1. North Carolina Central University Digital Library Collection Prepared by Vernice Faison December 18, 2008

2. NCCU Selected for HBCU Library Alliance and Cornell University Digital Collections Initiative HBCU Library Alliance/CUL awarded a new grant ($450,000) from the Andrew Mellon Foundation to expand the HBCU digital library Project “Building collections, building services, and building sustainability: A collaborative model for the HBCU Library Alliance.” NCCU (Shepard Library) was one of ten institutions selected in Phase 2 Project Manager is Ira Revels (Cornell University)

3. HBCU-CUL Digital Workshop Technical/ Administrative Metadata Quality Assurance Burn Masters Metadata Spreadsheet Dublin Core Metadata Element CONTENTdm Test and Refine Release Collection Library Meeting Scanned Documents Document Selection Equipment Calibration Digital Workflow and Metadata Management Tools

4. Challenges and Issues CD-ROM (life expectancy and limited storage capacity ) Staffing (lack of staff)