Re: diglib: October & November DCC Meetings

[Mary Grenci <mgrenci@uoregon.edu>]

A little more information about the topic for the November 20th 
meeting:  Three digital library/MDLS discussion groups have met so far.  
Participants in each group have talked about the need for a group which 
would decide on directions the library should take, specific goals and 
the priority of specific projects.  They have all wondered out loud 
about what role DCC plays in all this and whether the current makeup of 
DCC is appropriate for making these decisions.  Mark and I have also 
talked about the need to define DCC and its role, and to decide if there 
need to be two groups:  one to define directions, goals and priorities 
and another to work out the specific procedures and workflow for getting 
things done.  If yes, which one would DCC be and is the current 
membership of DCC (based on recent attendance) appropriate for the level 
of decisions the group is to make?


I expect these questions to keep coming up and that Library 
Administration and Council will probably have some discussions.  I 
believe DCC itself should also discuss it and make recommendations (that 
comes just from me, though; I don't know what Admin. thinks about it).


Mary


Corey A Harper wrote:
> Sorry for the length of this message
>
> Upcoming DCC meetings:
>
> October 16th:
> So far, I have one agenda item for the October DCC meeting.  Faye, Ed 
> and I would like to talk about Terms of Use statements for licensed 
> digital content hosted locally, such as Art on File and Saskia.  The 
> proposed idea is to list full terms of use in ERM, and include a brief 
> statement in CONTENTdm Metadata linking to the full terms.  This will 
> include a broader discussion regarding sharing access rights and 
> responsibilities to our users via ERM.
>
> November 20th:
> As per our discussion on Sept. 18, I had been planning on initiating a 
> discussion regarding DCC membership on the diglib list.  However, I 
> now believe we need to take a step back and look more closely at the 
> group itself before making decisions about increasing the number of 
> full members or eliminating the group's current status as a voting body.
>
> I think we need to have a broader discussion about the mission, role 
> and charge of this group; we need to address whether our primary role 
> is to facilitate digital library development or if we should continue 
> playing a more active role in policy development and prioritizing 
> digital projects as we did under Carol's charge.
>
> If the latter is the case, we may want to consider having more 
> administrative / department head membership and possibly having a 
> Chair with a higher profile than myself.
>
> Library Administration sees the need to better identify the roles and 
> responsibilities of the DCC and will likely want to contribute to this 
> broader discussion.
>
> I think that any decision we may reach must be informed by the Digital 
> Library Services discussion groups currently being organized by 
> Library Administration, and that we should address the issue of the 
> DCC's role after these discussions are complete.  I would like to have 
> this topic on the agenda for the November 20th meeting.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
>
> -Corey
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Mary Grenci
Interim Head, Metadata & Digital Library Services
University of Oregon Libraries
1299 University of Oregon
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