Curating Collective Collections-Agriculture and Rural Life: A Discipline or Domain-Based Approach to Preservation and Access

摘要

What is a "discipline or domain-based" approach to preservation and access? How did one of the nation's oldest and largest cooperative preservation programs get started and how is it operating today? What has it accomplished over the past 22 years? And, what is the future of a disciplinary approach in the age of digital preservation and Google Books?