

collection managers

• Writing explicit definitions of each value category

Next steps• Test value matrix with curators and

collection managers

• Specify and develop tools to support value assessments