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Jennifer Banks
Rebecca Lubas
Tom Rosko
Ann Whiteside, Convener
Nina Davis-Millis, consultant on technical issues
Highlight from the report that is relevant to the July 22nd discussion
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- Appendix A - Principles (the full report can be found here):
Appendix AWorking Principles for Digitization Projects
In January 2007, The MIT Libraries created The Dome, and we are beginning to define the goals and parameters of our digital collecting efforts. There is still much planning and decision-making to be done in order to create a formal digital library program. In order to move our digital collections initiative forward and to take advantage of opportunities as they arise, we suggest the following principles be applied to the evaluation of potential digitization projects.
* Projects will be selected for long-term collection building. Decisions will be based on the same logic used in selection for other parts of our collections (curriculum needs, research needs, and scope of our collections).
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