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Re: A Little Too Generous?



 Wow. This is a good one, but as you point out it is something that we are
likely to see more and more of. The expression "if you get lemons make
lemonade" comes to mind. The trick is to turn this to your advantage.
What are the PR possibilities for your collection? It seems to me that a
just say no attitude will not serve us well. It will just generate
negative feelings from the researcher and anyone who will listen to them
( like your superiors? ).

 It seems to me the key is to control the situation from the start. You
decide what does and does not get digitized. You control the work flow.
Acknowledgement is another key factor. You want more than "images courtesy
of ..." How about a short blurb about your holdings, or  perhaps a link to
your own website?

 I agree with the observation that it was very strange of a funding agency
to not insist on evidence of participation from the archival institutions
...



 Steve Fisher
 University of Denver





On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Jim Baggett wrote:

> Greetings:
>
>   Earlier this week I was visited by a scholar from another state. This
> person, without consulting us, has written a grant proposal (which has been
> funded) to digitize and post on the Internet primary documents relating to
> the Civil Rights Movement. She came expecting unlimited access to our
> holdings, and expects the "first phase" of her project to total 10,000
> documents. I have explained to this scholar why we cannot allow this, and
> have told her that we would allow her to use a small number of select
> documents. She has received the same answer from another archives here.But I
> sense that the issue is not entirely settled.
>   I have proposed to our administration that we take this opportunity to
> formulate a policy for this type request because it is likely that we will
> receive others in the coming years. I have presented my arguments to the
> administration.
>   Without attempting to influence any respondents I would appreciate hearing
> from others as to how you would respond to this type request, and what are
> your reasons. I would also appreciate hearing from repositories that limit
> the percenatge of material that can be photocopied from your collections and
> why. I think that in some ways the two situations are similiar.
>   Many thanks for your collected wisdom.
>
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