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ACRL Minneapolis
Faculty and administration may see the removal to storage as a loss of print status while it will actually provide an ascent in status as trusted retention, improved security and storage environment and last copy identity are assigned to the stored print materials.
Re: Multi institution, virtual storage; “We never weed stored collections.”
A FAQ about Google’s interest in digitizing library collections is; “Isn’t that done already?” An implication of this question is that the digitization of library print holdings may eventually succeed – but won’t make any difference. Why will it necessarily accentuate critical thinking or efficient research?
The Google Print engine design is also blind to possibilities for queries that originate in print and may use the Google engine to augment print research.
Re: 81 million NextGen readers; “They are format agnostics.”
The long continuity of graphic-to-print suggests that the freshness of Zines is actually a surprise with the surging relevance of a paper based genre in the context of screen publication.
Re: alternative publication; “Zines are primary documents.” And for libraries, they just aren’t ephemeral enough.