OMB approves this extension of a previously-approved survey its emergency clearance process. IMLS agrees to plan adequately so that it can follow the normal PRA clearance procedures for future collections of information.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2007
6 Months From Approved
50
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0
21
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521
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This study is to determine the feasibility of using the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Metadata Harvesting Protocol to aggregate and provide integrated item-level search access to the digitization projects funded by IMLS.
IMLS is supporting the development of a digital collections registry to make publicly available digital collections created with IMLS grant funding.
In September 2005 IMLS extended this grant project period to September 30, 2007, so that digitization projects IMLS funded through 2006 could be added to the Collections Registry. The OMB clearance 3137-0051 expired on September 30, 2006. IMLS has been working with the University of Illinois, Urbana-champaign, the institution performing the data collections, to determine the burden hours and costs of adding 50 respondents, covering 2005 and 2006 projects to the clearance. We have found that the additional burden of asking the same questions to the new respondents is extermely small. Each respondent needs 25 minutes at a cost of $25/hour $10.42 per respondent. Total additional hours are 20.84, a total burden of $521.
Graduate students at the University have been hired and are already working on this second phase of the project with the original set of respondents. If clearance for the remaining projects is not granted on an emergency basis, the test bed for the research on IMLS digital projects, will be delayed and possibly will not be able to be completed, a loss for IMLS and for public users of the completed registry.
Most pressing, this project has a follow-on survey that has been approved (3137-0061) for the first set of respondents and expires on February 28, 2007. (IMLS will submit a subsequent 83c to add the 50 new respondents to 3137-0061 well before the expiration date.) These new respondents must complete the first survey right away, so that there will be time for them to be in the registry a sufficient time before they have to complete the follow-up survey. This will ensure that complete and meaningful data is obtained for this project.
In clearance 3137-0051 there were two data collections. This emergency clearance is only for one of them. The survey for the new respondents gathers basic information about the project, its baseline practices, and attitudes towards digital collections, metadata, etc. Among other things, we use the information gathered to create original registry collection record(s) for the project. Each project fills out this survey once and only once.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Responses to OMB questions.doc
Digital Collections and Content