Archon Replacement Task Force
The purpose of this group is to assist the AUL for Digital Strategies and Dean in assessing technology options that will: A) Provide a sustainable platform for archival description and access, using the functions provided by Archon as a model; while also B) Evaluating the ability of platforms to integrate with related archives/library services, given our overall strategic objectives and resource constraints.
Contact: Eric Mosher, emosher@illinois.edu
Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Services Task Force
This group is identifing and develop Library-specific plans for the short and medium-term strategy, service priorities, resourcing, development, integration, and support of technologies and services related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Library, as well as services that support the use of AI technologies by University faculty, staff, and students.
Contact: Tracy Tolliver, ttollive@illinois.edu
CARLI Institutional Repository Network
From 2019-2024, the goal of the CARLI Institutional Repository Network (CIRN) project was to build shared infrastructure for repository services in Illinois by opening UIUC’s IR platform to members of the Consortium of Academic Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). With the Statewide IR, we intended to establish a viable statewide community centered on sustainable, library-owned repository services. Due to challenges related to staffing and funding, this project is on indefinite hiatus.
Contact: Kyle Rimkus, rimkus@illinois.edu
Discovery and Delivery Task Force
This group is developing and beginning to implement plans for the medium and long-term resourcing, governance, direction-setting, support, and maintenance of core discovery and delivery systems including EasySearch.
Contact: Michael Norman, manorman@illinois.edu
Email Archives
“Email Archives: Building Capacity and Community” is a four-year program seeking to build email archiving capacity in archives, libraries, and museums. The program will fund projects of $25,000 to no more than $100,000 dollars. The goal of this project is to build a broad community of institutions that can preserve email as part of their research collections.
Contact: Chris Prom, prom@illinois.edu
Catalyzing African Community Archives for Social Good
This project seek to develop a reciprocal partnership between the University of Illinois, African archivists, and international knowledge management organizations. The partnership will foster the preservation of modern documentary materials, enabling Africans to tell their stories in their terms. Within a project governance model that centers African voices, the team will first co-develop training materials. It will then provide ‘Train the Trainers’ sessions in Ghana, Kenya, and Botswana, supporting community champions, indigenous knowledge holders, and African partners to digitally preserve and provide access to indigenous knowledge on topics like food production, ecosystem preservation, climate change mitigation, peace building, and reconciliation.
Contact: Chris Prom, prom@illinois.edu