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Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library Fall 2006 Update

Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library Fall 2006 Update.

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Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library Fall 2006 Update

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  1. Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital LibraryFall 2006 Update “As Lieutenant Governor, I will do my best to lend what support I can to those who hope to realize their full potential. I want to let them know that there are educational opportunities for everyone. I hope to visit every community in Alberta, to encourage people from all walks of life to help themselves and their neighbours take advantage of the incredible opportunities that Alberta offers. I want to help make connections between Albertans from one end of the province to the other.” The Late, The Honourable Dr. Lois E. Hole

  2. Announced in the 2005 Speech from the Throne Building on the Campus Alberta vision Taking advantage of the Alberta SuperNet Bringing millions of electronic resources to post-secondary institutions across the province Connecting First Nations colleges Some Background on the LHCADL

  3. Currently there are 35 participating libraries: Public institutions (21) Publicly funded private university colleges (6) First Nations colleges (6) Other private, not for profit institutions (2) Participating Institutions

  4. Dramatically expanding the digital resources and services available to Alberta learners by: Licensing resources in support of programmatic needs Identifying and digitizing material of interest to Albertans Building a robust technology infrastructure Establishing electronic repositories Developing information literacy programs The LHCADL Vision

  5. Creating Capacity - people and technology Electronic Resource Management System Drafting the Participation Agreement Ongoing Committee Appointments Resource Selection & Negotiation Information Literacy & Awareness Digitization Program What have we been doing?

  6. People Hiring of new staff Audit of current TAL positions Office space, redesigning and expanding Technology Refreshing current equipment Job descriptions developed, being evaluated On-going discussions with vendors Creating Capacity

  7. Joint RFI issued in June Panel of experts assembled from TAL, U of A, U of C Presentations invited from four vendors Based upon RFI feedback, a single source RFP will likely be posted in November Option for other LHCADL participants to license Electronic Resource Management System

  8. A requirement of Advanced Education Enriching available electronic resources Assessment and measurement Acknowledging Government funding Making LHCADL resources available to all Albertans Participation Agreement

  9. Resource Selection Committee (RSC) Information Literacy and Awareness Committee (LILAC) Committee members and mandates on TAL webpage (www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca) Membership on TAL Online Committee expanded Accountability and Evaluation Committee to be re-activated soon Ongoing Service Committees

  10. Members represent different sectors (technical institutes, colleges and university colleges, First Nation colleges, universities) Chaired by Helen Clarke from the University of Calgary Library Each sector encouraged to provide input on priorities for resources Resource Selection Committee

  11. LHCADL member libraries serve everything from adult upgrading to graduate students Desired resources include online reference works, technical manuals, newsstand materials, scholarly and popular journals, e-books, streaming audio & visual material Core Resources need to address a wide spectrum of user needs

  12. Mandate is to recommend and prioritize resources Two surveys have been distributed, feedback analyzed and folded into our Content Expansion RFP process & TAL’s renewal schedule TAL Universal Core resources were viewed as most valuable starting point for foundation core collection Resource Selection Committee Activities

  13. Proposals solicited from three vendors What “value added” can each company offer? Aiming for most product at best possible price and highest level of support Optimizing Advanced Education’s Funding with an RFP Process

  14. Co-chaired by Shauna Rutherford, U of C and Meagan Weber, Mount Royal College Members from different sectors, chosen for their expertise Participating libraries are encouraged to provide input on priorities to committee members and/or TAL staff Information Literacy and Awareness Committee (LILAC)

  15. Two days of introductory training on TAL universal core databases completed in August for staff at nine participating libraries IL survey to determine how we can help participating libraries incorporate digital resources into their learning enterprise will be distributed soon Information Literacy & Awareness (LILAC) Activities

  16. Based upon survey feedback the committee will be working on: A variety of training opportunities Mentoring and professional development opportunities Toolkit of IL resources Future LILAC Activities

  17. Alberta’s four universities are leads First installment of funds distributed Initial institutional intentions established Commitment to national standards Locally digitized materials will be available to all Wider audience will “showcase” Alberta Digitization Initiatives

  18. Athabasca University All theses already digitized Mobile digital equipment purchased (allows digitization of community resources) Potential leveraging of projects with major corporations working in Athabasca area Distance Education materials Athabasca newspapers First year Priorities by Institution

  19. Create institutional repository – digitize theses and dissertations Blackfoot Confederacy Project – custodian to ensure continuity of access Only surviving complete runs of local newspapers (e.g.Lethbridge Herald 1905-) Audio tapes of Blackfoot elders (with Red Crow Community College) University of Lethbridge

  20. Our Roots and AHDP More work on digitizing theses Aboriginal military history collection Collection of architectural photography University of Calgary

  21. Expanding Peel’s Prairie Provinces Javitch Collection of aboriginal materials Circumpolar/Boreal materials Digitizing U of A theses (17,000 of 30,000) Selections from general collection University of Alberta

  22. Questions? “If I can help people to understand the enormous educational resource each citizen represents, if I can help the parents of today realize the dream of a better life for the children of tomorrow, I feel I will have done my job as Lieutenant Governor.” The Late, The Honourable Dr. Lois E. Hole

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