数字计划

数字计划决策指南

MHS数字倡议委员会，2020年4月

介绍

对于MHS, the digital realm represents new possibilities to reach and engage a broader audience with our institution’s holdings, via projects that seek to emphasize and make accessible our materials.

本文档的目标, the MHS 数字计划 Committee Digital 数字计划决策指南, is to provide pointers to allow the Society to strategically evaluate potential future digital initiatives. It is important for the evaluation and selection process of new digital initiatives to take into account the Society’s 使命、愿景和价值观.

的 desire to deliver reliable content and context to the public allows for a range in the types of digital initiatives the Society could undertake and produce. 的 centrality of the collections to the MHS mission gives a weight to those initiatives that reflect the holdings, 以这样或那样的形式.

的 Society is committed to undertaking those digital initiatives that achieve a high standard of reliability and presentation. Digital projects offer a chance to reach many more people and we embrace that opportunity with an understanding that our standards must apply to initiatives aimed at general audiences as well as those designed for scholarly use.

Decisions about what digital initiatives the MHS will produce may also be made with an eye to anticipated annual themes, in order to contribute to the greater overall coherence of the institution’s public outreach.

Digital initiatives should focus on one or more of the following:

• Digital initiatives should be based largely on materials in the Society’s collections, and/or that center on and highlight the Society’s collections, and/or that help attract future donors and materials to the Society’s collections.

• Digital initiatives should promote an understanding of and provide historical context for the history of Massachusetts and the nation.

• Digital initiatives should provide valuable research tools and access to primary-source materials for students and educators conducting research in the periods most strongly reflected in those holdings.

• Digital documentary editions (designed for scholars and/or general readers) should put primary-source content and context directly into the hands of users.

When considering new digital initiatives, MHS will evaluate the following:

该倡议的概要

Summarize the intended format, MHS staff involved, relationship to MHS holdings, and scope of work.

历史意义

该项目是否会为MHS数字化计划增加价值? How will the initiative encourage a richer understanding of the past?

受众分析

Who are the proposed audience(s) and how will the initiative serve or engage that demographic? If the initiative is aimed at an educational audience, which level—K-5, 6-12, or undergraduate?

环境扫描

What digital initiatives already exist on this topic/in this field? How will the new effort add to the knowledge base on the relevant topic(s)/field(s)?

Overview of materials to be incorporated into the digital initiative

Identify A) the collections/items/objects that will comprise the initiative; B) review the condition of manuscripts and artifacts, 元数据的粒度, the ease of creating contextual information; and C) identify the research and digital processes needed to 创建 the initiative.

对倡议的支持

MHS将如何支持这项工作(内部支持), 公共和私人赠款资金, 其他财务奖项, 等.)? Does MHS have adequate staff resources to undertake the work?

可持续性和机构承诺

What kind of effort will be required to maintain the digital content or digital initiative or expand it as other materials become available for inclusion? Is MHS comfortable committing to this digital initiative on a long-term basis? Or, can MHS predict a probable time to retire the digital initiative?

合作机会

Does the project allow for MHS to work with others to envision, 开发, 创建, 交付和/或维护数字化计划? 这种合作关系是否有助于MHS实现其使命, 实现其愿景, 并/或证明其对其价值观的承诺?

适当性

Is the MHS the right organization to undertake this initiative, or is there another organization to whom we suggest this opportunity?

与数字计划相关的后勤组成部分

• 制定预算.

• 确定计划的人员需求. (Are these temporary assignments or part of a permanent position? 谁来负责营销和评估? Are the relevant cooperating MHS staff/departments on board with this project/have the time to commit to it?)

• Develop a production workplan, schedule, and articulate web delivery system and methodology.

• Does the initiative potentially require MHS to change/improve its website (or system) security? (尽管MHS相信开放获取, are there steps MHS should take against hackers or people who would misuse the new digital content?)

• How will MHS promote and market the digital initiative? 我们如何评估项目的成功? How do we assess the level of engagement with intended audiences? How will the MHS take advantage of this opportunity to follow-up and deepen our engagement with a particular topic or intended audience(s)?