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The more complex and heterogeneous a repository's collection, the more difficult it is to manage the rights of and access to the contents.  How are repositories capturing / expressing the rights status for the diverse objects in their collections?  What procedures are being used for updating the rights status of objects, as they change over time?  And, in echoing Seth's topic proposal, how is the rights status information being used to manage access? It would be illuminating, I think, to see the range of practice and processes used to address these matters. 

Acquisition Strategies

Melissa Watterworth Batt

I am interested in discussing new strategies for acquiring born-digital materials and new methods of reflecting and capturing donor relationships in agreements more precisely.  In my experience with creators in a hybrid environment for a few years, my curatorial practice has changed considerably.  There is some precedence for this with personal papers in the paper world, however what used to be the acquisition process is now the acquisition project.  I find my interactions with donors are happening with increased frequency, much earlier in their career, and that these 'agreements' are negotiated at a rate, practically, with each accession.  How can this process be managed and be successfully scaled?  Is it possible to implement a number of acquisition methods and sustain them?