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Digital Project Development Process PDF
http://uwdcc.library.wisc.edu/documents/ProjectDevelopmentProcess.pdf
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
Digital Project Development Process
Introduction
Definitions
Getting Started
Phase 1: Pre-Production
Phase 2: Production
Phase 3: Post-Production and Promotion
Additional Information
Introduction
The University of Wisconsin libraries support the creation of digital resources in a distributed
environment. In order to provide adequate resources for these efforts, we follow a well-honed
project development process to identify, quantify and review requirements for projects intended
for inclusion in our digital collections.
The UWDCC digital project development process consists of a series of steps, culminating in a
brief Memorandum of Understanding between content providers and the UWDCC which
outlines the project scope, timeline, and deliverables. These steps are outlined below. For more
information about this project development process, contact the UWDCC at
digitalcontent@library.wisc.edu.
Definitions
Content Provider: The person responsible for selecting materials, developing a project idea,
providing contextual and other information related to project development and management.
The University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center (UWDCC): This group is responsible for
helping the Content Provider develop project ideas, guide the project proposal through the
approval process, manage the digital reformatting and metadata creation, manage the digitized
materials over the long term, and make these materials available through online content
management systems. The UWDCC works with digital project owners on campus and
throughout the UW System and is responsible for the reformatting of materials and for the
metadata and encoding required to access materials in a digital environment. UWDCC staff also
serves as a liaison between the project owner and the Library Technology Group (LTG), which
handles the technical aspects of making projects available online.
Library Technology Group (LTG): The LTG develops the architecture underpinning the
indexing, delivery, and discovery of the UWDC resources, including the indexing and search
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
431 Memorial Library /Madison, Wisconsin 53706
digitalcontent@library.wisc.edu /608.265.3059
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu
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