Minnesota State Historical Society's Great Rivers Network
With the support of the Bush Foundation, the Minnesota Historical Society proposes to become the digital content and service center for the cultural heritage of the Upper Midwest.
Work Plan
- 3rd year - Sept. 2008
- Focus on partner outreach, site visits to local county historical archives, analyzing partner data into federated search
- Evaluation and assessment
- Educational outreach
- Developing standards and best practices
- Sustainabiliy
- 2nd year - Sept. 2007
- Coordinate with related efforts
- Share services and products
- Merge databases and MHS site content into a single portal federated search
- 1st year - Sept. 2006
- Preparation and hiring
- Federated search application development
MHS Roles
- Build federated search engine
- Become data consultants
- Participate in national efforts
- Create educational products and services
- Find additional resources
- Create more digital content
Partner Roles
- Participate in advisory board meetings
- Follow and evaluate progress
- Review standards and tools
- Help define threshold for particiaption
- Possibly pilot submission of digital content
- Possibly join projects to develop digital content
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