Bridge Groups
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Purpose of Institutional Bridge Groups
Bridge groups communicate and interpret the work of the TDL for their local institutions and guide the integration of their institutional repositories with the TDL.
The bridge group role is a key to component in building the local support structure necessary to optimize a member institution's investment in the TDL. In most cases, the TDL bridge group will be the same group responsible for setting direction for the member institution's local repository; this is a seminal role in the institution's overall strategy for digital content management. At the same time, as a primary conduit for communication between the institution and the TDL, the bridge group plays an active and essential role in communicating institutional needs to TDL staff and providing an institutional voice on TDL priorities.
TDL Bridge Groups are welcome to use this section of the wiki to collaboratively document their activities.
Benefits of Bridge Group Participation
- Regular updates on status of projects TDL-wide
- Participation in TDL planning efforts
- A peer group of individuals around Texas having similar goals and facing similar challenges
- Bridge group participation often helps support TDL working group members' work and perspective
TDL Institutional Bridge Groups
Bridge Group Chair Responsibilities
- Provide an annual project plan, as part of TDL annual planning
- Provide monthly project status updates, for inclusion in TDL monthly report
- Provide TDL project manager with updates regarding group membership and status
- Attend annual meeting of bridge group chairs, in conjunction with annual Texas Conference on Digital Libraries
