OCUL Communities
OCUL Communities are formed to:
- Promote and encourage the advancement of services in OCUL member institutions;
- Provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas pertaining to particular services and areas of expertise;
- Stay in touch with projects and innovations across member institutions and beyond;
- Seek opportunities to improve individual and shared infrastructure for existing and emerging initiatives.
The following are current OCUL Communities:
Accessibility
Access and User Services
Assessment
Data
Digital Curation
Geo
Government Information
Information Technology
MakerSpace
Publishing/Hosting
Resource Sharing
Video
Membership
Community membership is at the discretion of OCUL member institutions. A Community may include more than one person from an institution. Each OCUL Community has a nominated Moderator with a term of two years. To join any of these OCUL Communities please contact the Community Moderator.
Community Proposals
Proposals must include:
- Terms of reference, indicating a description of the topic being addressed, anticipated timeframe (short-term or ongoing)
- Proposed plan of activity
- Proposal supported by, at a minimum, ten library staff from normally at least one-third of OCUL institutions
- Nomination for a moderator for a two-year term
The Community Guidelines outline the process for establishing an OCUL Community, moderator responsibilities, reporting and decision-making, communications, work plans and administrative and financial support for OCUL Communities.
Download guidelines