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NYPL’s workflow for transferring optical media to long-term storage was met with a challenge: an acquisition of a collection containing thousands of recordable CDs and DVDs. Many programs take a disc-by-disc approach to imaging or transferring optical media, but to deal with a collection of this size, NYPL developed a workflow using a Nimbie AutoLoader and a customized version of KBNL’s open-source IROMLAB software to batch discs for transfer. This workflow prioritized quantity, but, at the outset, it was difficult to tell if every transfer was as accurate as it could be. We discuss the process of evaluating the success of the mass transfer workflow, and the improvements we made to identify and troubleshoot errors that could occur during transfer. A background of the institution and other institutions’ approaches to similar projects is given, then an in-depth discussion of the process of gathering and analyzing data. We finish with a discussion of our takeaways from the project.

Ongoing public documentation for the workflows, equipment, and collaborations of the NYPL Digital Archives program.

The Manual provides resources and instruction for tools in five major areas of lifecycle curation for ETDs, including: virus checking, file format identification, preservation metadata, ETD submission, and reference link archiving.

This paper draws together the recommendations assembled from a June 2014 assembly of library leadership teachers and professional organizations to analyze the opportunities to improve library leadership training opportunities.

This collaborative documents sets out the reasons and methods to check the stability of digital objects, otherwise known as fixity checking.

This paper analyzes the US library leadership training environment based on a dataset covering the locations, curriculums, and costs of training workshops between 1998 and 2013. It offers initial suggestions for improved library leadership training curricula needed to address current needs.

This multi-chapter volume brings together voices of experts in ETD program management to describe approaches to all aspects of electronic theses and dissertation workflows from submission to management and access.

This manual sets forth grades of practice to improve workflows for managing digitized newspapers.