Who are our target user groups for proposed digital project(s)?
Have users identified particular needs or requests for digitization and other digital projects?
Are there any projects that are urgent priorities and why (e.g. Coal Mine Mapping Project)?
Access
What form of access is best for users and is sustainable for the Ort? (For example, would DACS minimum-level finding aids provide increased usuage of Special Collections resources?)
Do we want to put all digital objects (both born-digital and digital surrogates) into an institutional repository (IR)?
Do we want to restrict access to some objects in an IR (e.g. embargo or other restriction) while making metadata about object available?
Will some digital objects not be in the IR but elsewhere on the Ort Library website or only available through in-house use?
Stakeholders
Who are our stakeholders in the library? Are they direct or indirect stakeholders?
Who are our stakeholders outside the library? For example: Faculty, students, the public
Where do we find content for these projects?
For example:
Faculty scholarship, e.g. articles
Dissertations and theses
Special collections
Archives
Other institutions/organizations
Individuals
Money
What is the budget for digitization operations and/or specific projects?
Where does the money for particular projects come from?
