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Summer, 2011
Second hurdle: Software RFP
Money getting scooped by the end of July
Total: $6795.09
Scanners: $658.49
Lightroom: $597.00
Computers: $2,762.00
Scanning: $2,777.60
RFP issued
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Invention of the Peanut Butter Ginger Snap
Content DM set up on our servers
Bid (finally) awarded to OCLC/ Content DM
The Future
Addition of Hendersons
Local History Nights
Collectors' Scanning Days
Workflows for future collections
Identification of additional WPL materials
Digitization days
Local history talks
Total: $20,040.00
Indonesia
Previous: $6795.09
Content DM (plus additional year of suppport): $13,160.00
... are almost impossible to use on a project like this. A flexible approach, with a clear vision of different possible roads and the ability to change course as needed is valuable.
(Planning projects with one-off funding and no long term-institutional support is HARD!)
As much as I love custom solutions, and Open Source installs... sometimes, for 'quick and dirty', 'out of the box' might be your best option.
Especially when you don't have the long term institutional infrastructure (ie, IT people!)
... are really good at planning things without money.
Community engagement is often free, and adds richness to any project.
Sometimes, you just have to get it done, and NOT form a committee.
Find a good networker, and your job will be easier.
Gain the trust of an area-expert, and you will have in-roads to other experts (in our case, collectors) and their knowledge.
Maintaining those connections should be the most active parts of your project management.
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First hurdle: ITS Expenditure Request
I start at WPL
Meeting with director and Head of IT
Meeting with scanning consultant
Meeting with collector and historian
Don't Panic!
(Just spend $50k by April 30)
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Ongoing maintenance
Preparation of a budget and Project Plan
Decided to build a repository
Let the research begin!
Mass brainstorming
Addition of many more things
Identification of potential content
Panicked over content
Put the call out
Researched archival standards
U of A (Peel) to digitize
Hendersons for free
:) + :(