Steering Committee Minutes September 22nd

Steering Committee Conference Call Minutes September 22nd, 2011

Technical Infrastructure Committee update
• Report from Alan – OWU has ordered new equipment, from line in grant budget. He hasn't tallied the totals for this line to see who has how much remaining. He volunteered to do so and send out a message to everyone.
• Newspaper project still needs more detailed info from some institutions
• Seeking volunteers to do a pilot video project (short video about a digital collection that could be used as promotional material with other faculty). This needs a faculty volunteer who has worked on a project.

Staff Development Committee update
• Planning the Technical Services Workshop for October 17th
• Professional development opportunitites:
-GLCA workshop on Digital Humanites (Hope College, Oct 7-8)
-OhioLINK Digital Preservation workshop (Columbus, Oct. 24-25)

Campus updates
• OWU –final decisions today or tomorrow on next submissions (received five)
-completed projects: Digital Resources for the Teaching of the History of the Book abd Contemporary Issues in Media Law Podcasts
• KEN – have another call for projects
• DEN – need additional help with costume project and have hired student workers
• WOO – two projects in the works − Working on the Independent Study database
• OBE – working on ongoing projects