TRLN Collections Council
Membership and Charge

Collections Council Members:

Robert Byrd, Chair (Duke; Steering Committee)
Jane Day (Duke Fuqua; 2010-12)
Maria Collins (Duke; ERC Chair)
Melanie Dunshee (Duke Law; 2010-12)
Karen Grigg (Duke Medical; 2010-12)
Carol Hunter (UNC; Steering Committee)

Vanessa Lennon (NCCU; Steering Committee)
Greg Raschke (NCSU; Steering Committee)
Kevin Smith (Duke Scholarly Communications Officer; 2010-12)
Richard Szary (UNC Special Collections)
Mona Couts (Ex-officio member; TRLN Director)

Staff to the committee: Mona Couts
 

Charge: Coordinates TRLN activities related to cooperative collection development and to creating innovative digital collections. Provides opportunities for discussion of issues relating to collections and scholarly communication activities.  Oversees the licensing activities of the Electronic Resources Committee. Recommends the formation of task or project groups as needed.

The group will have general oversight over our existing and successful cooperative collection development activities and will look for ways to enhance those activities as necessary. The Collections Council will facilitate information sharing and involvement of the subject specialists, virtually and in small and large group meetings. The Collections Council will provide opportunities for discussion and exploration of issues relating to digital collections, publishing models and scholarly communication.

About the membership: The associate university librarians for collections (or their equivalent) from the four university libraries, a representative each from the medical, law and business libraries, a representative from special collections, scholarly communications, and the chair of the Electronic Resources Council. The Collections Council will be supported by a member of the central TRLN staff.  Representatives from the professional schools, special collections and scholarly communications will be appointed for a two-year term and will communicate relevant information to their counterparts at the other TRLN institutions.

Collections Council Steering Committee: AULs will form the Steering Committee and will set the agenda for the meetings of the council and will mediate issues arising outside of regularly scheduled meetings.