In addition, students prepare a detailed case study of a welldocumented
digital collection, and present an overview of their
sites to class members. Examining the successes and challenges of
a substantive collection reinforces the concepts and principles
learned and applied throughout the course. Students comment
with great pride on the degree of detail of the metadata they have
developed for their cards, as compared to some of the case studies
examined, including many well-funded projects. For many
respondents to our end-of-semester evaluation surveys, the case
study is perceived as a high point of the course.