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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Homeland Security Digital Library (www.hsdl.org) is engaged in a Best Practices
study for Digital Libraries. Our goal is to get a picture of the types of IT
systems and workflows used to support the collection development processes for
various file formats. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>We
would appreciate your participation in this study. In exchange for your
response to this brief, questionnaire; we will share the results we receive
back for questions 1- 6. If you would not like us to mention your name or the
name of your organization in the results of our study, please let us know and
we will exclude that information. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>1.
How do you describe your digital collection? A digital library, database,
portal, other? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>2.
Who or what is your target user population? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>3.
What types of file formats comprise your collection? What is the percentage of
PDF documents in your collection? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>4.
How do you find and collect your content? Is your collection comprised mostly
of internally created documents or objects, found via web searches, contributed
by other organizations, acquired from commercial or proprietary sources or
harvested using another mechanism? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>5.
What metadata schema do you use to describe digital objects in your collection?
Do you use Dublin Core (DC), Metadata Encoding and Transmission Schema (METS),
Metadata Objects Description Schema (MODS), or another format or schema? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>6.
Is your collection open for public access or is full or partial access restricted
to certain users or user groups? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>7.
Would you be willing to be called for an interview? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please
send all replies to <a href="mailto:momcneal@nps.edu"
title="mailto:momcneal@nps.edu">momcneal@nps.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'>Sincerely, Marion McNealy</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>HSDL</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> Product Development Associate</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>"Securing the Homeland through the Power of Information" </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Homeland Security Digital Library</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Dudley Knox Library</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Naval <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Postgraduate</st1:PlaceName>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Tel: 831.656.2398</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>E-mail:momcneal@nps.edu</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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