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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This was a very productive meeting. The enthusiasm was contagious!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Greg Bem, MLIS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Professor and Library Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Library Learning Commons<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">Lake Washington Institute of Technology</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">425-739-8100 xt.8898</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">2019-2020 Vice President of Local 3533, LWTech’s Faculty Union!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Watkins, Candice via LIBRARYDIR<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Watkins, Candice <cwatkins@tacomacc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [LIBRARYDIR] [EXTERNAL] Re: Institutional Repository for WA CTC Libraries - Let's envision this together!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks to all who attended for a great showing at the institutional repository listening session today!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you'd like to listen to a recording of the session, here's the link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you'd like to review talking points, read here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hC7ug4xPAVWMm885b2dx-2sUxxbMlYTR0EuSQDkwNIo/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hC7ug4xPAVWMm885b2dx-2sUxxbMlYTR0EuSQDkwNIo/edit</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Based on the conversation, there seems to be strong interest in pursuing an IR solution together. Please remember, however, that we are in the very beginning stages of this conversation
 and many more discussions and thinking needs to happen before we have a set direction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Action steps from today's conversation include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Needs assessment - the WACTC Library Consortium will conduct a needs assessment to determine more fully our needs as a group</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We will also explore IR platforms that fit these needs</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I think that's it! We will be touch with more info on the needs assessment as soon as we can!</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">This is <u>fun</u>!</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Candice Watkins (TCC Library)</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Watkins, Candice <<a href="mailto:cwatkins@tacomacc.edu">cwatkins@tacomacc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lynnae Deeken <<a href="mailto:ldeeken@everettcc.edu">ldeeken@everettcc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Institutional Repository for WA CTC Libraries - Let's envision this together!</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Yes! It will be recorded and I'll share the link afterwards. Thanks for asking!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:12 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <<a href="mailto:librarydir@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir@lists.ctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lynnae Deeken <<a href="mailto:ldeeken@everettcc.edu">ldeeken@everettcc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Institutional Repository for WA CTC Libraries - Let's envision this together!</span>
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#362F26;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Lynn Deeken</span></i><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#362F26;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> | Dean
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<p class="xxmsonormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#362F26;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Everett Community College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><a name="x_x_SignatureSanitizer_m_741820868148428"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#362F26">Phone: 425-388-9502 | Email:
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Greetings! Earlier this summer, the WACTC library consortium conducted a survey among CTC libraries to determine the interest level in a state-wide/consortium-led
 project aimed at the creation and/or support of institutional repositories at WACTC libraries. The responses indicated interest in such a project! The consortium would like to begin the process of understanding better the various visions and needs for institutional
 repositories and plans to offer a series of online listening sessions. We'll provide a brief overview of institutional repositories and explore other aspects, such as:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Overall structure - Are we looking for a CTC-system solution or primarily a local solution (or both)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Open source vs. vendor-based platforms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Long term support for state-wide project/sustainability of project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Institutional needs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The idea of deep collaboration between institutions focused on sharing workflows, ideas, and support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">We will break down each of these categories in our listening session with the goal of capturing what institutions want/need in an IR and how best to proceed as a group. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">What:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> Institutional Repositories & WA CTC Libraries</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Who:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> WACTC Library Consortium - this means all of us! Any
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">When:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> October 17, 2-3 p.m. (future sessions will be scheduled...in
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">~~ As a refresher, here’s an overview of institutional repositories, as well as a description of the WACTC Library Consortium.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Washington CTC Library Consortium (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/wactclc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">WACTCLC</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">)
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Institutional repositories are commonly found in and administered by academic libraries and can be used to curate and make discoverable faculty
 and student scholarship, student-created learning objects and projects, student publications, art, music, and OER, to list a few examples. The scope of institutional repositories is far-ranging and the impact reaches beyond curation and discoverability to
 creating a connection between student-produced work and the sharing or publication of that work with the greater community. Institutional repositories amplify student voice in a time when community colleges place that student voice at the center of their main
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<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Candice Watkins </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">[s</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">he/her</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> pronouns]</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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