[LIBRARYDIR] Institutional Repository for WA CTC Libraries - Let's envision this together!

Lynnae Deeken ldeeken at everettcc.edu
Thu Oct 17 09:12:23 PDT 2019


Hi Candice,

Will there be access to a recording of this meeting?  I'm planning to log
in but I know others at my library can't today but are very interested.....

Lynn

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*Lynn Deeken* | Dean of Arts and Learning Resources

Everett Community College

Phone: 425-388-9502 | Email: ldeeken at everettcc.edu

Pronouns: She, Her, Hers




On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 9:12 AM Watkins, Candice via LIBRARYDIR <
librarydir at lists.ctc.edu> wrote:

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> * 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: - Overall structure - Are we looking for a
> CTC-system solution or primarily a local solution (or both)? - Open source
> vs. vendor-based platforms - Long term support for state-wide
> project/sustainability of project - Institutional needs - System
> administration needs - Repository features/capabilities - Digital
> collection needs - The idea of deep collaboration between institutions
> focused on sharing workflows, ideas, and support - And more! We are open to
> discussions on all aspects of IRs and institutional needs! 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.  Please join us! What: Institutional Repositories & WA CTC Libraries
> Who: WACTC Library Consortium - this means all of us! Any and all library
> workers in the WA CTC system are invited to take part in this discussion
> When: October 17, 2-3 p.m. (future sessions will be scheduled...in the
> future!) Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/424316794
> <https://zoom.us/j/424316794>  ~~ As a refresher, here’s an overview of
> institutional repositories, as well as a description of the WACTC Library
> Consortium. The Washington CTC Library Consortium (WACTCLC
> <https://sites.google.com/view/wactclc>) includes all library workers at
> CTC libraries in the state of WA.   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 initiatives, such as OER,
> open pedagogy, capstone projects, and guided pathways. *Candice Watkins
> on behalf of the WACTC Library Consortium
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> Candice Watkins [s*he/her* pronouns]
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> Library Director
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> Tacoma Community College
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> 6501 South 19th Street
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> Tacoma, WA. 98466
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> 253-566-5091
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> cwatkins at tacomacc.edu
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