This section outlines the various activities carried out by UKCoRR in general. Please also see details of the UKCoRR Committee, UKCoRR Charter and agendas and minutes of committee meetings.
Collective Professional Voice and Advocacy
- To be a collective voice that can speak on behalf of its membership to publishers, funding councils, institutions and other relevant bodies.
- To defend the work of repository establishment and development and for the members to be on the lookout for supporting evidence, statistics etc.
Representation of Repository Community
- JISC Repository and Curation Shared Infrastructure (JISCrcsi) Oversight Group – Chair
- EThoS Board – External Liaison Officer
- Jorum Steering Group – Techical Officer
- UK Repository Net+ – Technical Officer
Facilitate Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- To liaise with the members and information/service providers for provision of self-financing CPD activities.
- To facilitate members only discussion events.
- UKCoRR members have contributed significantly to the development of the SHERPA Repository Staff and Skills Set document which has proven to be a valuable resource for the repository community both in the UK and abroad.
Communications
- Communication between peers and from members to external groups and public.
- Communication facilitated through e-mail list and through meetings to provide networking and peer-2-peer support.
- Community webpage/portal to draw together professional resources for members.
- Facility for members to share experience, outputs, advocacy ideas, licences, templates, etc through website, communications, meetings.
Granular Levels of Support
- Support for formation of (possibly ad hoc) groups working on specific projects or in specific areas through website, communications, meetings.
Supporting the Membership
- Draw together information that is of direct use to UKCoRR members in their professional work: for example, key websites which relate to repository management like the SHERPA or RSP websites; or key resources, like the Repository Skill-Set document which was put together with UKCoRR members’ assistance.
- In 2011, UKCoRR carried out a membership survey to ask for ideas on the future direction of the organisation. The results have now been published.
- Providing a source of guidance to sources of further professional information and support for members.
