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Deliverables

TELSTAR project deliverables will include:

  • Project Plan;
  • This Project Website (to include a regularly updated project blog to report on project progress and lessons learnt);
  • Project Progress reports to the JISC (2 per year);
  • Project Final Report to the JISC;
  • Completion Report to the JISC;
  • Summative Project Evaluation;
  • Workflows options appraisal (including feasibility of different RefWorks integration paths);
  • Prototype Technical Documentation, including:
    • Report on scalability of RefWorks;
    • Report on the impact of the proposed solution on existing Library database systems and service models;
    • Libezproxy and URL authentication report;
    • Deep linking with Persistent Identifiers appraisal;
    • RefWorks folder structure prototype;
    • Report on the Feasibility of integrating a RefWorks application within the ePortfolio system;
    • Installation and user guides;  
  • User Requirements Specification (including bibliographic software – ePortfolio system integration)
  • Solution prototypes (e.g. paper prototyping, proofs of concepts and prototype software to be made publically available (depending on IPR and licensing agreements required));
  • New eProduction procedures documentation (including relevant workflows);
  • Report on referencing skills required / training provided.
  • Guidelines for storage and use of resources and materials, including Good Practice, IPR and fair use.
  • A sustainability model (service plan);
  • A contribution to the e-Framework for Education and Research Service Usage Models development;
  • A written case study of the exemplar project;
  • An evaluation report including a critical examination of the tools and the user experience; and the change management issues required to embed the system and procedures within institutional practice;
  • Joint road shows with other related projects, and other activities for dissemination of outcomes and outputs. 
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