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Taming the Digital Collections Backlog: Challenges and approaches to growing access to digitized materials

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Providing access to digitized collections material is time-intensive work that can very easily exceed staffing capacity. In this panel, archivists, librarians, and digital collections managers examine the challenges and opportunities involved in expanding access to digitized materials while sharing strategies for keeping digital collections backlogs at bay.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23374016

Authors: Riley, Sara, Catherine Dayrit Mayfield, Pamela A. McClanahan, Alexandra Trim, Hannah Miller-Kim

Institutions: University of Maryland, College Park, Georgetown University

Language: English

Topic: Digital and Traditional Archives Management

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7221773567

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