Timeline for TRLN Digitization Grants Task Group

1. 2009
   1. November
      • Digitization Grants Task Group charged by the TRLN Collections Council
   2. December
      • Early planning meetings of the Digitization Grants Task Group held (December through February)
2. 2010
   1. January
   2. February
      • 18th-Submitted LSTA planning grant application
        
        26th-Held meeting of key staff at the four institutions who are involved in large-scale digitization. Group set a baseline for planning the Southern Americana Digitization Project and identified the critical issues that will be addressed in the focus groups
   3. March
      • Submitted a proposal to the program committee of the Association for the study of African American Life and History for a session at the annual conference in Raleigh (Sep. 2010)
        
        23rd-Held focus group of curators and research staff at UNC, Duke, NCCU, and NCSU
   4. April
      • 16th-Held first focus group of faculty members from the four institutions
   5. May
      • Met with two additional faculty members for input
   6. June
      • 23rd-Convene scholarly communications staff on rights issues
        
        Summer 2010: Convene and consult with various staff on areas such as digital production and workflows; budget and personnel; rights issues.
   7. July
      • 19th-TRLN Annual Meeting/Task Group presentation
   8. August
      • Hire graduate student project coordinator
   9. September
      • Conduct a session at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in Raleigh
   10. October
   11. November
       • Submit a Letter of Intent for a LSTA Digitization Project Grant
   12. December
3. 2011
   1. January
   2. February
      • Submit a grant application for a digitization project