Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating the re-engaged HBCU Library Alliance Digital Initiatives Committee. Chaired by Dr. Janice Franklin and Cedric Davis, Alabama State University, and with members Loretta Parham and Christine Wiseman, Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library (GA), HBCU Library Alliance Vice-Chair Monika Rhue, Johnson C. Smith University (NC), Elsie Weatherington, Virginia State University, and Adrienne Webber, South Carolina State University, this committee is meeting to strategize the scope and direction of the HBCU Library Alliance's Digital Collection. The Digital Initiatives Committee will provide oversight of the HBCU Library Alliance Digital Collection, investigate when appropriate collaborative solutions, and make recommendations for Board action. The HBCU Library Alliance Board of Directors commits to supporting activities of the Digital Initiatives Committee. The Digital Initiatives Committee is charged to: 1. Address concerns identified in the attached September 2014 Digital Collection Status Report (Report presented at the Atlanta 2014 Membership Meeting) - Collection scope and additions to the collection - Long term preservation of the collection - Funding to support the collection 2. Develop a model to increase institutional participation in the Initiative. 3. Develop a strategy for social media presence for the collection. 4. Reimagine the Initiative as a fundraising opportunity and develop a business plan. A membership survey to learn interest, needs and concerns is forthcoming. Contact me directly if you have questions or need additional information. Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) 404-577-5158 (fax) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ 7th Biennial Membership Meeting: Register here http://hbculibraries.org/html/2016meeting-form.html for the October 10,11 Membership Meeting in Atlanta. [Sized Coming Soon]NEW DIGS!!!! The HBCU Library Alliance is relocating to the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library. Transition process is near completion. Stay tuned!!! Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta, GA 30314-4207 www.auctr.edu Honor the ancestors, honor the children.