Joint Steering Committee on Shared Collections (JSC)
The JSC develops principles and rationale for the California Digital Library's collection development and advises the CDL on sustainable budget and co-investment models for the University of California's shared digital collections. The JSC collaborates closely with the CDC to analyze and filter vast amounts of information on digital resources.
See sections below:
Organization
- Charge: Outlines the responsibilities of JSC members. [HTML] [RTF]
- Members: Includes contact information. [HTML]
Current Activities
- Current Status of Negotiations. [password-protected] [RTF]
- Current year standard shares: Campus costs for shared collections recommended by the JSC. [XLS]
- JSC survey results, 2007 [password-protected] [XLS][HTML]
Surveys
JSC subject selectors surveys:
- Background: Explains the survey process. [password-protected] [HTML]
- Survey process diagram: Shows the relationship between JSC, CDC and subject selector groups. [password-protected] [PPT]
- Priorities for licensing: how the JSC sets priorities in collecting new digital resources. [HTML]
- Subject Area Surveyors: Contact information for JSC survey coordinators and surveyors. [RTF]
- CDL/JSC Thank you Letter to Bibliographer Groups: February 2007 [password-protected] [RTF]
- CDL/JSC Letter to Bibliographer Groups: June 2007 [password-protected] [DOC]
- CDL/JSC Survey (Excel Worksheet) to Bibliographer Groups: June 2007 [password-protected] [xls]
- CDL/JSC Survey Narrative (Word template) to Bibliographer Groups: June 2007[password-protected] [DOC]
Meetings
Meeting notes:
- April 7, 2008 [RTF]
- March 3, 2008 [RTF]
- February 11, 2008 [RTF]
- January 7, 2008 [RTF]
- December 3, 2007 [RTF]
- October 29, 2007 [RTF] October 15, 2007 [RTF]
- September 10, 2007 [RTF]
- August 21, 2007 [RTF]
- July 9, 2007 [RTF]
- June 6, 2007 [RTF]
- May 7, 2007 [RTF]
- No April 2007 Meeting
- March 16, 2007 [RTF]
- February 5, 2007 [RTF]
- January 8, 2007 [RTF]
- Previous meeting notes [HTML]
Joint Task Force with CDC on Ebsco - Gale Database Evaluation, 2007
- Group's charge and member list. [PDF]
- Final report, 2007.[DOC]
- Appendices to final report.[XLS][XLS]
Historic Documents
- Ebook Task Force: The Ebook Task Force was charged to evaluate academic experiences with electronic books in 2001. A more recent task force investigated e-books in 2008. Their final report is published on the CDC website.
- Developing electronic content: Strategies recommended by subject selectors in their annual surveys. This document summarizes the notable contributions through 2000. [password-protected] [RTF]
- Science, Technology, and Industry Task Force (STIC) Includes information about the group's background and activities.