Project Timeline

April 2008 Investigate 2nd year of LSTA funding
May 2008 Develop IDIG Web policy
May 2008 Adopt content creation best practices
May 2008 Adopt Metadata Best Practices
June 2008 Meet with OCLC representative to discuss OCLC's long term plans for digital preservation
June 2008 Investigate membership model
July 2008 Submit LSTA proposal
September 2008 Finalize governing documents
September 2008 Develop and execute a promotional program targeted at the primary user groups
September 2008 Develop Collection Development policy
Fall 2008 - Winter 2009 Conduct workshops on digital preservation
December 2008 Make 500 digital objects and associated metadata available
December 2008 - ongoing Evaluate the quality of the training by evaluating the quality of the metadata and the content created by participants
December 2008 In collaboration with one or more K-12 school, pilot the development of lesson plans incorporating digital content from library and museum partners
January 2009 Develop 3 web exhibits that incorporate content from across the collections
January 2009 Develop business plan
March 2009 Develop Preservation Policy
June 2009 Create and conduct workshops on delivering different digital content via Idaho's broadband network in four different state locations
June 2009 - ongoing Recruit and train practictioners as trainers, supporting local continuing education programs in metadata, content creation, quality control, etc. for the IDIG initiative

Last updated: March 28, 2008 - 2:44pm by idig

IDIG: Idaho Digital Memories