Form for Proposing the Creation of a New Digital Resource


As part of its ongoing commitment to improving access to research materials for the University of Pittsburgh and worldwide scholarly communities, the University Library System (ULS) encourages librarians, staff and faculty members to submit proposals to create new digital resources. These new resources could consist of digitized analog material or a collection of “born-digital” material.

 

Based on the ULS Digital Publishing Mission Statement, successful proposals will meet some or all of the following criteria:

  • Facilitate instruction and learning primarily at the University of Pittsburgh, and secondarily at other higher educational institutions.

  • Support research and programmatic interests of University of Pittsburgh faculty and students.

  • Exhibit substantial intellectual quality.

  • Contribute to the broader community good.

 

Please see D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program Web page for examples of ULS-developed digital resources.

If you have an idea for a digital project, please submit it . Upon receipt, a member of the Digital Initiatives Working Group will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.

Name:

Title:

Department:

Phone:

Email:

Department chair:

Please briefly describe the content you wish to digitize and/or disseminate electronically. Be sure to include reasons why this material is significant, a brief description of the intended audience, and how the digital resource might be organized and described.

 

 

Copyright is Important! The ULS cannot embark on any digitization project unless the copyright to the material is in the public domain or has received permission from the creator to digitize and mount it online.