Welcome to TARO's workspace for committees!

Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) is in the process of self-assessment and redevelopment.
Members of the TARO community have volunteered their time to participate in this process.

Committee charge: Evaluate the needs of TARO as they relate to updating the site, by assessing current best practices, researching peer institutions, conducting user assessments and planning appropriate next steps.

• Goals 2017:
• Continuing to plan for TARO site updates and future governance (based on 2016  NEH planning grant)
• Completing conversion of TARO legacy files from DTD compliance to schema-compliance (planned completion Feb 2017)
• Preparing grant applications for TARO implementation funding, expected submission dates in early 2018 
• Long-term goals 2017-2019:
• Implementing TARO site updates and future governance (implementation of new platform, governance and more being planned in 2016-2017)

2017 Steering Committee members:

Chair: Amanda Focke, Rice University, afocke@rice.edu 

Vice chair: Sandra Yates, McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center, sandra.yates@library.tmc.edu 

Secretary: Carol Mead, Briscoe Center, UT Austin, carolmead@austin.utexas.edu

At-large member: Ann Hodges, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, ann.hodges@tamucc.edu

At-large member: Carla Alvarez, UT Libraries, Benson Latin American Collection, c.alvarez@austin.utexas.edu

At-large member: Kelly Kerbow-Hudson, Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin, kkerbow@austin.utexas.edu

UT Libraries representative: Aaron Choate, UT Libraries, achoate@austin.utexas.edu

2017 TARO sub-committee chairs

Funding committee chair: Amy Bowman, Briscoe Center for American Studies, a.bowman@austin.utexas.edu

Outreach and Education committee chair: Jimmy Williamson, SMU

Standards committee chair: Rebecca Romanchuk (TSLAC) and Carla Alvarez (Benson Latin American Collection)

Governance committee chair: (vacant)

Website and Technology committee chair: vacant

Technical maintenance / TARO admin: Minnie Rangel, UT Libraries

Steering Committee call schedule:

2017, every third Monday at 10am

 TARO collection development document including purpose, background, mission, vision, audience, project scope, participation criteria and more. Write comments to the general TARO listserv (taro-lib@utlists.utexas.edu) or directly to the co-chairs and project manager as noted above.

Recent meetings:

February 2016 

Thursday, January 28, 2016 - full day in-person steering committee meeting

Friday, December 11, 2015 @ 1pm Central - minutes

Monday, November 23, 2015, 3-4PM CST - minutes

Wednesday, October 7th, 2pm CST full minutes here 

Thursday, September 3-sub-committee updates, full minutes here

Wednesday, August 5 - steering committee discussing communication and PM rehire

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - last preparations for in-person convening in Austin, July 16, 2015

Thursday, June 11 - regarding agenda for July 16 official grant meeting 

Wednesday May 27, 2015

Tuesday March 10, 2015 

January 2015 - Steering Committee meeting

See Activity Tracker for more information

Meeting Minutes

Bridge Governance Plan

Best Practices

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