Announcing the Discovery Strategic Planning Group (DSPG)

Here is some basic information on the DSPG

Objectives
A Collections sponsored exercise modeled on work done by the University of Minnesota,with the following objectives:

1.Develop a high-level vision of the LCR Discovery environment, synthesizing current research on user needs and collection imperatives/opportunities.

2.Codify best practices for exposing metadata to external systems.

3.Identify relevant characteristics in our user communities in regards to Discovery and Delivery, conducting additional research as needed.

4.Investigate and summarize how selected peer institutions have redefined and redesigned their discovery layers.

5.Identify LCR’s primary data sources and determine which of our resources can and should be accessible to external systems and emerging interfaces.

6.Identify LCR collections that cannot be made adequately discoverable through external systems.

Membership and Timeline

A core group will be charged with fulfilling the objective and creating a final document that outlines findings and makes recommendations. Core group membership will include key LCR staff who will be responsible for planning and carrying out any recommendations and representatives of the Discovery User Experience Team.

Tim Au Yeung
Susan Beatty
David Brown
Helen Clarke (chair)
Geraldine Chimirri- Russell
Leeanne Morrow
Heather D’Amour
Andrew Pasterfield
Kathy Drewes
Paul Pival
Laura Koltutsky
Shawna Sadler
Saundra Lipton
John Wright

The group will develop a final report by Fall 2011.