Appendix E: Prioritization Criteria for Digital Projects

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As a first step, the Executive Committee brainstormed a list of possible criteria without comment or ranking. This list included:

Faculty and community support
Scholarly significance
Enhancing the collection's profile
Project visibility
Availability of skills locally
Existing funding commitments
Ability to attract additional / new funding
Revenue generation- publishing - sales
Research support
Public relations
Teaching support
Support for school priorities/ support of University programs
Breadth of impact
Attracting new faculty
Preservation needs
Uniqueness of material
Potential for collaboration

The Executive Committee then selected individual criteria and prioritized them according to the nominal group technique exercise (http://www.deboldgroup.com/TQM/nominal.htm). Based on this exercise, the final, rank-ordered list comprised:

Research Support
Faculty / Community Support
Teaching Support
Support of School priorities
Uniqueness of material
Enhancing collection's profile
Existing funding
Preservation needs
Ability to attract new funding
Potential collaboration

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