[OPLINLIST] Reminder: DPLA in Ohio – Call for Working Group Volunteers Deadline this Friday

[Kupfer, Shannon]

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Reminder: The deadline to volunteer for a DPLA in Ohio Working Group is this Friday, August 14, at 11:59 p.m.  Please read below for more information:

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) in Ohio Planning Project is underway and currently seeking volunteers from libraries and cultural heritage institutions from across the state.  Volunteers are invited to participate on one of the six working groups, outlined below, to help plan for Ohio’s entry into DPLA.

To participate:
Please review the Working Group charges below.  If you are interested in participating on a working group, please email the contact person by 11:59 p.m. Friday, August 14, 2015.  Each Working Group will be comprised of up to six members and two co-chairs. Working group co-chairs and the Project co-directors will select members based on their knowledge of the subject area and will make certain that all types and sizes of cultural heritage organizations are represented.  It is anticipated that working groups will meet regularly, either in-person, online, or by teleconference, between August 2015 - July 2016, with the majority of work done between September 1 and March 31.

For general questions, please refer to the project website at http://dplaohio.org or email Angela O'Neal, aoneal at columbuslibrary.org<mailto:aoneal at columbuslibrary.org>.

Working Group

Working Group Charge

Contact information

Advocacy

Develop a strategy for the DPLA promotion/advocacy and outreach program and DPLA community partner education program.

Jillian Carney
Ohio History Connection
jcarney at ohiohistory.org<mailto:jcarney at ohiohistory.org>


Governance

Develop recommendations on  the organizational structure of the Ohio DPLA program, staffing, and management of the program.

Janet Carleton
Ohio University
carleton at ohio.edu<mailto:carleton at ohio.edu>


Legal agreements

Evaluate the DPLA Data Use Agreement and develop a strategy to gain broad partner participation in the Ohio Service Center.

Katy Klettlinger
State Library of Ohio
kklettlinger at library.ohio.gov<mailto:kklettlinger at library.ohio.gov>

Metadata Standards

Focusing on the content within metadata elements, identify, develop and recommend a sharable metadata best practice for the Ohio DPLA Project.

Katrina Marshall
Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
katrina.marshall at cincinnatilibrary.org<mailto:katrina.marshall at cincinnatilibrary.org>


Sustainability

Evaluate both funding/financial sustainability, how to grow contributions to Ohio DPLA and add new partners.

Laurie Gemmill Arp
LYRASIS
laurie.arp at lyrasis.org<mailto:laurie.arp at lyrasis.org>


Technical Infrastructure



Develop a technical strategy that will support Ohio’s participation in DPLA including specific system requirements, supported harvesting standards, and an initial budget estimate.

Nathan Tallman
University of Cincinnati
nathan.tallman at uc.edu<mailto:nathan.tallman at uc.edu>



To read the complete Working Group charges and learn more about the DPLA project in Ohio go to:  http://dplaohio.org. To learn more about DPLA , please visit their website at http://dp.la<http://dp.la/>.


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