The document outlines a proposal for the American Subculture Digital Library, which aims to archive American subcultural music scenes from 1980 to 2001 through a searchable digital collection of relevant materials. Key responsibilities are assigned to team members, and the primary user group is researchers with open access planned for the public. The proposal includes details on collection development, budget, timeline, and architectural considerations for the digital library.

1. DL Proposal - Group 1 - LIS5472, Fall 2010
Topic - Archiving American Subcultures
1. Group Members and Responsibilities -
Micah Vandegrift - Project Management
Brooke Fry - Collection Development
Carolyn Renko - Metadata Organization
We will all be sharing the responsibilities of Interface Design and User Analysis as we agreed that
those aspects can be best served with three inputs to make the best, most accessible product
possible.
2. DL Mission -
The American Subculture Digital Library seeks to document the subcultural music scenes that
existed between 1980 and 2001, and create a searchable digital archive of photos, literature, music
and ephemera related to the history and growth of this subculture.
3. DL Goals -
● To preserve the materials that were substantial in the development of this subculture.
● To document and archive an integral part of American musical history that is heretofore not
well-represented in research and collection.
● To promote a contextual and historical understanding of music subcultures in American pop
culture studies.
● To institute a standard and practice for archiving pop culture objects that are related to
socio-cultural movements.
4. Target User Group -
The primary user group for this Digital Library will be researchers who are working on projects
related to American subcultural music. Additionally, as there is considerable interest in the wider
culture on this type of scholarship, the Digital Archive will be open to the public through open
internet websites.
5. Description of Digital Content/Process -
Building the American Subculture Digital Library will begin with several small collections of
photographs bequeathed to the library by Micah Vandegrift. These photographs document the
central Florida music scene that was at peak between 1994-2001.

2. 6. Collection Development Policy -
Our original Collection Development will be based on materials already on hand. Micah Vandegrift
owns materials that could quickly and easily be catalogued to begin the collection. We will also be
searching for materials that might be open and available for archival through Flickr’s Creative
Commons photo site.
After the Digital Library’s infrastructure is in place, we will crowdsource the collection development
by accepting open submissions from others who are interested in preserving their analog materials in
our archive. This decision will help in alleviating issues surrounding copyright, as the submission
process will involve a copyright clause. Further, we would like to develop a folksonomy-based
metadata schema, in addition to the metadata that we will apply from the backend, that would allow
registered users to tag and organize items in the library. We see this as a powerful democratizing
option for involving users and researchers in the curation of an archive that suits their needs and
desires.
7. Equipment, Software Supplies Needed -
High Resolution scanner
Photo editing software (for enhancements) - GIMP or Photoshop
Server Space & web platform? Omeka?
8. Anticipated Budget -
Web hosting - $5.00/month
9. Timeline -
September 22 Submit Project Proposal
September 24 Select objects to be digitized and submitted on October 5
September 28 Select all other items for digitization
October 1 Complete digitization of objects for October 5 assignment
October 5 Begin discussing metadata and the look of the digital library
October 5 Individual digitization is due
October 9 Finish digitizing images
October 12 Discuss metadata and begin building DL
October 16 Finish metadata for October 19 assignment
October 19 Discuss any remaining problems with DL
October 19 Metadata assignment is due

3. October 26 (No class) Continue to discuss any remaining problems with DL and begin
formatting DL usability evaluation questions.
October 30 Compile usability evaluation questions
November 2 Finalize usability evaluation questions and begin developing heuristic evaluation
questions
November 6 Complete usability evaluation
November 9 Complete heuristic evaluation questions
November 13 Complete heuristic evaluation
November 16 Evaluation assignment is due
November 30 Begin working on final report
December 4 Complete final report
December 6 Final report is due
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Inspirations:
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/apam/
http://www.aca-dla.org/
http://www.empsfm.org/
http://www.mkoby.com/2006/10/18/building-your-digital-music-library-part-1-of-2/