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Metadata and Digital Initiatives / UM Libraries: Preservation

MDI is responsible for the processing and description of items -- new and archival, physical and digital -- for the library's catalog and discovery services, and manages the library's digital initiatives including the Institutional Repository.

Procedures

948 Note

Place this note on III item records to indicate repair:
x 948 _ _ |bcatpres|cTSrepair|dyyyy-mm-dd

... to indicate withdrawn "on the spot" (see criteria below):
x 948 _ _ |bcatpres|cTSpreservationItemWithdrawn|dyyyy-mm-dd

Withdrawn "on the spot":
  1. molded books
  2. water damaged beyond repair
  3. more pages than can be "tipped in" are missing
  4. book is missing from its case, binder or box enclosure
  5. crumbled, distorted and "in-pieces" items (not readable in book form)

Digital Preservation

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