4. Plan of Work--Project Administration


4.2.4 Project Timetable

The project will extend for two years beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 2000.

Year One

 July September 1998
 Project Managers' start-up meeting, Washington D.C.
 Training in bibliographic phase of the project
 Training for scholarly evaluation phase of the project
 Quality control workshop for libraries filming in phase 2
 Identification of resources for compiling the bibliography
 Development of subject headings list for each state
 Begin searching and compilation phase

 October December 1998
 Review of bibliography scope documents from each state
 Compilation of the bibliographies for each state
 Start-up of the preservation stage of the project--continuing libraries
 Benchmark approx. 20% of volumes completed--continuing libraries

 January March 1999
 Scholarly review and ranking of the bibliographies
 Review of ranked bibliographies
 Quality assurance consultant's visits to selected libraries
 Continuation of preservation stage--continuing libraries
 Completion of 30% of project volumes--continuing libraries

 April June 30 1999
 Preservation and quality assurance completed for 40% of project volumes
 --continuing libraries
 Start-up of preservation phase for new libraries; completion of 10% of volumes
 --new libraries

Year Two

 July September 1999
 Project managers' meeting in New Orleans
 Review progress and compare strategies
 Preservation and quality assurance completed for 60% of project volumes
 --continuing libraries and 30% of project volumes--new libraries

 October December 1999
 Preservation and quality assurance completed for 80% of project volumes
 --continuing libraries and 50% of project volumes of new libraries
 Completion of any needed refilming--continuing libraries

 January March 2000
 Preservation and quality assurance completed for 100% of project volumes
 --continuing libraries
 Preservation and quality assurance completed for 75% of project volumes
 --new libraries