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Digital Initiatives Advisory Group
The Digital Initiatives Advisory Group (DIAG) is charged by the VRA Board with monitoring the activities of shared resource initiatives having digital components and to keep the VRA membership informed.
Shared initiatives having digital components can take many forms, from partnerships within organizations to multi-institution consortiums. They may involve sharing images, metadata, or both. Sharing can be facilitated through centralized collections, federated searching, or direct exchange. It is a rapidly growing component of locally managed image collections. DIAG uses several means to update the VRA membership about new developments in collaborative projects, consortiums, and methods and tools for sharing imaging and metadata, including:
Digital Scene and Heard, a column in the bimonthly online publication Images (formerly Image Stuff). This is your connection to timely news on shared resource initiatives and the tools, technologies, and funding supporting them. DIAG has prepared an index to the archived issues of the column.
Co-Chair: Sherrie Brittig, University of Dayton
Co-Chair:
Members:
Merriann R. Bidgood, University of Houston
Marta Bustillo, Rhode Island School of Design
Kathleen Cohen, California State University, Emerita
Dasha Dekleva, San Jose State University
Jane Glicksman, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Virginia Kerr, Center for Research Libraries
Marianne Martin, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Elizabeth Meyer, University of Cincinnati
Chris Schommer, Macalester College
Kari Smith, University of Michigan
John M. Trendler, Scripps College
Christina B. Updike, James Madison University
VRA Executive Board Liaison:
Maureen Burns
