Earth Institute Digital Library - Requirements

1. Assess information resources

• What are the important resources owned by Columbia?
• What are the most promising resources reflecting Columbia's expertise?
• What are relevant outside resources?

2. User and Customer Needs

• What are the key user communities within EI and what are their needs?
• Which are the key related communities outside EI?
• What are the needs of onging and potential partners?

3. Identify needed tools and technology

• Which implemented tools should be considered?
• What is the most flexible and effective operational technology?
• Which close-to-operational (experimental, useful within about a one-year time frame) systems should be considered?

4. Assess needs for cataloguing, access, and preservation

• What kind of cataloguing and data bases are needed?
• What additional access mechanisms should be considered?
• What are the EI needs for preservation of data, both in terms of archiving and format changes?

5. Identify Research projects

• Which research projects within Columbia from both the technology and library communities are relevant to the EI Digital Library?
• What mechanisms for interaction and collaboration should be established?
• What projects should be reviewed outside Columbia e.g. industry, universities, government?

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Last updated 11/7/96