Record Society Conference, IHR, 19 April 2007

The London Record Society and digitisation

Dr Matthew Davies

Centre for Metropolitan History/London Record Society

Policy decisions….

• Include in-print as well as out of print titles

• 10-year ‘moving wall’ to protect sales of newer vols

• Include vols covering all periods

Quality control and added value…

• Accuracy of text

• Editorial and production stages

• Text searching

• Links to other sources

• Acknowledgment and citation

Costs and Licensing

• Cost per volume = £700-£1000

• Non-exclusive license agreement drawn up between LRS and BHO

• Copyright

Next steps…

• Continue digitisation programme (10-yr moving wall?). Seek external funding?

• Print on Demand?