Digitizing and cataloging a corporate annual reports collection: a Canadian perspective. Issue 3 (3rd July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Visser, Alie; Cheung, Joyce; Marshall, Elizabeth
• Is Part Of: Journal of business & finance librarianship. Volume 27:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 176
• Page End: 194
• Publication Date: 2022-07-03
• Subjects: Academic libraries -- archives -- cataloging -- corporate annual reports -- digitization; Business libraries -- Periodicals; Financial libraries -- Periodicals; 026.3305
• DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2022.2072460
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0896-3568

Abstract

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.