NCBCL's project timeline

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1	NCBCL's project timeline (draft)
2			2010
3	Project stages	Approx. # of consulting hrs	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul
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5	Research
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7	Research level of the collection processing, available finding aids, hierarchy and composition of the collection, its uses and users	8
8	Assess material types (bound/loose sheet, sizes, formats, fragility) and quantity for digitization	8
9	Consider any legal and ethical concerns related to the online publishing of the archive, research if any material from the collection might have been already digitized and made available online by other institutions	8
10	Research and present options for characterization of the collection (taxonomy)	8
11	Investigate and discuss examples of digitization workflows and online platforms for similar archival digitization projects at other institutions	4
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14	Digitization
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16	Conduct test digitization and Optical Character Recognition of representative examples of material	24
17	Research and discuss with the staff options for scanning approaches, specifications and equipment, in-house and/or outsourced digitization of the archive	8
18	Contact digitization vendors, prepare vendor and digitization pricing overview	8
19	Develop suggestions for the file format, naming conventions and files management	8
20	Develop suggestions for the XML schema and metadata standards for the project	16
21	Prepare digitization plan for the collection which will include description of the workflows, draft timeline and digitization costs	8
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23	Online platform and storage
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25	Define and discuss options for the search interface with the NCBC's staff and archive users	16
26	Prepare prototype interface and description of the online platform functionality	24
27	Research and discuss in-house hardware/software options for the platform or 3rd party vendor	8
28	Assessment of the storage space required for the next five years	4
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30	Project wrap-up
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32	Prepare and discuss workflow to handle the gathering, characterization and digitization of current and future archival materials from various units of the center	8
33	Develop a technology plan for the project	8
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