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Prepared by Sidney Gao and James Van Mil -- updated January 2021
The Digitization Project Profile will ask you the following questions. If you feel ready to submit a Project Profile, you can download the form here.
Project Name:
Selector or Project Manager:
Collection Description (include a description of distinctive qualities of this collection):
Vision
What are the goals and objectives for this digital collection? What
University and UCL goals, missions, and visions are being met?
Consider the UC Strategic Directions, UCL Strategic Sizing Charter (internal document), and the UCL Strategic Plan Tenets and Pillars.
Impact
Define how you will measure the impact of this project. What are the key
success factors?
Audience
Please give a specific, detailed description of an existing or expected
user community for this digital collection, including historic use
patterns.
Diversity & Inclusion
Please describe how this collection supports the representation of
minority and/or historically underrepresented groups.
Materials & Preparation
Is the collection catalogued? Have items marked for digitization been
arranged in the desired manner? If not, please explain.
Handling & Preservation
Describe the condition of items to be digitized: can the items be
handled safely without oversight or treatment from The Preservation Lab?
Is there risk of information loss if the collection is not digitized?
Related Collections
Please describe any related physical or digital collection at UC or
another institution. Is the collection, or parts of the collection,
publicly available online in another repository?
Intellectual Property Risks
___ Donor restrictions ___ Permissions & use restrictions
___ Copyright restrictions ___ Privacy restrictions
If you selected any of the above, please describe the risk:
Digital Preservation
What is the size of the collection in pages?
What content types will be digitized?
Metadata
Do you anticipate any challenges in filling out the provided
Metadata/Inventory spreadsheet and providing the required metadata? If
so, please explain.
Accessibility
Does the digitized collection pose significant challenges for meeting
UCL digital content accessibility standards? Significant challenges
include needing transcription and alternative text for images. If so,
please explain.
Access Location
___ DRC ___ Scholar@UC ___ Luna
___ Other repository environment - if applicable, please explain: