Cosmos Quiz

1. Are you digitizing materials or do you plan to do so in the next two years?

2. Has your organization moved from maintaining paper-based institutional records to relying on digital ones?

3. Does your staff use email?

4. Do you use electronic methods to disseminate policies and procedures?

5. If you have acquired disks or cds as part of your collection, have you tested their usability within the past year?

6. Do you have any data still stored on 5 1/4 inch floppies?

7. Does your institution license e-journal content? (If no, skip to question 8)

7a. Are you canceling or considering canceling print subscriptions?

7b. Are you relying solely on the publisher to maintain these files over the long term?

7c. If you cease licensing, are you guaranteed access to materials covered by the past agreement?

8. If you are at an academic institution, do faculty store research results on their own computers?

9. If you have a website, do you back it up regularly?

10. Have you implemented digital preservation policies and practices at your institution?