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Digital Services Team

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The Digital Services Team (DST) is charged with investigating, developing, and providing recommendations concerning collaborative digital services.  Initiatives that have a broad potential budgetary or service impact are developed as recommendations for EC and Council consideration.  Selected smaller projects do not require Council action but are presented as service options (opt in/out) subject to EC approval prior to launch.  Each service proposal should address all topics relevant to beginning and sustaining a new service, such as start-up and recurring costs, distribution of fees, likely participants, technology, hardware depreciation, documentation needs, and how oversight and coordination are achieved on a continuing basis.

Approved without further review
  • Code4Lib NW
    DST will advise Alliance staff regarding the hosting of Code4Lib NW on a cost recovery basis (i.e., Alliance staff time contributed; no Alliance funding).
Service Options for EC approval
The following initiatives as described in the Institutional Repository Task Force report of October 9, 2009 and Digital Program Working Group report of September 8, 2009 will be developed as proposals and forwarded to EC for approval prior to launch.
  • Cloud Storage
  • Offline Storage
  • Preservation training
Recommendations for EC and Council
The following initiatives as described in the Digital Program Working Group report of September 8, 2009 will be developed as recommendations forwarded to EC and Council. 
  • Institutional Repository
    DST is encouraged to consider a range of technologies (e.g., DSpace, ContentDM, Fedora) and hosts (e.g., member, Alliance, other consortium, vendor).  Examples include but are not limited to WSU hosted DSpace, UW hosted Content DM, Colorado Alliance hosted Fedora, and vendor hosted IR.
  • Scanning & reformatting
    DST is encouraged to consider a range of hosts (e.g., member, Alliance, other consortium, vendor).
  • Discovery prototype
    DST will consult with project staff from related efforts (e.g., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and develop recommendations concerning appropriate Alliance activities.
Membership
    Karen Estlund, chair
    Marita Kunkel
    Alex Merrill
    Ann Lally
    Anne Frantilla
    Joanna Burgess    		 Michael Klein
    Michael Paulus
    Mike Spalti
    Kyle Banerjee, staff liaison
    Jodi Allison-Bunnell, ex officio

    Preservation/Storage Subgroup
         		Cross-Search Subgroup
         		Hosting/IR Subgroup
         		Preservation/Policy Subgroup
    Michael
    		 Joanna
    		 Alex
    		 Anne F.
    Alex
    		 Michael P.
    		 Karen (Convener)
    		 Karen Estlund
    Ann L.
    		 Michael S. (Convener)
    		 Joanna
    		 Jodi AB (Convener)
    Kyle (Convener)
    		 Jodi AB
    		 Michael K.
    		 Michael K.

    		Ann L.
    		 Marita

    Deadlines
    Reports and proposals are submitted about a week before EC meets.
       
    • EC February 19, 2010
      • Status report
      • Cloud & Offline Storage (EC decision) (DST probably recommend push to June)
      • IR options (preview for Council)
    • March 5, 2009
      • All subgroups report to DST
    • DST meeting
    • Council March 11-12, 2010
      • Status report   
      • IR options (Council decision) (DST probably recommend push to July)
    • EC June 16, 2010
      • Status report
      • Preservation (EC Decision)
      • Scanning & reformatting (preview for Council)
      • Discovery prototype (preview for Council)
    • Council July 8-9, 2010
      • Status report
      • Scanning & reformatting (Council decision)
      • Discovery prototype (Council decision)
    • EC Meeting tba, approximately mid October
      • Final report
    • Council November 11-12, 2010
      • Final report

Current work

Meeting Minutes 


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