From millerl@fiu.edu Mon Apr 20 12:46:50 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:54:00 -0500 ()
From: Laurence Miller <millerl@fiu.edu>
To: brenenso@fiu.edu, carrillo@fiu.edu, clementg@fiu.edu, fujen@fiu.edu,
    goldsmit@fiu.edu, grahamev@fiu.edu, mirandas@fiu.edu, nemethm@fiu.edu,
    paulsonh@fiu.edu, sunn@fiu.edu
Cc: agloster@fiu.edu, decarloj@fiu.edu, downst@fiu.edu
Subject: Digital Library Working Group.


This is to ask that you serve on an important committee that will help the
University Libraries deal with some important issues relating to the broad
area of digital library development.  The function of this working group,
to be chaired by Gail Clement, is the following:

1. Recommend to library administration short and long-term goals for 
   digital library development.  This will relate not only to the library
   role in the development of the IBM Digital Library Software, but also
   to the broader area of digital services and their impact on library
   functions and resources.  These include, but are not limited to,
   reserve services; GIS; the Everglades Information Network; 
   electronic journals; and to the use of the new processing unit.

2. Develop a draft Strategic Plan for inclusion in library goals and
   objectives, one that will also stand by itself in defining library
   activity in this area.

3. Identify challenges and issues that must be faced in order to achieve
   the FIU vision of digital library service outlined in long-term goals
   and objectives. 

4. Define work-flow challenges and resource requirements.

I will serve as an ex-officio member of this group.  In addition, the
Working Group will draw on the expertise of others within and outside
the library organization depending on the issue being studied.