Open AccessThe snowball effect: Planning for preservation infrastructure in a small library
Author(s) -
Sarah Kortemeier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
college and research libraries news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2150-6698
pISSN - 0099-0086
DOI - 10.5860/crln.82.5.228
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , luck , library science , engineering management , business , computer science , engineering , philosophy , theology , machine learning
Small libraries frequently face significant challenges related to funding and staff capacity when attempting to complete large projects and improve infrastructure. With careful planning and a bit of luck, however, it is possible to leverage small successes into much larger accomplishments. The University of Arizona Poetry Center, a special collections library of contemporary poetry within the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, recently adopted this approach to implement a systematic overhaul of its preservation program.