Charter: Campus-Wide Digital Library Planning Team

Purpose: To study the feasibility of developing a campus wide digital library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Depending upon the outcome of the feasibility study, develop a plan to design and implement such a library.

Membership:

Project Deliverables:

• A comprehensive study of existing digital libraries both internal to UNC-CH and at other universities and libraries: their hardware, software, indexing standards, user base, user satisfaction, required levels of technical and functional support, advantages and disadvantages. This should include a study of other universities who are in the process or who have already developed and / or implemented digital libraries on a multiple collections / multi-departmental scale and of universities in the process of developing digital libraries.
• A comprehensive survey of university departments and programs with an interest in participating in a digital library project and a plan for incorporating their input and participation.
• A list of technical and functional specifications for the UNC community and other participating groups / institutions.
• An analysis of costs and benefits of proposed plans.
• A thorough review of vendor packages and assessment of their ability to meet the technical and functional specifications outlined by participating groups.
• A final recommendation including whether to develop or purchase a package, implementation planning with timelines and costs, staffing plans, pilot testing and rollout plans, contingency plans, a communication plan for various constituencies, and plans for a variety of ongoing funding sources for a multi-year implementation and maintenance.