Future DirectionsSleeping in Light

or Deconstruction of Falling Stars?

Gaz J JohnsonChair, UKCoRR

@llordllama

University of Portsmouth 27th January 2012

Overview

Reflect on membership survey outcomes

Consider questions raised within Committee

Look to the past, but focus on future activities

Debate, discuss, and question…

The Key Questions

Who are you? What do you want? Why are you here? Do you have anything worth

living for? Who do you serve? Who do you trust? Where are you going?

Who Are You? Membership is

Individual not institutional Limited to people currently working as

repository practitioners, administrators and managers in the UK

How stringent should we be in enforcing membership criteria?

Should we define criteria more precisely? Should we have grades of membership Should we charge…?

What Do You Want? Facilitating exchange of best repository practice

Lobbying scholarly publishing sector

stakeholders Advocacy & representation of repository worker

community's interests Publication of briefing papers or position

statements Conducting research into activities across sector

Seeking funding for activities and development Membership recruitment

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Why Are You Here? Foundation of UKCoRR is free exchange

Information, advice, support etc Is UKCoRR membership of value to you?

Discussion list at the heart of membership Do the current activities match your needs? If you had to pinpoint a USP what would it be?

Is lack of membership fee a USP for UKCoRR? No funding means lightweight, adaptable,

servant to none, master of our own destiny But induces limitations on activity Are there opportunities for a funded UKCoRR?

Who Do You Serve? UKCoRR focus is on serving the membership

Independence of funding assures no conflicts of interest

New Council Cycle April 2012 Do we need members to do more?

Just what does being a member require of you? Should we empower members to be UKCoRR

ambassadors? How is UKCoRR membership viewed within

institutions? Irrelevant? Misunderstood? Valued?

Does UKCoRR serve a broader church of stakeholders?

Who Do You Trust? The usual suspects

RSP, JISC, other repository managers The wider community

Eprints, DuraSpace, CRIS manufactures Do we still trust publishers or is it open

season? What about CILIP – is it relevant to UKCoRR? What about COAR?

Institutional members or UKCoRR as an organisation

What would we be required to do? Who would fund attendance at COAR meetings?

Where Are You Going?

More linkage into national developments via representation and consultation

More position statements, press release and public responses to developments

Considering our relationship to ARMA and those working on OERs

Knowing and working within our limitations Continued consultation with the

membership Development of a long game strategy

Closing Thoughts

“It was the year of fire, the year of destruction, the year we took back what was ours. It was the year of

rebirth, the year of great sadness, the year of pain, and the year of joy. It was a new age. It was the end of history. It was the year everything changed…?”

Closing Thoughts

“How will this end?”

“In fire.”

Discussions

Are we asking the right questions?

Are we heading in the right direction?

What could/should we be doing as a group?

Where should we be in 12 months?