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.

Quick links to key documents: 

• TARO EAD 2002 schema Encoding Best Practices Guidelines and template
• 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 below
• Governance Plan (revised - January 2019) 
• Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
• NEH 2018 Implementation Grant Application 

Steering 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 planned in 2016-2017)

2020 Steering Committee members:

Chair: Rebecca Romanchuk, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, rromnchk@tsl.texas.gov

Vice Chair: Robert Weaver, Texas Tech University, robert.g.weaver@ttu.edu

Secretary (2019-2020):  Irene Lule, Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin, irenelule@utexas.edu

At-Large Member (2020-2021, 2-year term): Ada Negraru, Southern Methodist University, anegraru@mail.smu.edu 

At-Large Member (2020-2022, 3-year term): Penny Castillo, Dallas Historical Society, Penny@dallashistory.org

At-large Member (2020-2021, 2-year term): Rachael Zipperer, University of North Texas, Rachael.Zipperer@unt.edu

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

Immediate Past Chair: Carla Alvarez, Benson Latin American Collection, UT Libraries, c.alvarez@austin.utexas.edu

2020 TARO Subcommittee chairs:

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

Outreach and Education Subcommittee chair: Jimmy Williamson, Southern Methodist University

Standards Subcommittee chair: Rebecca Romanchuk (TSLAC) and Molly Hults (Austin History Center)

Governance Subcommittee chair:  Amanda Focke, Rice University 

Website and Technology Subcommittee chair: Robert Weaver (Texas Tech University) and Ada Negraru (SMU)

Summerlee QA Subcommittee: Carla Alvarez, Benson Latin American Collection, UT Libraries

Technical maintenance / TARO admin: J.J. Bennett and Joanna Jackson, UT Libraries

NEH grant management: Aaron Choate, Amy Bowman, and Carla Alvarez

Steering Committee call schedule:

2020, every third Monday at 10am 

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