STEERING COMMITTEE ON DIGITISATION AND RESOURCE DISCOVERY (SCDRD)

STEERING COMMITTEE - MEMBERSHIP

• Chair, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, National Library of Finland
• Secretary, Minna Kaukonen, National Library of Finland
• Committee Members
  • Magdalena Getler, BBC Information & Archives, UK
  • Jeannette Frey, BCU Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Christina Friström, Lund University Library, Sweden
  • Mike Mertens, Research Libraries UK (RLUK)
  • Petr Žabička, Moravian Library in Brno, Czech Republic

• Working Group on Digitisation and Preservation
• Working Group on Europeana 

1. The organisation of the next LIBER digitization workshop in 2011
2. The planning of a survey on digitization profiles and needs of LIBER libraries
3. The writing of a (draft) workplan 2010-2011
4. The update of the LIBER Digitization Road Map by May 2010 and the development of an implementation plan
5. The reporting, based on the reports of the working and task groups, to LIBER Board, three times a year
6. The collection, gathering of information on digitization guidelines and reports
7. The possibility of forming a project consortium and applying for funding from the European Commission will be considered

The Steering Committee regards the implementation plan for the LIBER Digitisation Road Map especially important and emphasises the formulation of concrete actions.

STEERING COMMITTEE - WORKPLAN FOR 2010

Short-term workplan:

• Digitisation Road Map update, deadline for online comments in mid-February 2010
  1. it is still possible to comment on the Road Map on the LIBER Wiki, please do
  2. priorities to be clarified thereafter
• Survey of the digitisation profiles and needs of LIBER libraries

Next steps:

1. First draft for the survey based on the LIBER Digitisation Road Map > beginning of March
2. Second draft for the survey after the finalisation of the LIBER Digitisation Road Map > beginning of April
3. Final version and online survey in May
4. Analysis before the meetings in Århus

• Programme Committee to be established for the digitisation workshop in 2011
• Possible meeting with EBLIDA in May, issues e.g. the digitisation workshop
  and other forms of co-operation
• Meetings of the Steering Committee and the Working Groups in Århus in June - July
  2010

Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen
Chair of the Steering Committee on Digitisation and Resource Discovery
February 2010