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 The Digital Library Services department fosters the development, discovery and preservation of research and scholarly materials in digital form from across the University of Minnesota. |
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 We are a reliable and trustworthy digitizer of objects, providing the best quality and most sustainable digital surrogates possible at a reasonable cost. We also seek out digital material, either born or converted, which departments, labs and centers of the University wish to share with the world. In order to fully utilize our digitizing capacity, the DLS provides fee-based scanning services to the University community and researchers across the globe. |
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 To ensure high quality discovery and access to to digital objects in our repositories, the DLS has developed a number of web applications. Through a combination of open-source and commercial applications we are able to provide optimal access to the collections and scholarly works from across the University. The DLS continues to refine our discovery platforms, identifying opportunities to expand our holdings in order to provide for a better user experience. |
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 The need to develop strategy and take action in the area of digital preservation and data archiving has grown significantly in the Libraries and at the University in recent years. In response, the Libraries aspire to take a campus leadership role in digital preservation and data archiving through the investigation of needs, requirements, best practices, standards, and policy development, and the establishment of exemplar operations. These efforts intend to fit into a larger and evolving expertise-base and leadership role in life-cycle digital data management that the Libraries seek to develop. |