The Universal Viewer Steering Group

The role of the Steering Group is to provide a unified strategic direction and sustainability to the UV Community and to allocate Open Collective funds as appropriate.

Working on a UV development or fixing a bug that will benefit the whole community? You may be eligible for funding. To apply please fill in our submission form which will considered by the Steering Group.

1. Membership

Membership is currently restricted to those representatives of institutions contributing to the Open Collective UV fund but welcomes new members at all times. If you would like to be a member of the Steering Group please contact the Steering Group Chair, Erin Burnand [email protected].

Current Members:

• Sara Weale (National Library of Wales)
• Jonathan Phillips (National Library of Wales)
• Ed Silverton (Mnemoscene)
• Tom Crane (Digirati)
• Demian Katz (Falvey Library, Villanova University)
• Erin Burnand (The British Library) -** CHAIR**
• James Misson (The British Library)
• Saira Akhter (The British Library)
• Lanie Okorodudu The British Library)
• (University of St Andrews)
• Joshua Gomez (UCLA)
• Dawn Childress (UCLA)
• Trey Pendragon (Firestone Library, Princeton University)
• Danny LePage (British Online Archives)
• Kim Botticelli (British Online Archives)
• (TIND)

2. Responsibilities

The groups responsibilities include:

• develop value proposition and a formal inter-institutional roadmap for Universal Viewer development
• ensure sustainability to allow shared ownership and diversity
• setting priorities for the allocation of the Open Collective funds received
• discussing development requests received through user stories
• discussing developments resulting from projects funded outside of the OC

3. Procedures

Decisions discussed, minuted are given a window of opportunity for feedback from all stakeholders/community call (eg week/month) before final decisions are made.

4. Meeting Schedule

A group call is held every third WEDNESDAY of the month at 16:00 GMT/BST / 11:00 EST (currently a Skype hosted by NLW - link provided on Slack channel)

UV Steering Group Meeting Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=dW5pdmVyc2Fsdmlld2VyYXBwQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