RUL Media Team: Charge

Charge

In order to accomplish a holistic approach to the management of streaming media, with an equal emphasis on collection development, collection management, user services and technical infrastructure, a team consisting of representatives from all interest areas is being appointed. This team will be responsible for identifying, developing, and submitting necessary policies and procedures for the smooth management of all streaming media collection types.

The RUL Media Team under this Charge, shall:

• Propose policies and procedures with respect to developing streaming media collections and services to support ongoing collection building, information literacy and informatics training, and workflow based needs for personal or rights encumbered resources (streaming reserves and course support). Other needs, such as faculty research and publications in audiovisual format and marketing or library in-house training needs, will also be addressed by the RUL Media Team.


• Coordinate and implement the development of streaming infrastructure, audiovisual formatting standards, access controls, collection development, including funding and fund accounting and evaluation of vendors and vendor offerings, acquisitions and licensing, third party and collaborative purchasing and service solutions and usage monitoring.


• Provide ongoing management and oversight, including remaining abreast of current vendor and service provider offerings and integration of streaming media processes and infrastructure with other RU and RUL infrastructure components (website, RUcore, CAS/LDAP/Shibboleth and IRIS/OLE, among others).