Leading Questions
How much do you want or have to spend?
Do you have a technical person or team?
Do they have time to work on the back-end of software?
What is your purpose for digitizing materials?
Who is your audience?
What is the expectation of your audience?
Who are other stakeholders in the project? / Something about project hierarchy - who they have to answer to/County commission/Board, etc. - barrier or benefit to project? (might be more political than you want to get)
Equipment Choices
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Scanners
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Hardware
Personnel
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Technical Knowledge
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Number of people
Training
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Online
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Professional Development
Planning
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Time Estimates
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Workflow
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Assignments
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Milestones
Software Choices
- Web-delivery
- Features desired
- Proprietary
- Open Source
- Image Processing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Scanner Software
- Silverfast
- MagicScan
- CanoScan
- Others
Physical Space
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Equipment Footprint
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Processing Area
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Lighting
Standards and Metadata
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Digitization Standards
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Metadata Schemas
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Providing Access--Audience
Storage
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Server Space (other options - like the My Book? or is that included with hardware above? Many people have been very interested in the My Book, esp. when I tell them it only costs about $200)
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Formats
Digital Preservation
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Server Space (same comment as above - external HDs like My Book)
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Formats
Formats
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Original
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Digital
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