Steering Committee

Steering Committee Charge

from the LD4 Charter (2020)

The Steering Committee administers LD4 Community communication channels, guides LD4 Community development, and delegates responsibilities to chartered committees and other groups. The Steering Committee is self-governing, and determines its own by-laws. 

The founding six members of the Steering Committee are the LD4P project’s principal investigators, whose vision laid the groundwork for the LD4 Community. In 2020-21, the Steering Committee was expanded to include three additional members. Over time, and as part of its sustainability planning, membership on the Steering Committee will evolve to reflect the breadth and diversity of the wider community.  

Strategic Goals, 2023-2025

Offer training and professional education
Example activities: professional development program, internships, training at ALA, model curriculum for academic institutions

Develop common frameworks and systems to distribute information
Example activities: increase connections between records at different institutions, identity management, community process around Bibframe, demonstrations of linked data impact

Increase discoverability and interoperability of library material on the open web
Example activities: discovery system enhancement, support collaborative linked data production, encourage development of single ecosystem for linked data, library community increasing use and maintenance of linked data.

Build a brand identity
Example activities: website maintenance and enhancement, healthy communication channel management, development of robust conference proceedings in line with LD4 Community brand 

Bylaws

Approved May 1, 2022

1. The LD4 Steering Committee shall consist of nine (9) members.  

2. The members of the LD4 Steering Committee serve as individuals. Membership is not tied to institutional or project affiliation.

3. Members of the LD4 Steering Committee serve for a term of three (3) years. They may not serve more than two contiguous three-year terms.

4. Applications for Steering Committee membership shall be solicited from the community each Fall for three (3) of the nine seats in rotation, plus any other seats that have become vacant. The current Steering Committee members shall appoint new members or renew existing members from the applications received, paying attention to the diversity of the Steering Committee. Terms start on January 1 of the following calendar year.

5. Steering Committee members can resign at any time with notification to the other members.  

6. In the event that a seat on the Steering Committee becomes vacant part way through a three-year term, the Steering Committee shall decide whether to appoint a new member mid-year, or wait for the usual Fall process. The successful candidate will serve the remainder of the three year term. In the event that this period is less than twelve months, their tenure extends to include the next three year period and they may, at the end of it, stand for a further contiguous three-year term.

7. Decisions in the Steering Committee shall usually be made by consensus; in the event that consensus cannot be reached, decisions shall be reached by a simple majority vote.

8. Each year, the Steering Committee shall select a Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, each for a one-year term. The Chair will facilitate Steering meetings.

9. The Steering Committee will meet virtually each calendar month with additional calls as required. There are no in-person meeting requirements.

10. These bylaws should be reviewed by Steering Committee members each year and may be modified at any time by an absolute 2/3 majority vote of the Steering Committee.

LD4 Steering Committee Members & Terms

• Claire DeMarco, Harvard - Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

• Sherine Eid, Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

• Tom Jacobson, Clarivate - Jan 2024 - Dec 2026

• Grace Temilolu Ikenna, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Jan 2023 - Dec 2025 

• Kalli Mathios, Stanford, Jan 2024 - Dec 2026

• Jeff Mixter, OCLC, Jan 2023 - Dec 2025

• Elizabeth Russey Roke, Emory - Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

• Eric Willey, Illinois State University - Jan 2023 - Dec 2025

• Katie Yeo, Brigham Young University - Jan 2024 - Dec 2026

Former Members of the Steering Group

• Tom Cramer, Stanford

• Dave Eichmann, University of Iowa

• Jason Kovari, Cornell

• Philip Schreur, Stanford

• Nancy Fallgren, National Library of Medicine

• Simeon Warner, Cornell