1. The Venus Fly Trap: the lure and pitfalls of digitizing film collections Sonia Yaco Old Dominion University August 2013 1

2. The lure 2

3. Historic content 3

4. Patron and donor interest

5. Partnership offers

6. The pitfalls 6

7. WTARManager Public Library ODU The ownership/rights morass WTARManager Public Library ODU

8. Determining content 8

9. Challenges in determining collection size 9

10. Access issues

11. Expensive to digitize; few grant opportunities

12. Lack of preservation standard 12

13. The bright future