Committees
Committees will be assigned the task of carrying out the activities of the Initiative. The Chair of each committee will serve as a liaison to the Steering Committee. Initially there will be the following four work groups; others may be established as the work of the initiative progresses and a need for a new group is recognized.
User Needs Committee
Co-Chairs: Vacant
Will research user behavior for the purpose of defining user needs in the areas of information access and resource sharing.
Tasks:
- Examine and synthesize existing user needs studies
Evaluate usability and statistical data produced by pilot project
STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing Policies Committee (ALA).
Chair: Gina Persichini
Will develop a policy framework for an expanded resource sharing ideal that addresses services offered and how those services are offered to users.
Tasks:
- Integrate Rethinking Resource Sharing principles into the revision of the
Interlibrary Loan Code for the United States.
Manifesto for Rethinking Resource Sharing
Liaison with International resource sharing groups
Communicate regarding other national codes
Interoperability Committee
Chair: Gail Wanner
Will identify the technology framework that makes it possible for users to obtain what they find inside the library or outside on the open Web. This committee will function as the NISO Resource Sharing Interoperability Work Group.
Tasks:
- Development of a pilot, proof of concept application as the initial step in creation of the global service framework
Tracking and reporting back on the evolving standards that relate to resource sharing
Identification and specification of registries needed to support the global service framework
Analysis and evaluation of the pilot application
Creation of a plan for modifying or expanding the pilot
Coordination of implementation of the expanded pilot
Marketing Committee
Chair: Beth Posner
Will coordinate outreach and publicity activities for the initiative.
Tasks:
- Identify venues, such as conferences and workshops, for panels and other
presentations that describe the Rethinking Resource Sharing efforts