The purpose of the Liberal Arts Colleges and GLAM Interest Group is to make digital repository resources easy to use and accessible, particularly to under-resourced and smaller institutions, so that Islandora is a sustainable long-term solution for our members.

Conveners

• Nicole Scalessa ([email protected])
• Emily Higgs Kopin ([email protected])

Specific goals, activities, and outcomes include:

• Build a vibrant, supportive, and equitable group that collectively supports open-source software as critical to providing access and preserving a wide array of cultural heritage and scholarly materials.
• Collaboratively identify pain points in Islandora systems management and find solutions.
• Document best practices and workflows that meet the unique needs of under-resourced and smaller institutions.
• Provide feedback to the Islandora Foundation regarding issues, concerns, and features specific to under-resourced and smaller institutions.
• The interest group will abide by the set of principles in the Code of Conduct that articulate the values of the Islandora Foundation.

Meetings:

The interest group will meet once a month virtually, first Thursdays, 2-3PM EST (eg. via Zoom).

Running Meeting Notes for 2023-2024

• A call for agenda items will be posted to the Islandora Google Group one week prior to the meeting.
• A convener will appoint a note taker for the meeting and meeting notes will be made available online.
• A convener will submit occasional reports on interest group activities to the Islandora Coordinating Committee.

Communications:

Join our Slack Channel: https://islandora.slack.com/archives/C05L9HFF9JL

Publications:

2023-2024 Annual Report: 2023-2024_IF_LAC-GLAM_AR.pdf