Authors

Lyrasis

Date of Original Version

9-30-2014

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Type

Article

Abstract

Summarizes the results of the survey of RI Institutions with cultural heritage collections in preparation for building a digital repository and portal for Rhode Island

Comments

A total of 32 institutions participated in the survey. Twenty-five institutions were libraries (16 of those were Public Libraries), five were historical societies, two were archives, and one respondent was a museum. A majority of those completing the surveys at the responding institutions were administrators (13 or 41%), ten or 31% were librarians, four or 12% were archivists, four (12%) were digital librarians, 2 (6%) were information technologists, and 2 (6%) were collections managers/curatorial staff.

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