Re: Digitised backfile directory?

[Kathleen Shearer <mkshearer@videotron.ca>]

Dear Hazel, 

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but DLF/OCLC maintains a
"Registry of Digital Masters". I quote from the OCLC website below:

<http://www.oclc.org/ca/en/digitalpreservation/why/digitalregistry/default.htm>

"The DLF/OCLC Registry of Digital Masters provides a central place for
library staff to search for, and find, digitally preserved materials. As
such, the Registry broadens access to your organization's
publicly-available digital books and journals. The Digital Library
Federation (DLF) and OCLC developed the Registry, which functions as a
subset of WorldCat.

To be included in the Registry, an item must appear in a digital format.
Typical items include monographs and serials. A registered object ensures
that the digital object (or soon to be digitized) followed established
standards and best practices for digitization and that the institution
that digitized it has made a commitment to digital preservation of this
object."

I'm not sure how comprehensive the registry is, but it may be a good place
to start.

Kathleen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Woodward, Hazel 
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu 
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: Digitised backfile directory?

Can any member of the list tell me whether there is a directory (or any
other information source) that gives information about what digital
backfiles of journals are now available - including information about
whether any of these are available at no cost.

Also (and I suspect this is less likely to exist) has anyone pulled
together information on how many linear metres each printed journal takes
up on the shelf?

Hazel

Dr Hazel Woodward
University Librarian & Director of Cranfield University Press
Kings Norton Library
Cranfield University
Email: h.woodward@cranfield.ac.uk