As of January 7, 2016, the Digital Initiatives Task Force is charged with the state wide mission of formulating a method of providing optimum access to each member library’s unique collections, with special attention given to the following target activities:
- Identify unique materials from each UA campus to be digitized
- Develop common standards of metadata
- Develop a shared preservation plan for unique materials
- Explore the prospect of a statewide institutional repository
- Explore the possibilities for system-wide access to data repositories, providing search capabilities across collections
- Expand digital access to include other state institutions
- Implement a scanning program, with materials to be scanned in support of teaching and research.
Note- The charge includes quarterly meetings
Committee members:
Amy Allen, UAF Archivist, co-chair
Martha Parker, Digital Services, UAF, co-chair
Jessie Burchfield, Director of the Law Library at the UALR, liaison
D. J. Reece, UAM
Chris Stewart, UALR
Jordan Ruud, UAFS
Sherrie Norwood, UALR Law
Tim Nutt, UAMS
Shenise McGhee, UAPB