**Blank Appraisal**

Collection Name: **Blank Appraisal**

Appraiser:

Email:

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**[Section 1: Mission Relevancy]{.underline}**

**Q 1.0: How do the records fit within the scope of our Collection
Policy?**

A 1.0:

**Q 1.1: How does the anticipated current and future utility of the data
fit within the EROS mission?**

A 1.1:

**Q 1.2: How significant, different or unique are the records to the
remote sensing, cartographic, and Earth science data user community?**

A 1.2:

**Q 1.3: How would the contribution of the collection complement or
supplement the current archive holdings at EROS?**

A 1.3:

**Mission Relevancy Comments**

**[Section 2: Policy]{.underline}**

**Q 2.0: How can the records Authenticity be judged, i.e. how are the
records considered to be authentic? (ISO 15489-1:2001(E)) Reference
lineage and provenance history.**

A 2.0:

**Q 2.1: How can the records Reliability be assessed? (ISO
15489-1:2001(E))**

A 2.1:

**Q 2.2: Detail how the records Integrity can be determined. (ISO
15489-1:2001(E))**

A 2.2:

**Q 2.3: How are the records Usability conducive to our anticipated
exploitation of the information value in the records? (ISO
15489-1:2001(E))**

A 2.3:

**Q 2.4: Detail if the data involve or reflect any legal rights of the
Government or individuals?**

A 2.4:

**Q 2.5: Explain if the data will be needed to defend the agency or the
Government against charges of data fraud or misrepresentation?**

A 2.5:

**Q 2.6: How will other users require access to the original \"raw\"
(unedited, unprocessed) data?**

A 2.6:

**Q 2.7: How has the collection been made available to other users,
including NARA, through agency schedules or data sharing agreements?**

A 2.7:

**Q 2.8: How do the data support the study of geophysical changes over
time?**

A 2.8:

**Q 2.9: How is this collection to be distributed or accessed?**

A 2.9:

**Policy Comments**

**[Section 3: General]{.underline}**

**Q 3.0: What significant contributions, such as unique or
under-recorded spatial or temporal coverage, does the collection bring
to EROS as defined through the Collection Policy?**

A 3.0:

**Q 3.1: What is the spatial area covered by the collection?**

A 3.1:

**Q 3.2: What is the temporal range(s) the collection spans?**

A 3.2:

**Q 3.3: How does the record meet the information needs and interest of
various user groups served by the archive?**

A 3.3:

**Q 3.4: What is the potential utility of the record based on past and
present research use?**

A 3.4:

**Q 3.5: What are the physical, intellectual, or legal barriers in
making the records accessible?**

A 3.5:

**Q 3.6: Describe if the records represent a complete population or
universe, or a statistically valid sample? If the collection is not
complete, describe what is missing.**

A 3.6:

**Q 3.7: Who created the records and for what purpose?**

A 3.7:

**Q 3.8: Who in the past has owned this collection and who is considered
the current owner, i.e. detail the lineage and provenance of the
collection?**

A 3.8:

**Q 3.9: What information do the records provide beyond the initial
purpose for their creation?**

A 3.9:

**Q 3.10: List where the records are also available from other
organizations or institutions:**

A 3.10:

**Q 3.11: What records do we already possess that are related or similar
to this collection?**

A 3.11:

**Q 3.12: What media are the records stored on?**

A 3.12:

**Q 3.13: Describe the size of the collection in terms of volume, boxes,
pallets, tapes, canisters, etc.**

A 3.13:

**Q 3.14: What order are the records currently in? Describe how the
order has changed over time.**

A 3.14:

**Q 3.15: Detail what physical condition the records are in.**

A 3.15:

**Q 3.16: Document any risk the records may be in related to physical or
intellectual problems present in the collection.**

A 3.16:

**Q 3.17: Describe the format the records are in. Detail changes to this
format that may have occurred since the records were created. What were
the initial, and any subsequent, processing histories? Document any
proprietary formats used and/or the status of sunset dates when the
collection could be openly distributed or considered Public Domain.**

A 3.17:

**Q 3.18: Describe any restrictions that apply to the collection.
Examples may include Intellectual Property Rights, copyrights, and
distribution limitations.**

A 3.18:

