Joe Clark, Janet Hack, and Susan Graham met 8/4/09 to discuss promoting the launch of the Digital Collections site.

Roll Out Dates / Schedule for actions

• Late August: Janet will put links to Digital Collections site on Library site & in RefDBs

  • Library homepage

  • Under Special Collections tab in Quick Search Box

  • On Special Collections page

  • On Imcat search page (until PastPerfect Online is up and running, we will have to continue to use Imcat)

  • On Photography page (where the current Digital Images link is)

• 1st week of September:  training to Library staff

• Mid-September:  full launch; advertising campaign begins

  • Promotional Campaign

    • myUMBC spotlight (need to get this to them 2 weeks before it appears)

    • Library Blog

    • Insights Weekly

    • Retriever article

    • Library homepage spotlight

    • Feature on Special Collections page

    • Feature on Digital Signage in Media and SC

    • Featured site by OCLC

• 2 weeks after launch:  1st faculty/staff training (thru HR site)

• 4 weeks after launch:  2nd faculty/staff training (thru HR site)

• A student training during free hour in October

  • Advertise this as an "Event" in myUMBC Spotlight

  • Send notice to Visual Arts, History, and American Studies faculty to announce to their students

  • Send notice to SGA email

To Do

• JH will put links on site.

• JH will discuss with Reference and Instruction Librarians about showing Digital Collections during B.I. sessions to pertinent classes.

• SG will write short description of CONTENTdm/Digital Collections for RefDBs and Imcat.

• Lindsey is meeting w/Retriever folks and will inform them of the article.  SG and LL will be interviewed possibly.

• SG will ask Vicki what dates she is available to help do the training (BOTH to Library fac/staff and UMBC general fac/staff)

• JC will give our dates to be included with ILWG dates to HR site.

• JC will make slide for digital signage.

• Write myUMBC Spotlight piece (SG?)

• Write Insights Weekly piece (SG?)

• Write Library blog entry

• SG will add feature on Spec. Coll. website.