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"Can't we just print it out?" and other FAQs. With hesitation and resistance (aka fear and loathing) coming from my potential donors as well as my library colleagues, I'll share some good answers and analogies for justifying the curation of digital materials in the first place.  This will be my lengthened "elevator talk," with some visual accompaniments that I normally can't bring into the elevator with me.

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Michael Forstrom (Beinecke)

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I'll walk through one or two recently drafted documents, depending on time, relating to Beinecke's curatorial or collection development efforts: a "digital collection development statement" and/or what I've identified as the digital capture options we must discuss with donors as part of the transfer process.