Getting a collection online begins on the System campuses, where faculty members and researchers are encouraged to pitch ideas based on their work and certain guidelines. Possible projects are vetted through a committee and the accepted ones are then shaped into a usable collection.
That editorial process is at least as, if not more, important than the actual technical work that goes on once the materials are physically transported to UW-Madison, said Pat Wilkinson, co-director of the digital library.
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