Steering Committee Minutes October 13

1) Technical Infrastructure Committee update

• There is a newspaper document prepared for the newspaper project proposal.
• Omeka server is up, the Omeka committee are testing it out now.
• The team is looking at the Cleveland history project from Cleveland State and Mark Tebeau to see if we can replicate the idea with our local information--in Oberlin, Granville, Gambier, etc. A project like this will bring. Some public exposure and possible ways to share student research.
• Matt is working on map interface and an IR-setting up the technical side for each school.

2) Staff Development Committee update
Technical service workshop will be on Monday, October 17 at Denison. About 30 people expected to attend.

3) Campus updates

• Oberlin--nothing new
• Kenyon -- 2 potential projects/proposals in the works. We are reviewing our budget as well.
• OWU--2 projects completed the 12 steps. 2 others still in the works.
• Denison-- working on existing projects and expanding student journals
• Wooster - waiting for several new proposals. One new project in the works. YouTube political commercial project.

4) Any other business
Presidents meeting: We think it is important to underscore the value of OhioLINK to education and higher Ed. Talk about what we, Ohio Five, have contributed to OhioLINK as a group over time and in recent years. Talk about the importance of long term sustainability of OhioLINK as an asset to Ohio and the education Ohio institutions offer.