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Resource Management Following The Recommendations Of Preservation And Access) Chair: Jan Wilkinson (University Of The 2003 Curl-British Study This Is A Joint Jisc And Curl-Funded Leeds) Into Monograph Interlending For The Project To Develop Use Of, And To Uk He Research Community, Curl And Explore Legal, Technical And Other The Main Activities Of The Task Force The Agreed To Joint Fund Management Issues Relating To On Resource Management Have Been A One Year Project To Map Openly Accessible Institutional Digital Two Significant Projects: Governance Mechanisms For Repositories Of Research Output. Curl-Cofor (Collaboration For Operation Of A Consortium Sherpa Has Also Committed To Research) Interlending Service Involving The Maintaining The Romeo (Rights This 20-Institution Project, Directed British Library And A Range Of Partner Metadata For Open Archiving) By Jill Russell (University Of Libraries. The Project Began In May Database, Which Has An Increasingly Birmingham) And Due To Complete By 2004 And Is Directed By Michele Important National Role. In January August 2004, Is Examining Shoebridge (University Of 2004 Further Curl Members Became Taking Forward The Curl Vision: Collaborative Collection Management Birmingham). Sherpa Associate Partners, Bringing To Procedures For Acquisition, Access, 20 The Number Of Individual Retention And Preservation In The Scholarly Communications Institutions Involved. The Project Has Area Of Russian And East European Chair: Dr. Paul Ayris (University College Been Successful In Helping Partner The Year’s Highlights Studies (Rees). As Part Of The Project London) Institutions Plan And Implement Their Repositories, And In Disseminating Deliverables, Cofor Has Largely The Task Force Prepared A Proposal Work On Metadata Standards And Communications Areas Identified By The Task Force For Research Libraries Completed A Toolkit To Support The For An Advocacy Campaign Building On Intellectual Property Rights. Sherpa Chair: Michele Shoebridge (University Activity Were Working With The Digital Network (Rln) Extension Of Collaborative Resource Earlier Work In Light Of Recent Was Also Invited To Submit Evidence Of Birmingham) Curation Centre On Escience And Chair: Clare Jenkins (Imperial College Sharing To Other Fields. Developments In Scholarly Eresearch Issues, And Consortial To The House Of Commons: Science London) This Includes: Communications Such As The Between September 2003 And And Technology Committee Inquiry Exploration Of Lockss To Support Wellcome Trust's Statement On Open February 2004 The Task Force Held Formed In Summer 2003, The Remit Of • Ten-Year Partnership Agreement On Into Scientific Publications. Current And Future Use Of The Access, The Berlin Declaration And The Focus Groups At Five Curl Institutions The Task Force Was To Support The The Acquisition, Retention, And Software By Curl Members. Parliamentary Inquiry Into Scientific Advocacy Work To Inform A Review Of Communication Development Of The Rln, And To Define Transfer Of Materials (18 Cofor A Digital Resource Management Sub- Journal Publishing. Curl And Sconul Jointly Submitted Between The Various Stakeholder Areas Of Activity In Which Curl Could Institutions Have Committed To This) Written Evidence To The House Of Groups Within Curl. Outcomes Were A Group, Chaired By John Maccoll Contribute To The Rln's Agenda. The Following A Review Of Relevant Uk • Country And Subject Coverage Commons: Science And Technology Reduction To Optimum Level Of The () Was Created Task Force Produced A Curl Position Scholarly Communications Advocacy Commitments Scheme Committee Inquiry Into Scientific Number Of Mailing Lists, Increased To Establish Criteria For Essential Paper Proposing Possible Areas For Activity, The Task Force Recommended Publications On The Unsustainability Focus On Strategically Relevant Attributes Of Digital Repositories Collaboration To Enable Constructive • Database Of Uk Higher Education That Curl And Sconul Form A Joint Of The Current Scholarly Topics At Members' Meetings, And Which Curl Consortial Activities Could Discussions To Take Place With The Rln Institutions Involved In Rees Group To Take This Work Forward. The Communications Model. Curl Also Met Agreement On A Project To Redesign Adopt, And To Evaluate Different On Its Inception. Research New Group Will Meet From The 2004/5 With The Research Councils Uk And The Curl Web Site For Greater Potential Models (E.G., Dspace, Sherpa, Academic Session. • Serials De-Duplication Listings. Esrc To Discuss Issues Surrounding As A Communications And Marketing Encompass, Oclc) Based On Sherpa (Securing A Hybrid Open Access. Tool. The Task Force Also Made Implementations In Different Curl Resource Discovery Monograph Inter-Lending Environment For Research Recommendations For Longer-Term Institutions. The Task Force Chair: Chris Rusbridge (University Of Action On Curl's External Profile As Part Collaborated With The Jisc To Prepare Glasgow) Of A Communications Policy. A Tender For A Major Study To Assess The Current Provision Of Digitised The Task Force Held A High-Level Born-Print Collections In Order To Discussion On The Current Resource Digital Content Creation Identify Where Researcher Needs Are Discovery Landscape. Topics Included And Curation Being Met And Where Curl Could Curl's Contribution To The Shaping Of That Landscape In The Future And The Chair: Richard Ovenden (University Of Utilise Collections And Expertise To Possibilities For New Resource Oxford) Meet Unfilled Requirements. Discovery Services For Researchers, This Task Force Was Convened The Task Force And Sub-Group Have Taking Into Consideration The Success Following The Strategic Plan 2003- Close Links With The Arts And Of Curl-Related Services Such As 2006 Review, To Contribute To: Humanities Data Service, Digital Copac And The Archives Hub. Preservation Coalition (Dpc) And The • A National Strategy For Digitisation National Archives. Richard Ovenden, Of Material To Meet Researcher The Chair Of The Task Force, Needs Represents Curl On The Advisory Board • Strategies For Setting Up Of The Dpc. The Task Force Will Repositories For Digitised And Represent Curl At A Joint Curl-Dpc Borndigital Content Information And Best Practice Sharing Event On Digital Preservation For • To Collaborate With Organisations Practitioners In Curl Libraries And Focusing On Preservation And Long- Beyond Planned For Autumn 2004. Term Access To Digital Content. Annual Report 07 - 08 TAKING FORWARD THE CURL VISION: THE YEAR’S HIGHLIGHTS

Communications The Task Force And Sub-Group Have Close Links With The Chair: Michele Shoebridge () Arts And Humanities Data Service, Digital Preservation Coalition (Dpc) And The National Archives. Richard Ovenden, Between September 2003 And February 2004 The Task The Chair Of The Task Force, Represents Curl On The Advisory Force Held Focus Groups At Five Curl Institutions To Inform A Board Of The Dpc. The Task Force Will Represent Curl At A Review Of Communication Between The Various Stakeholder Joint Curl-Dpc Information And Best Practice Sharing Event Groups Within Curl. Outcomes Were A Reduction To Optimum On Digital Preservation For Practitioners In Curl Libraries And Level Of The Number Of Mailing Lists, Increased Focus On Beyond Planned For Autumn 2004. Strategically Relevant Topics At Members' Meetings, And Agreement On A Project To Redesign The Curl Web Site For Greater Potential As A Communications And Marketing Tool. Research Libraries Network (Rln) The Task Force Also Made Recommendations For Longer- Chair: Clare Jenkins (Imperial College London) Resource Management Scholarly Communications Term Action On Curl's External Profile As Part Of A Chair: Jan Wilkinson () Chair: Dr. Paul Ayris (University College London) Communications Policy. Formed In Summer 2003, The Remit Of The Task Force Was To Support The Development Of The Rln, And To Define Areas The Main Activities Of The Task Force On Resource The Task Force Prepared A Proposal For An Advocacy Of Activity In Which Curl Could Contribute To The Rln's Management Have Been Two Significant Projects: Campaign Building On Earlier Work In Light Of Recent Developments In Scholarly Communications Such As The Digital Content Creation And Curation Agenda. The Task Force Produced A Curl Position Paper Curl-Cofor (Collaboration For Research) Wellcome Trust's Statement On Open Access, The Berlin Chair: Richard Ovenden () Proposing Possible Areas For Collaboration To Enable This 20-Institution Project, Directed By Jill Russell Declaration And The Parliamentary Inquiry Into Scientific Constructive Discussions To Take Place With The Rln On Its (University Of Birmingham) And Due To Complete By August This Task Force Was Convened Following The Strategic Plan Journal Publishing. Inception. 2004, Is Examining Collaborative Collection Management 2003-2006 Review, To Contribute To: Procedures For Acquisition, Access, Retention And Following A Review Of Relevant Uk Scholarly • A National Strategy For Digitisation Of Material To Meet Preservation In The Area Of Russian And East European Communications Advocacy Activity, The Task Force Researcher Needs Resource Discovery Studies (Rees). 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The Project Curl Consortial Activities Could Adopt, And To Evaluate Monograph Inter-Lending Has Been Successful In Helping Partner Institutions Plan Different Models (E.G., Dspace, Sherpa, Encompass, Oclc) Following The Recommendations Of The 2003 Curl-British And Implement Their Repositories, And In Disseminating Based On Implementations In Different Curl Institutions. The Library Study Into Monograph Interlending For The Uk He Work On Metadata Standards And Intellectual Property Task Force Collaborated With The Jisc To Prepare A Tender Research Community, Curl And The British Library Agreed To Rights. Sherpa Was Also Invited To Submit Evidence To The For A Major Study To Assess The Current Provision Of Joint Fund A One Year Project To Map Governance House Of Commons: Science And Technology Committee Digitised Born-Print Collections In Order To Identify Where Mechanisms For Operation Of A Consortium Interlending Inquiry Into Scientific Publications. Researcher Needs Are Being Met And Where Curl Could Service Involving The British Library And A Range Of Partner Advocacy Work Utilise Collections And Expertise To Meet Unfilled Libraries. The Project Began In May 2004 And Is Directed By Curl And Sconul Jointly Submitted Written Evidence To The Requirements. Michele Shoebridge (University Of Birmingham). House Of Commons: Science And Technology Committee Inquiry Into Scientific Publications On The Unsustainability Of The Current Scholarly Communications Model. Curl Also Met With The Research Councils Uk And Esrc To Discuss Issues Surrounding Open Access.

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