title: Bringing Transparency and Permeability to Organizational Silos: Improving Workflow and Culture
creators: Daniel Noonan Sue Beck
abstract: The Ohio State University Libraries established the Digital Preservation and Access Workgroup (DP&A) [1] in early 2020 to guide the University Libraries' policies, strategies and tactics for managing, preserving and providing access to its digital collections. It brings together key individuals from across the organization to ensure that information sharing and best practices are reflected throughout the organization. The DP&A’s initial charge was to identify our existing workflows that affect born digital acquisitions and processing, digitization, providing access to digital materials and the preservation thereof. This effort is to aid in answering the question, “What are the intersections, gaps, redundancies and areas for improvement?” This poster will demonstrate the progress we have made on this project, spotlighting the process analysis and improvement techniques we have brought to bear, along with our initial recommendations for workflow and organizational improvement.
keywords: digital preservation prioritization process improvement