INSTRUCTIONS: DIGITAL COLLECTION PROJECT (worth 50 points)
Now that your digital collection proposal has been approved it is time to build and populate the digital collection. There are two parts to this assignment. Be sure to complete ALL requirements of BOTH parts as described below. PART ONE is developed on a server of your choosing (OU Create?) and a short description of your digital collection and the URL to access it will be submitted via a class discussion board. PART TWO is an essay submitted to Canvas.
PART ONE: DEVELOP AND POPULATE DIGITAL COLLECTION
*Class before you can set up your Omeka app you must register and get a domain through OU IT. Once you fill in the request form you should be in within one business day. Next, follow the instructions below for installing the application.
Using the Digital Library Management Software (DLMS) you chose in your proposal, you will set up your digital library on a public or private webserver. *If you have never created a digital collection before please choose Omeka for your platform. This can be found at https://create.ou.edu/dashboard/ – scroll down to Applications.
You should be able to set up a private domain through: create.ou.edu/dashboard with your OU 4×4. From there, the system will ask you what .oucreate.comLinks to an external site. domain you would like to use. After a terms of service page, the system will then direct you on to the Create dashboard. There, you can install Omeka and modify the domain as you see fit.
Please visit the Showcase site for examples:https://omeka.org/classic/showcase/Links to an external site.
If you are having a lot of difficulties please let me know and I will help you.
You may choose another platform that you are familiar with (and or pre-approved by me).
Follow the instructions for the DLMS you chose to set up, configure, develop the interface, and then create the records in your digital collection. Your collection will include completed records for the objects in your digital collection.
Undergraduates will include 25 completed records and Graduate students will include 40 – 50 completed records. Each record will include:
A digital image (or file) of the digital object you are describing OR a complete digital record for an analog item you are describing [ The purpose of this is to become familiar with creating digital files and formats ]
Metadata describing the object using the metadata scheme you chose. You must have a minimum of 10 completed descriptive fields in each record. If using Dublin Core I expect you will be able to complete most if not all fields in each record.
A permission and use statement (may be called Rights Statement in the metadata scheme).
Post a short description of your digital collection AND the URL to the Class Discussion Board, Digital Collection Project so classmates can view and discuss.
PART TWO: REFLECTION ABOUT YOUR DIGITAL COLLECTION
As the second part of the assignment you will reflect on your experience designing, implementing, and populating the digital collection. Answer ALL of the following questions completely in two to three paragraphs each (longer if necessary).
How useful do you think the digital collection is to your targeted user group(s)? Explain why or why not. Include elements related to interface design, functions provided by the DLMS or that you added, and any other criteria you would use to access usefulness.
What issues, if any, did you run into related to provenance and intellectual property? What copyright issues if any had to be resolved in building this collection?
What technical issues did you have to resolve when installing, implementing, configuring, and populating the digital collection?
How well does the metadata schema you chose work to describe the objects in your collection? Does it support user information behavior? Does it support successful retrieval? What would you change if redesigning the metadata scheme and why?
What was the benefit of using a special subject vocabulary for purposes of description and retrieval? Did you encounter any issues in doing so? If you did not use a controlled vocabulary to describe your collection did not doing so affect retrieval in your digital collection? If so, how? If not, why not?
If you were to design and implement a digital collection in the future is there anything you would do differently? Be specific and incorporate what you learned in this course into this answer. Saying you would choose a different collection is NOT an acceptable answer to this question.
What is your plan for preserving this digital collection? You may have no plans to do so but using what you learned in the module on Digital Preservation and Ch. 9 of the textbook explain your hypothetical plans for preserving the digital collection.
UPDATE Formatting
It is not necessary include a separate title page, but I do not print these papers, so please feel free to be creative with formatting and color – as long as it is professional and clean.
Please always include your name, and/or the names of all project partners (all of you will turn in a copy to me), the title of the project, class title, class code number and semester. It is not necessary to include my name anywhere on your proposal (or any assignments for this class).
Sometimes I scroll up and down while grading to compare parts of your paper – because I like to organize similar things by nature. It is easier for me to find my spot if you include page numbers. Please include page numbers on your assignment submission.
Number your responses and order them. Use 12-point type for the body of your paper, double spaced, following APA Guidelines. Always use in-text citations and include a reference list. This is part of a professional project.
Before turning in your final submission have someone proofread your writing. This is a best practice.
UPDATE Submission instructions
Submit electronically via the class website’s assignment page. Do this in one of the accepted formats.
To assist the instructor in managing submissions, name the file using the class file naming convention of: your last name, assignment name, and submission date, with no spaces, like this: DoeProposalMay52021.doc (doc indicates that it is a Word file, and is not part of the file name you type).
UPDATE Grading:
This assignment is worth 50 points and combined with the completed Digital Collection Proposal is worth 30 percent of the course grade.
Grading is based on the following criteria:
Ability to clearly demonstrate a foundational understanding of the concepts learned this semester. You will do this by integrating specific applications of these principles and examples into your final project and reflection.
Accurate completion of all requirements of the assignment by the due dates assigned.
Proper in-text citations with a reference page.
