Current Sub-Committees

Name:  Digital Repository Working Group

A Digital Repository Group (DRWG) shall be constituted by COLD (April 2010) to investigate the best practices for sustaining both the CSU ScholarWorks, and those digital repositories that stand alone on individual campuses.

CHARGE

The DRWG shall meet virtually upon a regular schedule to provide the libraries of the CSU with a document outlining the best practices and technical standards they can use in building, sustaining and integrating digital repositories into the academic fabric of our campuses.

1. Define scope and purpose of CSU digital repositories.
2. Identify emerging technical standards, metadata standards and basic platform requirements for digital repositories irrespective of repository software.
3. Provide pointers to the most useful types of digital content libraries should pursue, collect and collate in building their repositories (e.g. ETDs, campus e-journals, faculty publications, special collections, etc.)
4. Identify workable service models for ease of content deposit (e.g. by teaching faculty) and access methods irrespective of platform.
5. Examine the documented barriers to digital repository adoption; provide best practices for ameliorating these barriers, encouraging use and wider contribution to digital repositories.
6. Describe the benefits and the challenges of a common CSU repository vs. stand -alone repositories.
7. Describe ways how digital content in one repository of potential utility to the entire CSU can optimally be harvested by sister campuses irrespective of platform.
8. Describe the basic personnel requirements for repository implementation, management and maintenance.
9. Describe successful methods for marketing of digital repository services

DRWG Members

Keven Jeffrey (chair) - SD
Jeremy Shellhase -- Humboldt
Karen Brodsky - Sonoma
Celia Bakke -- SJ
Marisa Ramirez - CalPoly
Franz Kurfess (faculty) - CalPoly
Adolfo Prieto -- Fullerton
Brian Kennelly (faculty) - CalPoly
Marvin Pollard - CO

Name:  LibIT Sub-Committee

Broad Goal:  Facilitate communication and discussion of Library IT issues/projects and Virtual Library initiatives among/across all CSU Libraries.  The subcommittee will also serve as the primary communication link between STIM and the CSU Library IT community.

CSU Library Information Technology Network (.PDF) (CSU only)