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Janus Challenges Steering Committee
June, 2006
Stephen Bosch (University of Arizona)
Nancy Davenport (CLIR)
Dan Hazen (Harvard)
October Ivins (Society  for Scholarly Publishing)
Assunta Pissani (Stanford)
Jeanne Richardson (Arizona State University)
Mark Sandler (University of Michigan)
John Saylor (Cornell)
Karen Schmidt (University of Illinois)
Brian Schottlaender (ARL, UC San Diego)
Cindy Shelton, chair (UCLA)
Ed Shreeves (University of Iowa)
Melissa Trevvett (CRL)
Challenges and their leaders:
1. Recon:  Ed S. and […]

Agenda
CMDS Chief Collection Development Officers Discussion Group
Saturday, June 24, 8:00am-10:00 am, 10:30am-12:00pm
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Grand Salon 19
1. Business (8:00-8:10)
∑ Introductions and announcements
∑ Election of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
2. Q & A on the members’ institutional reports (8:10-8:40)
Anticipating that the reports will provoke questions of common interest, we will use this time to allow colleagues to ask about […]

Dear Friends,
It is my sad duty to let you know that Ross Atkinson passed away
this morning. His wife Carole and son Andy were at his side.
At Ross’s request, there will be no memorial service. He told me
several weeks ago that he wanted to be here one day and gone the
next. Ross is […]

Janus Challenge 4
Licensing Principles (AKA Publisher Relations)
Breakout discussion at ALA Midwinter CCDO meeting
January 21, 2006
Proponent Group Participants:
Ivy Anderson (California Digital Library), Ivy.Anderson@ucop.edu
Susan Barribeau (Wisconsin), sbarribeau@library.wisc.edu
John Ingram (Florida), jeingr@uflib.ufl.edu
John Saylor (Cornell), jms1@cornell.edu
Charles Spetland, convenor (Minnesota), c-spet@umn.edu
Jim Stemper (Minnesota), stemp003@umn.edu
Challenge 4 Licensing Principles: Action Report
The original Janus statement #4 was entitled “Publisher relations.” The original […]

Following is the update on the archiving challenge, as refined at the ALA Midwinter meeting in San Antonio. Melissa Trevvett and Karen Schmidt invite interested libraries and organizations to indicate their interest in joining this initiative.
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Notes for Janus Blog
Group Addressing Challenge #5: Archiving
Next Steps: Karen Schmidt and Melissa Trevvett will co-chair this […]