Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-27-2019

Publication Title

Journal of Archival Organization

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Volume

16, 2019

Issue

1

First page number:

52

Last page number:

74

Abstract

This article uses the case study of the Nevada Digital Newspaper Project (https://nvdnp.wordpress.com/), an extension of the National Digital Newspaper Program (https://www.loc.gov/ndnp/), to introduce proven strategies on how to successfully manage a large-scale digitization project. It provides tips on how to stay within the timeline and deliver products with outstanding quality, leveraging limited human resources, and engaging an external digitization vendor. It discusses practical project management techniques and tools, strategies for establishing collaborative vendor partnerships, and strategies for efficient communication with stakeholders.

Keywords

Vendor relationship; Vendor management; Large-scale digitization; Outsourced digitization; Newspaper digitization; Project management

Disciplines

Collection Development and Management | Library and Information Science

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pdf

File Size

569 KB

Language

English

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