Final Project

Purpose

You will build a digital collection with CollectionBuilder to gain competence with CollectionBuilder and integrate and demonstrate knowledge and skills of digitization and metadata for digital collections.

Scenario

You are the digital projects librarian at a small liberal arts college. The library is evaluating CollectionBuilder as a platform for showcasing digitized collections from the college’s libraries and special collections. You have been asked to created a prototype collection in CollectionBuilder to demonstrate and report on the framework’s capabilities.

Description

1. CollectionBuilder site

Develop a prototype CollectionBuilder site that meets the following criteria:

• Site includes 24 or more digitized items that conform digitized following relevant digitization standards and best practices;
• Each item includes all appropriate required and optional CollectionBuilder metadata elements (see https://collectionbuilder.github.io/cb-docs/docs/metadata/gh_metadata/);
• Metadata conforms to specifications outlined in the CollectionBuilder documentation and to previously established metadata guidelines for your project;
• Site includes one or more pages, in addition to the standard CollectionBuilder pages, that introduces the content and context of the collection. See https://collectionbuilder.github.io/cb-docs/docs/pages/interpretive/ and https://collectionbuilder.github.io/cb-docs/docs/pages/add_page/;}

2. Evaluation memo

Based on your experience implementing this prototype collection, submit a short memo (no more than 2 single-spaced pages) to library administrators and senior IT staff advising them about the pros and cons of CollectionBuilder as a platform for showcasing your college’s digital collections and making a recommendation about whether to move forward with implementing CollectionBuilder for your college. See “How to Write a Memo” for some helpful guidance.

3. Video presentation

Submit a 5-7 minute video presentation of about your final project posted to the “Final Project Presentation” discussion. In your video presentation you should

• provide a brief overview of the content, significance, and audience of your collection;
• show one or more items from your collection and discuss the metadata, especially additional metadata fields (beyond the standard CollectionBuilder fields) that you used in your collection;
• demonstrate contextual pages and exhibits that you created
• demonstrate one or more advanced features that you implemented;
• discuss any challenges, accomplishments, or discoveries that occurred during the development of your project.

Your presentation must not exceed 7 minutes.

Deliverables

In Canvas, submit:

1. In the final project assignment in Canvas, submit your short memo (item 2 above and inlcude a link to your CollectionBuilder site (item 1 above) in the memo.
2. In the Final Project Presentation discussion on Canvas, include a link to a 5-7 minute video presentation (item 3 above) about your final project.

Criteria for Success

• See rubric.