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| Title of Project | thresholds |
Date of template (last revision) | 1/27/2009 |
Submitted by: name(s) & contact information | Ann Whiteside |
Sponsoring Library/Libraries | Rotch Library |
Abstract (1-2 sentences) | Rotch Library holds a critical journal of architecture, art and media culture produced by editors in the Dept. of Architecture of MIT. This project will make the collection widely accessible to the public. |
I. PROJECT CONCEPT | |
A. DESCRIPTION |
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Goals of project. including desired end-product for users and MIT Libraries. | This project will digitize these critical journals at the request of the Dept. of Architecture and make the collection widely accessible to the public. |
Description of content. Subject and significance of content, relationship to scope and other collections of MIT Libraries, whether the content was produced at MIT, and if the content is unique. | thresholds is the bi-annual critical journal of architecture, art and media culture produced by editors in the Department of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
Spatial extent of content. Number of pieces/units and growth rates as well as other indicators of scale (e.g. file sizes). | Issue #s 12-32 were bound and approximately 100 pages each. These pages are glossy and include images. All of these issue numbers are 23 cm.-43 cm. x 64 cm. |
Temporal extent of content. Span of years covered. | 1992-present |
Rights and/or source of content, if known. Planned restrictions if any on distribution or access to digital versions in DOME; if permissions will be needed, have been granted, etc. | MIT owns the copyright. |
B. JUSTIFICATION |
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Anticipated audience(s) for content. Include curricular or research needs that will be served; or benefits to audiences beyond MIT. |
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Anticipated benefits of digitization. (e.g. search, access, manipulation) |
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Is original content at risk or obsolete? | No |
C. FUNDING | |
Funding: is funding available now, what amounts; what are additional or likely sources of funding? | OCA has already been paid for projects. This project would cost approximately $400-$500 of the OCA allotment. |
Funding: . If no funding has been secured, where might funding be found? | N/A |
D. SPECIFICATIONS |
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If analog, who manufactured this material? | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture printed the journals. The quality of issue #12-32 is in good condition. These 20 items have been bound together. There are 7 bound items. Issues 1-12 are in a foldout, newspaper format. Not sure of the preparation needed. Will send to Preservation Services prior to sending to OCA to tag the beginning and ending of each journal. |
If already digitized, technical specifications for digital version; quality/condition as of today; should analog and digital be linked in some way. | In the year 2006 the issue included an accompanying DVD. It is not known how we will handle the DVD. |
If born digital, technical specifications; quality condition as of today? What standards/best practices were used? | N/A |
E. METADATA |
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Does the project come with descriptive metadata? | The journal is cataloged in Barton |
Does the project come with technical metadata? | Part of project |
Does the project come with administrative metadata? | Part of project |
Does the project come with preservation metadata? |
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Can the metadata be migrated? | Yes, crosswalk from MARC to DC DSpace |
Does the metadata conform to best practices? |
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F. ACCESS / USABILITY |
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Will the content interoperate with our systems? | Easily since these items will be in pdf format. |
Proposed features and delivery requirements | The issues will be in the Dome Repository and the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive will deliver the issues in a flip book format. |
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Data | |
Access | Dome & Internet Archive. Barton will include these links as well as the thresholds webpage. |
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