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Selection Criteria
Materials proposed for digitization will be considered by the Digital Collections Council using the following criteria.
I. INTELLECTUAL VALUE
1. Research value. What is the subject focus of the material? Will the collections be used for research by Duke faculty and
students, or by researchers outside Duke, or both? Is there research interest in the material across the disciplines? Is there a
particular undergraduate research interest in the material? What value is added by providing this material in digital form?
2. Pedagogical value. What use will the material receive in digitized form? Will it be used in the undergraduate classroom? For
K-12/community use?
3. Relationship to other collections. Does the material add to areas of historical strength in digital or traditional collections at
Duke? Is the material unique to Duke? How does it relate to digital and traditional resources available elsewhere, particularly
in TRLN? How does it relate to possible future digitization projects? Does digitization of the material have the potential to
attract new collections to Duke?
II. FEASIBILITY
1. Copyright issues. Is the material under copyright? Does Duke hold copyright, or can permissions be obtained with reasonable
effort?
2. Scope of the project. How much labor is required (scanning, creating metadata, etc.) to complete the project? Is the material
heavily text- or image-based? Are appropriate equipment and staffing currently available in the DPC?
3. Preservation issues. What is the condition of the original? How many conservator hours would be required to prepare it for
digitization? Do originals require special handling due to fragility or other issues? Would digitization require modification of the
object (disbinding, separating, encapsulating)? Once digitized, could access to fragile source materials be closed, thus further
protecting them?
4. Urgency/time factor. Why digitize now? Is there an immediate curricular need for the material? Is grant funding currently
available? Is the original material in heavy demand, and/or in danger of disintegrating?
5. Additional/outside funding opportunities. Is there possible grant funding available to digitize the material, or is there another
potential funding source?
III. ACCESS
1. Metadata. Is existing metadata adequate for making the material useful in digitized form? If not, what is the plan to create
metadata? What is the sponsor’s commitment to creating metadata? Is special expertise required (foreign language, for
example)? Has the sponsor extensively reviewed the proposed material on an item-by-item level?
2. Supporting Material. Is faculty expertise or documentation available to support access? Will there be other access points for
the materials, in addition to the DOC?
3. Equipment and technical requirements. Does the library have the means to deliver the digital objects in the most effective
way for users and in a way that is most appropriate for the content? Does the library have adequate technical resources to
troubleshoot, test, maintain, and otherwise support the tools and infrastructure that make the digital collection available?
The DCC should consider the criteria in Category I first and foremost, before addressing issues of feasibility and access. Materials
which score well on intellectual value will be placed on a list of DCC desirable projects. Because some of the most intellectually
valuable materials may not be digitized immediately because of access or feasibility problems, the DCC should then make
recommendations for equipment purchases, temporary hires, or pursuing of grant funding, for example, in order to make digitization
possible.
13 April 2006
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