Re: diglib: DCC Meeting - November 20

[Corey A Harper <charper@uoregon.edu>]

Forwarded message on behalf of Normanday.

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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:09:37 -0800
From: Normandy Helmer <nhelmer@uoregon.edu>
To: Diglib <diglib@lists.uoregon.edu>
Subject: Re: diglib: DCC Meeting - November 20

It would be very helpful to have a summary of the MDLS/Digital Library
discussion groups that we can review before the meeting, as that seems
to be a critical component of the proposed discussion.

Normandy

Corey A Harper wrote:
> DCC is scheduled to meet at 2-3:30 Monday, November 20, in Rowe.
>
> Agenda:
>
> * Updates
> * Discussion of the future of DCC:
>    - Are we meeting our charge?
>    - How can we encourage broader involvement in DCC activities?
>    - Do we have a need for formal membership?
>
> The broader question is "is the DCC, as currently constituted, the right 
> place to discuss policy decisions related to the Digital Library 
> Program?"  The recently held MDLS / Digital Library discussion groups 
> revealed a great deal of confusion about the role of the DCC while also 
>  demonstrating the need for a group that coordinates and guides digital 
> library development.  It may be that, in its current form, the DCC is 
> not the place for this coordination to occur.
>
> One thought that comes to mind is the possibility of reconstituting the 
> DCC to include greater involvement from Department Heads and Library 
> Administration and to address policy decisions.  A sub-group could then 
> be created that deals with some of the implementation issues that we 
> have increasingly been focused on.
>
> For additional information, please see the messages posted to the diglib 
> list on October 11: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/diglib/archive/, 
> and the DCC homepage: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/diglib/digcon.html.
>
> As always, the meeting is open and anyone is welcome to attend.

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Corey A Harper
Metadata Librarian - CMET Team Leader
Metadata and Digital Library Services
University of Oregon
541/346.1854
charper@uoregon.edu