Prepared by Sidney Gao and James Van Mil – updated January 2021

The Digitization Project Profile will ask you the following questions. If you feel ready to submit a Project Profile, you can download the form here.

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Project Name:

Selector or Project Manager:

Collection Description (include a description of distinctive qualities of this collection):

Vision
What are the goals and objectives for this digital collection? What University and UCL goals, missions, and visions are being met?

Consider the UC Strategic Directions, UCL Strategic Sizing Charter (internal document), and the UCL Strategic Plan Tenets and Pillars.

Impact
Define how you will measure the impact of this project. What are the key success factors?

Audience
Please give a specific, detailed description of an existing or expected user community for this digital collection, including historic use patterns.

Diversity & Inclusion
Please describe how this collection supports the representation of minority and/or historically underrepresented groups.

Materials & Preparation
Is the collection catalogued? Have items marked for digitization been arranged in the desired manner? If not, please explain.

Handling & Preservation
Describe the condition of items to be digitized: can the items be handled safely without oversight or treatment from The Preservation Lab? Is there risk of information loss if the collection is not digitized?

Related Collections
Please describe any related physical or digital collection at UC or another institution. Is the collection, or parts of the collection, publicly available online in another repository?

Intellectual Property Risks

___ Donor restrictions ___ Permissions & use restrictions

___ Copyright restrictions ___ Privacy restrictions

If you selected any of the above, please describe the risk:

Digital Preservation
What is the size of the collection in pages?

What content types will be digitized?

Metadata
Do you anticipate any challenges in filling out the provided Metadata/Inventory spreadsheet and providing the required metadata? If so, please explain.

Accessibility
Does the digitized collection pose significant challenges for meeting UCL digital content accessibility standards? Significant challenges include needing transcription and alternative text for images. If so, please explain.

Access Location

___ DRC ___ Scholar@UC ___ Luna

___ Other repository environment - if applicable, please explain: