Born Digital Deaccessioning


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Q1 At what point in the archival life-cycle do you TYPICALLY reappraise born digital material? 
(select all that apply)
▢	During accessioning  (1) 
▢	After accessioning, before processing  (2) 
▢	During processing  (3) 
▢	After it has been processed and made available  (4) 
▢	Other  (5) ________________________________________________
▢	I have not reappraised born digital materials  (6) 
▢	I am unsure what my institution does  (7) 



Q2 When you deaccession born-digital material, what are you disposing of? (select all that 
apply)
▢	External media carriers such as hard drives, floppy disks, CDs, USBs  (1) 
▢	Files stored in a digital repository or dark archive  (2) 
▢	Other  (3) ________________________________________________
▢	I have not deaccessioned born digital materials  (4) 
▢	I am unsure what my institution does  (5) 



Q3 If you're deaccessioning born digital material, what do you do with it? (select all that apply)
▢	Transfer it (give digital files or media to another archival repository)  (1) 
▢	Destroy it (delete files or throw away media)  (2) 
▢	Return it to the donor  (3) 
▢	Sell it  (4) 
▢	Other  (5) ________________________________________________



Q4 Do you think that deaccessioning and weeding are synonymous?
o	Definitely yes  (1) 
o	Probably yes  (2) 
o	Probably not  (3) 
o	Definitely not  (4) 



Q5 If you have further thoughts or opinions about reappraising and deaccessioning born digital 
materials, please share them here
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