| Website |
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cidl/ |
| Mandate |
The Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries [CIDL]
is an alliance of Canadian libraries who recognize the
growing importance of digital information, and who wish
to collaborate to ensure better use of digital information
and better service to their users.
CIDL promotes, coordinates, and facilitates the development
of Canadian digital collections and services in order
to optimize national interoperability and long-term
access to Canadian digital library resources.
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| Members |
Click
here for listing |
| U of A Representative |
Ernie Ingles
Learning Services
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| Governance and Management |
Steering
Committee and Meeting Minutes |
| CIDL is Involved in the Following
Issues |
- Coordinated development of digital collections and
services
- Digitization
- Rights management
- Roles and responsibilities for long-term archiving
- Access policies and practice
- End-user access technical requirements
- Metadata
- Digital preservation issues
- Directories
- Gateways and exchange protocols
- Fundraising
- Promotion
- Advocacy
- Continuing education programs and training
- Communications strategies and resources
- Applied research
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