Rosemont Operations Committee Conference Call
August 24, 2017, 3-4pm EST
On Call:
Big 10 Academic Alliance – Kim Armstrong, Rebecca Crist
FLARE – Ben Walker (Chair)
Scholars Trust – Mark Jacobs, Cheryle Cole-Bennett
WEST – Alison Wohlers, Emily Stambaugh
Regrets: John Burger
Note Takers: Alison Wohlers
Updates:
- Skip Prichard of OCLC has released an announcement about OCLC’s vision for supporting the collective collection and shared print services. For more information please watch this video.
Decisions:
- Rosemont Listservs
- Naming convention shall be: rosemont-exco@wrlc.org and rosemont-ops@wrlc.org.
- All executive and operations contacts will be included in the Executive Committee listserv. Only operations contacts will be included in the Operations Committee listserv.
- Committee Structure: Terms
- Program officers will confirm executive member terms and send to Ben by Monday 8/28.
- Ben will coordinate the terms to ensure that terms are staggered appropriately and send out an email announcing the committee members and terms.
- Recommendation for Rosemont Meeting with CRL
- Any additional feedback from operations committee members should be sent to Ben by Friday 8/25.
- Ben will forward the recommendation to Judy Russell, John Culshaw, and Mimi Calter.
- EAST and Rosemont
- Susan Stearns and Matthew Revitt of EAST will attend the Rosemont Operations Committee conference call on Wednesday 8/30.
- Ben will send Susan and Matt Rosemont’s Strategic Directions, which will act as a starting point for Q&A.
Ongoing Discussions:
- SCS and Rosemont
- Operations Committee to discuss SCS slides in detail.
- Once regular meetings are established, Matt Barnes will be invited to speak with the Operations Committee.
- Process for bringing in new partners to the Rosemont Shared Print Alliance