Columbia University

Posted on Friday, 7 October

Columbia American History Online
2002-03

Content Strategy, Product Management

The task
Create a digital archive for secondary school U.S. history educators that integrated leading scholars’ e-seminars, supporting media, and exercises with national teaching standards.

“High Recommendation,” Library Journal, 2003

The challenges
Establishing protocols; organizing thousands of assets; and orchestrating the efforts of a multilocation, interdisciplinary team.

The key
Databases, databases, databases!!  Isolating, associating, and reviewing relevant data was essential to the successful launch.