**Q 3.19: What is the anticipated demand for the records? What is the
anticipated user group(s)?**

A 3.19:

**Q 3.20: How would acceptance of the records impose unique, different
or difficult archiving, distribution, or customer service
requirements?**

A 3.20:

**Q 3.21: Describe the overall quality of the collection.**

A 3.21:

**Q 3.22: If this is a continuously growing data collection, detail the
anticipated growth.**

A 3.22:

**Q 3.23: How does this record collection fill gaps in or complement our
existing collections?**

A 3.23:

**Q 3.24: Describe if any of the records could hold Intrinsic or
historical value.**

A 3.24:

**General Comments**

**[Section 4: Physical]{.underline}**

**Q 4.0: What is the current level of processing that the records are
in?**

A 4.0:

**Q 4.1: What is the best preservation level for the records, i.e. what
level would best preserve the integrity of the records and be most
useful to researchers.**

A 4.1:

**Q 4.2: Describe in detail any compression techniques utilized on the
records.**

A 4.2:

**Q 4.3: What is the file naming convention used?**

A 4.3:

**Q 4.4: If the collection contains browse imagery, describe the format
of the browse.**

A 4.4:

**Physical Comments**

**[Section 5: Metadata]{.underline}**

**Q 5.0: Describe the amount, quality, level and availability of
metadata available for the collection.**

A 5.0:

**Q 5.1: What additional information is available? Examples include
libraries of documentation, guides, Data Information Files, fact sheets,
Frequently Asked Questions sheets, instrument documentation, Preliminary
Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews, lessons learned, hardware
documentation, firmware documentation, engineering models, computer
models, platform documentation, algorithm documentation, URLs, Principle
Investigator contact, Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents.**

A 5.1:

**Q 5.2: Describe any training that could be available from the current
owner or creator of the collection.**

A 5.2:

**Metadata Comments**

**[Section 6: Cost/Benefit]{.underline}**

**Q 6.0: What Program has been identified to sponsor any costs
associated with acquiring, preserving, and making the records
accessible?**

A 6.0:

**Q 6.1: List cost sharing opportunities for any capital investment
and/or recurring expenses.**

A 6.1:

**Q 6.2: Estimate the expense to replicate the collection by us or
someone else.**

A 6.2:

**Q 6.3: What are the costs or consequences to USGS or the U.S.
Government if the collection is not obtained or maintained?**

A 6.3:

**Q 6.4: Estimate how the research value of the collection exceeds the
costs to preserve and make the records accessible for secondary use by
researchers.**

A 6.4:

**Q 6.5: Estimate the cost of preserving the record weighed against the
benefit of retaining the information, i.e. what are the costs of
identifying, appraising, and accessioning the records? **

A 6.5:

**Q 6.6: What are the costs of processing the collection to an
accessible level?**

A 6.6:

**Q 6.7: Identify the resources necessary for any preservation or access
functions required.**

A 6.7:

**Q 6.8: What are the annual costs of housing the original records or
reducing their bulk by sampling?**

A 6.8:

**Q 6.9: Identify any equipment required to read or process the
records.**

A 6.9:

**Q 6.10: Estimate the cost to deaccession/purge/dispose the
collection.**

A 6.10:

**Cost/Benefit Comments**

**[Section 7: Photographs]{.underline}**

**Q 7.0: What is the media base of the photographs?**

A 7.0:

**Q 7.1: What generation are the photographs?**

A 7.1:

**Q 7.2: Rate the overall quality of the photographs based upon proper
exposure, color balance and sharpness.**

A 7.2:

**Q 7.3: How much haze or clouds do the photographs contain?**

A 7.3:

**Q 7.4: Are the frames in roll format or single-cut format?**

A 7.4:

**Q 7.5: Detail the amount scratches, tears, pinholes or dirt contained
in the photographs.**

A 7.5:

**Q 7.6: How are the photographic rolls stored?**

A 7.6:

**Q 7.7: What is the film type, camera type, camera focal length, lens
number, date taken, flying height, and area of coverage?**

A 7.7:

**Q 7.8: What is the manufacturer number of the film?**

A 7.8:

**Q 7.9: What is the film titling scheme?**

A 7.9:

**Photographs Comments**

**[Additional Appraisal Comments]{.underline}**