What We Can Do Today:
Measuring Print Archive Projects
Amy Wood
Center for Research Libraries
Print Archives Network (PAN) Meeting
Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 25, 2014
Tool for Measuring Print Archiving Activity
PAPR
Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR): Collection
management tool that provides online data about print archiving
programs and archived materials, and analysis of library collections
to support archiving and retention decisions
Registry includes:
•Information about 29 print archive programs or collections,
•55,000 bibliographic records and associated holdings from 12
programs/collections and 66 institutions,
•14,500 CLOCKSS and PORTICO bibliographic records and
associated holding
Statistics
•Record counts by program, LC Classification, Year of
Commitment, Validation level, and Number of Copies per title.
Program
Abbreviation
Titles
Institu
tions
Core Historical Literature of Agriculture
CHLA
39
1
CRL JSTOR Print Archive Project
CRLJSTOR
1,856
1
GWLA Shared Print Program
GWLA
12
2
LegalPAPR
LLMC
5,535
3
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology
LHL
36,301
1
Medical Serials Print Preservation Program
MedPrint
83
1
Orbis-Cascade Alliance Distributed Print Repository
OCA DPR
194
2
Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium Distributed
STM Print Serials Archive Project
PALCI
55
11
Shared Print Archive Network
COPPUL
SPAN
973
9
University of California Shared Print (California Digital
Library)
UCL Shared
Print
2,456
4
Western Regional Storage Trust
WEST
10,845
28
Print Archiving by Program
Print Archiving by LC Class – Overview
Print Archiving by LC Class – Overview,
excluding Linda Hall Library
Print Archiving LC Class - WEST
Total Archiving Commitments by LC Class percentages by program
Number of Copies per Title Committed
Number of Copies Detail – Six copies held
Print Archives Preservation Registry
Future Work Supporting Print Archives
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded CRL funding to
expand analysis and planning of print archiving and digitization of print
journals and newspapers. Two year project to:
•Collect and analyze granular data on archiving and digitization
effforts
•Analyze scope and benefits of major shared print archives
•Identify the aggregate gaps, strengths and weaknesses of
archiving efforts
•Promote coordinated, strategic action by libraries and consortia
•Convene forum in June 2015 to consider the implications and
identify needs and priorities for further archive development and
expansion.
More information: http://www.crl.edu/news/10206
More Information
URLs:
PAPR: http://papr.crl.edu
PAPR Statistics: http://papr.crl.edu/counts/byprogram
Email:
Amy Wood:
awood@crl.edu