The Content Coordinators Community of Practice (CoP) has been established to provide CAUL Content Coordinators’ peer support, information sharing, collaboration, and a means to stay informed about developments with publishers and agreements. This is particularly important for smaller institutions where a single staff member may be responsible for acquisitions.
In summary, the CoP provides a forum for:
- Exchange of ideas
- Information Sharing
- Peer Support
- Exploration of issues
- Collaborative decision-making in relation to sector developments
- Discussion of recent developments and practices
- Community-led training or professional development
The Charter provides more information about the community of practice, including its purpose, scope and participants’ roles and responsibilities.
Responsibilities
A Content Coordinator’s responsibilities are to
- liaise with the CAUL Office on all matters related to the Content Procurement Service
- work with other staff at their institution to meet all Consortium agreement acceptance and invoicing deadlines
- maintain awareness of Content Procurement Service activities
- attend the Content Coordinator Meetings held regularly throughout the year
- inform other staff at their institution of relevant updates related to the Content Procurement Service
- complete all polls and surveys distributed by the CAUL Office
- manage access to ConsortiaManager for staff at their institution.
Convenors
- Bronwen Thomas, Manager, Collections and Scholarly Publishing, University of Newcastle
- Debbie Storz, Coordinator Scholarly Collections Librarian, La Trobe University
- Kirsten Mitchell, Content Coordinator, University of Melbourne
Membership
Eligibility
Membership is open to all CAUL Procurement Content Coordinators, a delegated role within each consortium participating institution. Membership is also open to additional procurement and acquisitions staff who either have, or will have, direct involvement in consortial agreement management at an institutional level. Such membership can only be granted at the invitation of the CAUL Content Coordinator at each institution.
How to join
Content Coordinators may notify the Content Procurement Specialist and CoP Convenors via email of any changes or expansion to membership according to the charter.
Sub-groups
The Content Coordinators CoP provides oversight for two ongoing working groups:
- eBook Working Group
- Licence Review Working Group
Meetings
Community of Practice meetings are held monthly between March and December.
Email lists
There are 2 mailing list associated with this Community of Practice. A Coordinators list, for communication between the CAUL Content Procurement Service and the Community of Practice, and the Content Community list that is open to anyone with a role or interest in the procurement or management of scholarly content.
The Content Community discussion list facilitates discussion amongst CAUL Members, Content Coordinators, and other staff in CAUL Consortium institutions who have a role or interest in the procurement and management of scholarly content.
List membership is open to all interested staff at institutions that participate in the CAUL Consortium and can be managed via the Content Procurement discussion list public site.
Find a Content Coordinator
You can find the Content Coordinator of by selecting the relevant institution in the Members Directory.