Purpose
The purpose of the Digital Repositories Committee is to ensure the necessary guidelines, priorities, and administration of a sustainable, systemwide institutional repository system (ScholarWorks), digital archives system, and related digital library services. Creating a sustainable digital library infrastructure requires:
- Identifying and establishing ongoing funding / revenue sources and models
- Adherence to international standards and best practices
- Development and management of user-needed platforms
- Development and management of user-needed services
- Development of policies to mitigate risk (structural, physical, legal, information, etc.)
- Support of open access initiatives, via technology integration and OA policy implementation
Membership, relationships, and responsibilities
The Digital Repositories governance structure will consist of a steering committee, at least two working groups, and various ad hoc task forces formed by the steering committee to meet short-term goals.
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