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 Usage Statistics - TARO 2.0 (November 2021-present)
  
• TARO Usage Statistics - 2012-October 2021
  
• 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 - October 2020) 
• Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
• NEH 2018 Implementation Grant Application 
• TARO Control Access: information about subject standardization work completed during the NEH implementation grant.

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)

2023 Steering Committee members:

Chair: Maristella Feustle, University of North Texas Libraries Music Library, Maristella.Feustle@unt.edu 

Vice Chair: Matthew Richardson, Texas Medical Center Library, matt.richardson@library.tmc.edu

Secretary (2023-2024): Rachael Zipperer, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, rachael.zipperer@tpwd.texas.gov

At-Large Member (2023-2024, 2-year term): Molly Tepera, UT Dallas McDermott Library, molly.tepera@utdallas.edu

At-Large Member (2022-2023, 2-year term): Kristi Nedderman, Dallas Municipal Archives, kristi.nedderman@dallas.gov

At-large Member (2022-2023, 2-year term): Kathryn Slover, UTA Libraries Special Collections, kathryn.slover@uta.edu

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

Immediate Past Chair: Samantha Dodd, Southern Methodist University

2023 TARO Subcommittee chairs / co-chairs:

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

Governance Subcommittee:  Amanda Focke, Rice University, afocke@rice.edu 

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

Outreach and Education Subcommittee: Robert Weaver, Texas Tech University, robert.g.weaver@ttu.edu

Standards Subcommittee: Molly Hults, Austin History Center, molly.hults@austintexas.gov; Matthew Richardson, Texas Medical Center Library, matt.richardson@library.tmc.edu

Summerlee QA Subcommittee: Robert Weaver, Texas Tech University, robert.g.weaver@ttu.edu

Website and Technology Subcommittee: Elizabeth Garza, Benson Latin American Collection, UT Austin, elizabeth.garza@austin.utexas.edu 

Authorized Terms Subcommittee: Lisa Struthers, Chair (San Jacinto Museum of History, lstruthers@sanjacinto-museum.org)

Technical maintenance / TARO admin: UT Libraries, lib-taro@austin.utexas.edu

Steering Committee call schedule:

2023, every third Monday at 10am 

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