Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-5-2022
Journal
Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship
First Page
1
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2072460
Last Page
19
Abstract
Corporate annual reports provide a snapshot of a company's operations and financial status. Reviewing and comparing years of annual reports can provide a rich history of knowledge on a corporation. Preserving, storing, and digitizing Canadian annual reports has been a mission of the C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library in London, Ontario, Canada. In late 2019 when Western Libraries migrated to a new library services platform, Alma, there was a new opportunity to catalog and provide access to the digitized annual reports collection. This article describes a decade long plan to digitize the print collection by library staff and a subsequent project to provide online access to the digitized content. Included is a discussion of cataloging methods, staffing, training, inventory control, and hosting solutions.
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Notes
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Business & Finance Librarianshipon May 5, 2022, available at: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2022.2072460