Managing Digitization Activities · 149
http://library.syr.edu/information/dld/docs/checklist.doc
Syracuse University
Syracuse criteria.doc adapted from Brown University Library’s Digital Projects Selection Checklist,
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/documentation/checklist.pdf.
P. McLaughlin 11/8/2006
Digitization will create new or expanded modes of teaching.
Use/Demand:
The project will receive sustained use by an identifiable audience.
The project has the potential to increase the usefulness of and/or enhance access to the
material, e.g., through new search capabilities, links to other materials, the ability to
manipulate images and text, or study material in new ways.
The project will provide support for high priority activities or areas of interest.
Source materials are being used in their current form.
The project is likely to generate new or increased use of the material.
Digitization will create new modes of teaching.
Intellectual access:
Source material has a coherent organizational scheme.
Cataloging and/or descriptive metadata work is complete.
Project will require descriptive cataloging/metadata work.
Resources/funding:
The project can be completed with available funding resources.
The project can be completed using existing staff resources.
The Library has sufficient staff and resources to support programming, user interface
design, or other technology intensive tasks.
The project has the potential to generate funding through grants, donors, or other external
fund sources.
The project has the potential to save money over the long term, e.g., by eliminating the
need to acquire resources, freeing up staff time, etc.
Technical feasibility:
The digital version can sufficiently represent the full content of the original.
Access and authentication can be provided using current institutionally supported
technologies.
The Library has sufficient knowledge and expertise required for project development and
ongoing maintenance.
The project will capitalize on existing technical infrastructure and capabilities.
The project will adhere to or contribute to the development of national digital library
standards.
The project has potential to expand our technical knowledge and expertise.
Preservation:
Project will result in a reduction in handling of fragile material.
Project provides access to materials that cannot otherwise be easily used.
Project protects materials at high risk of theft or mutilation.
Condition of materials allows them to be safely digitized.
Condition of originals requires conservation.
Possibility of scanning photographic intermediaries rather than originals.
http://library.syr.edu/information/dld/docs/checklist.doc
Syracuse University
Syracuse criteria.doc adapted from Brown University Library’s Digital Projects Selection Checklist,
http://dl.lib.brown.edu/documentation/checklist.pdf.
P. McLaughlin 11/8/2006
Digitization will create new or expanded modes of teaching.
Use/Demand:
The project will receive sustained use by an identifiable audience.
The project has the potential to increase the usefulness of and/or enhance access to the
material, e.g., through new search capabilities, links to other materials, the ability to
manipulate images and text, or study material in new ways.
The project will provide support for high priority activities or areas of interest.
Source materials are being used in their current form.
The project is likely to generate new or increased use of the material.
Digitization will create new modes of teaching.
Intellectual access:
Source material has a coherent organizational scheme.
Cataloging and/or descriptive metadata work is complete.
Project will require descriptive cataloging/metadata work.
Resources/funding:
The project can be completed with available funding resources.
The project can be completed using existing staff resources.
The Library has sufficient staff and resources to support programming, user interface
design, or other technology intensive tasks.
The project has the potential to generate funding through grants, donors, or other external
fund sources.
The project has the potential to save money over the long term, e.g., by eliminating the
need to acquire resources, freeing up staff time, etc.
Technical feasibility:
The digital version can sufficiently represent the full content of the original.
Access and authentication can be provided using current institutionally supported
technologies.
The Library has sufficient knowledge and expertise required for project development and
ongoing maintenance.
The project will capitalize on existing technical infrastructure and capabilities.
The project will adhere to or contribute to the development of national digital library
standards.
The project has potential to expand our technical knowledge and expertise.
Preservation:
Project will result in a reduction in handling of fragile material.
Project provides access to materials that cannot otherwise be easily used.
Project protects materials at high risk of theft or mutilation.
Condition of materials allows them to be safely digitized.
Condition of originals requires conservation.
Possibility of scanning photographic intermediaries rather than originals.
