Collection Hosting Application

This form is for Wisconsin libraries, archives, museums, historical societies and other cultural heritage institutions requesting digital collection hosting services provided by the Milwaukee Public Library.

Before completing this form, please review our Contributor Guidelines. All contributing partners are expected to . . .

Apply Recollection Wisconsin standards and guidelines for digital imaging, metadata, and digital preservation.
Ensure that digitized resources are freely available to the public for personal, educational, informational, recreational and research use.
Ensure that digitized resources are in the public domain or cleared for public access.
Accept responsibility for preservation of digital master files.

Questions? Please contact Recollection Wisconsin Program Manager Emily Pfotenhauer at epfotenhauer@wils.wisc.edu or 608-265-2138.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Organization name:*
Organization mailing address:*
Street AddressAddress Line 2CityZip Code
Organization website:
Project Manager name:*
Please choose a single Project Manager to serve as our primary contact.
FirstLast
Project Manager email address:*
Project Manager phone number:*
PROJECT GOALS AND OUTCOMES
Describe the materials you intend to make available online and their significance to state and/or local history:*
What are your organization's goals in taking on this project? How does the project support your organization's mission statement? How will the project meet the needs and interests of your community?*
How will you promote your digital project to your local community and other potential users?
Ideas might include featuring collection highlights on your webpage or Facebook page, providing a press release to local media, or hosting an in-person viewing event.
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
Approximately how many items do you intend to make available online?*
- 1-99
- 100-499
- 500-999
- 1,000 or more
What types of materials will you make available online? Select all that apply.*
How will you create digital images of your original materials?*
- Scan or photograph in-house
- Use an outside vendor for scanning
If your materials are already scanned or photographed, please provide the file format, resolution, and other specifications used:
(i.e. TIFF, 600ppi, 24-bit color)
How will you manage the preservation of and long-term access to your digital files? Check all storage options you intend to use.*
Standard practice is to save at least two copies of each digital master file, on different types of storage media and in different physical locations.
- Cloud storage
- Local network
- RAID device (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
- External hard drives
- Archival quality (gold) DVDs
Provide a nickname for your project to be used in a short, permanent URL within the Milwaukee Public Library's CONTENTdm server.*
Your URL will begin with http://content.mpl.org/, e.g. http://content.mpl.org/preservationracine or http://content.mpl.org/mphs
Provide a URL or email address for a "Contact Us" link that will appear on every page of your digital collection*
Date to submit first batch of 20 items for uploading (digital files and metadata spreadsheet)*
Expected date of project completion:*
Please type the two words below:

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