Hi Kim, If you’d like, we’d be happy to tweet this out on @digpres411, but wanted to check first on whether you were wanting to expose to a public audience. Rachel Trent Digital Collections Manager, Digital Information Management Program State Library of North Carolina NC Department of Cultural Resources 4643 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4640 Ph: (919) 807-7468 |Fx: (919) 733-1843 State Library: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov<https://mail.nc.gov/owa/redir.aspx?C=L9xTMw3QGEqmcOLNLZCIZ1kR1FGX0NAIQKgKTEZRJZJ1KIEZeTYLi78zzXrNSMqOmKhjjEoYiew.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fstatelibrary.ncdcr.gov%2f> [slnc-logo-150-wide] E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law "NCGS.Ch.132" and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official. From: The NDSA organization list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kimberly A. Schroeder Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 9:30 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [NDSA-ALL] Assessing Obsolescent Format Content Hi all! Many of you know me and my work in multimedia archives. I have been writing a lengthy article involving seven years of research into obsolescent formats in both digital and video. There is one missing fact that I need so that I can tie statistics together. Since the historic value of content on obsolescent formats has not been published, I created a survey. In order for this research to be valid, I need a lot of my colleagues to fill out this short survey about the obsolescent formats that they house in their institutions. Warning, it involves math! That said, it is critical that we do this kind of bench-marking beyond case studies institution by institution. A big weakness in our literature is a lack of larger data sets looking at trends in our field. If you could PLEASE, pretty please fill this out in the next few weeks (by June 20, 2014), I will release the data in full to the list. I want to share this not hoard it. Thank you all for your time! Please share widely with colleagues! Here it is! I thank you for your support! https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BPFY3F6 Best, Kim Schroeder Coordinator, Archival Program Lecturer and Career Advisor Wayne State University School of Library and Information Science Faculty Advisor for National Digital Stewardship Alliance http://wsustudentndsa.wordpress.com/ [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 313 577-9783 Career Advising Page http://students.slis.wayne.edu/students/planning.php