Digitization Advisory Committee

Purpose

The Digitization Advisory Committee advises the South Central Regional Library Council on the planning, implementation, management, and funding of the regional digitizing program, as well as its participation in the statewide New York Heritage program. The regional and statewide digitization efforts are primarily concerned with access.

Statement on Open Metadata

As SCRLC and its members strive to produce factual metadata, we believe this is made stronger by a library's ability to effectively use, re-use, adapt, aggregate, and share the bibliographic, descriptive, and any other metadata created during the information life cycle.

Role

1. Recommend policies to the Board of Trustees regarding the digitization program.
2. Review short and long-term goals associated with the New York Heritage program and SCRLC's participation.
3. Ensures the collection development policy for the digitization program is up-to-date.
4. Evaluate and suggest digitizing training programs and continuing education programs.
5. Publicizes and markets New York Heritage within their libraries and cultural organizations and to prospective members.

2023-2024 Activities

Compile inclusive metadata learning opportunities and resources on LibGuides and share out via SCHOAM newsletters each month
Begin an audit of SCRLC member NYH collections with an eye to inclusive metadata
Promote NYH collections via Facebook
Promote NYH collections with material for educators
Add new NYH collections to the Digital Dark Archives

2022-2023 Activities

Offer at least one continuing education event about inclusive metadata
Add at least one new collection representing historically oppressed and marginalized peoples and perspectives
Identify potential new members and reach out to them for collection digitization
Create a LibGuide about inclusive metadata practices
Add new NYH collections to the Digital Dark Archives
Add other (external) local history digital projects to HistoryUnbound