Northwest Digital Archives

Steering Team and Committee Meeting FINAL Agenda

Portland, OR
April 13-14, 2009

Location: Glisan Room, Red Lion on the River - Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR

Attending: Kerstin Ringdahl (PLU), Karen Peterson (OHSU), Roy Bennett (WOU),
Elizabeth Uhlig (LCC), Tony Kurtz (WWU), Michael Paulus (Whitman), Linda Long
(UO), Jeremy Skinner (L&C), Anne Hiller Clark (OIT), Carla Rickerson (UW), Al
Cornish (WSU), David Kingma (Gonzaga), Janet Hauck (Whitworth), Anne Frantilla
(SMA), Linda Morton-Keithley (ISHS), Nathan Georgitis (UO), Tiah Edmunson-Morton
(OSU), Jodi Allison-Bunnell, Mary McKay (WU), Larry Landis (OSU), Geoff Wexler
(OHS)

Attending Virtually: Donna McCrea (UM), Anne Foster (UAF), Rose Krause (EWSHS),
Nathan Bender (UI), Jodie Foley (MHS), Trevor Bond (WSU)

Not Attending: Michele DeSilva (COCC), Charles Mutschler (EWU)

Monday, April 13
Steering Team Meeting, 9 AM-noon (lunch provided)
Attending: Steering Team, Program Manager, plus Tiah E-M and Nathan G. as Working
Group chairs (Michael P. unable to attend)

Program Manager’s Report on year’s work and progress on goals

Working Group chairs provide brief overview of year’s work and feedback on goals,
progress
FY09 and FY10 budget review
Develop proposed goals and projects for FY10

[NB: DPWG’s discovery sub-group will be meeting at the same time with contract
programmer to write specifications for discovery system prototype.]

Committee Meeting, 1-5 PM (mid-afternoon break provided)

Attending: NWDA Committee members, DS Program Manager, NWDA Program
Manager.
Additional Guest: Contract programmer Bess Sadler (Chief Architect for the Online
Library Environment, University of Virginia)

Introductions
SWG report and overview of web template (Nathan Georgitis) (30 minutes)
Discussion and feedback
UDWG report (Tiah E-M) (30 minutes)
Discussion and feedback
DPWG report and discussion (60 minutes, break, 90 minutes)
 Overview of digital program planning and direction of IMLS PG (Michael)
Researcher study results (Jodi A-B)
Sub-WG reports:
Discovery and cross-search prototype (Kyle)
Preservation (Michael)
Hosting (Jeremy M?)
Discussion and feedback (Michael)

Tuesday, April 14
Committee Meeting, 9 AM-3 PM
Attending: NWDA Committee members, NWDA Program Manager, Alliance ED

9 AM-noon
Overview of Alliance strategic planning (John Helmer) (20 minutes)
Steering Team report on year’s work (Linda MK) (20 minutes)
Database Manager’s report on year’s maintenance and development work (Al Cornish)
(20 minutes)

Break

Overview of NEH and NHPRC grant proposals (Jodi A-B) (15 minutes)
Watch webcast of WebWise 2009 session on collaboration (90 minutes) (short break in
middle; run into lunch if needed)

12-1 PM
Lunch (provided)

1-3 PM
Present and discuss goals for FY10 (Linda M-K)
Presentation of Online Archive of California redesign (Jodi A-B)
Advocacy topics
As you’ve worked to retain support for your program now and in the past, what
has worked? Round robin to share information and gain support from one another in
tough economic times (Linda M-K)
Recognition of outgoing ST members and WG chairs
Celebration of 5,000 finding aids

Steering Team Meeting, 3:15-5 PM

Review of feedback, establish goals for FY10
Establish WGs for FY10