Future Directions: Sleeping in Light or Deconstruction of Falling Stars?
12
Future Directions Sleeping in Light or Deconstruction of Falling Stars? Gaz J Johnson Chair, UKCoRR @llordllama University of Portsmouth 27 th January 2012
-
Upload
gaz-johnson -
Category
Business
-
view
1.118 -
download
1
description
Talk given at the UKCoRR members meeting Jan 2012, by the Chair of the organisation.
Transcript of Future Directions: Sleeping in Light or Deconstruction of Falling Stars?
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
Pop
ula
rity
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?
