Late in Double Fold Baker addresses the issue of digitization of library materials as a replacement for microfilming. He does not give this subject as lengthy or detailed a treatment as he does microfilming, perhaps because digital reformatting was not yet as important as it has since become. Double Fold was published in 2001, the same year that the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections (UWDC) were established.
Given Baker's opinions on microfilm, how do you think he would feel about digital reformatting today? How do YOU feel about digital reformatting today? Does it have any particular strengths or weaknesses when compared to microfilm, or to print-and-paper books?
If you don't have much experience with digital collections, visit the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections and see what the UWDCC has put online.
Full disclosure: I've worked for the UWDCC for about a year and a half. I'll be talking a bit more about this on Thursday.
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