Urban Theses (Phase 1)
Media Arts & Sciences - all
669 theses in Barton, 431 in DSpace
http://dspace.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/handle/1721.1/7614
Urban Planning - 1998 and earlier
2,682 theses in Barton, 972 in DSpace
http://dspace.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/handle/1721.1/7610
Notes from meeting with Jenn Morris and Ann Marie Willer on 10/27/10:
- What happens to the theses after they have been scanned? - Jenn assumes they will be discarded since Archives has a copy.
- Jenn notes that color scanning of the theses did not start until after 2008. Any theses scanned prior to this date in DSpace may be in black and white only, also may not be OCRed if considerably older.
- Rotch keeps theses in alpha order not in department/yr order
- Document Services can only handle 5 boxes at a time. All other boxes will go to LSA. Jenn then requests the remaining boxes as they work through the project.
Steps that need staff assignment:
- Report (/"picklist") - out from Aleph. Needs author, title, degree, year, system #, OCLC#, URLs, box location
- Hard cover/Velo cover removal. Hard covers once removed will remain together with the glue binding. Velo covered will need to be clipped or tied together.
- Withdrawal - has to happen prior to scanning. Who does this? Charlene's group or Preservation Services. - Ann Marie to meet with Charlene regarding the freezer project perhaps that will shed light on this project.
- Check to see if in DSpace (handles will be on picklist). Do we replace these theses because the scanning may not be OCRed or in color where needed? or do we check each one and decide on a case by case basis. This would apply to approx. 431 Media Arts theses and 700 Urban planning theses in DSpace.
- Shelf pull. Little to no preservation work is needed on these unless it is Preservation Services who does the withdrawal. This may be a case where a student would work. Beverly/Mikki's student: Joaquin Muray?