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Digital Projects Planning Committee
Review Board for Florida Heritage Resources
Reporting to the State University System of Florida's Digital Projects Planning Committee, the Review Board for Florida Heritage Resources is responsible for assessing the existing contents of the Florida Heritage Collection and identifying areas that need additional resource materials.

The Florida Heritage Collection seeks to make available materials broadly representing Florida's history and culture, together with its arts and literature, and its sciences and social sciences, for use in education and scholarship. Digitized project resources are made available freely through the Internet, as service to the citizens of Florida and as a resource for those, elsewhere, interested in Florida. At the same time, the Collection, mounted on servers maintained by the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA), opens access to unique materials and special collections held in the State's archives and libraries, without restrictions.

Structure Review Board, with the power of recommendation.
The Review Board is a voluntary advisory panel developed to monitor and assess the Florida Heritage Project for scope of subject matter; it has no set term of existence; members may be appointed as necessary by the parent committee.
The SUS Libraries retain the power of selection for digitization and digitize from their collections. The Review Board will serve the function of an editorial review board to assist and advise the Libraries.
Responsible To SUS Digital Projects Planning Committee (SUS-DSPC)
(http://www.fcla.edu/FCLAinfo/digitpg.html) 
Membership Three Reviewers,
nominated by members of the SUS DSPC and appointed by that Committee's Chair, meeting one or more of the following qualifications:
  • Teaching credentials and at least two years experience teaching Florida history at any level, or 
  • Substantial scholarship in Florida cultures, heritage or history, or
  • Credentials in the arts, sciences or social sciences with demonstrated research interests in areas related to Florida.
Reviewers will be selected to represent an array of interests and qualifications.
Consultants SUS DSPC Chair and Vice-Chair
FCLA Assistant Director for Digital Library Services
Term of Appointment Reviewers serve one two-year appointment
beginning on January 1, 2001
Meeting
Schedule		 The Review Board is an informal panel that will meet and correspond as necessary to fulfill its duties.
Charge
  1. Review and assess the contents of the Florida Heritage Collection with reference to the Collection's own stated criteria of coverage and scope and with reference to standard bibliographies of Florida history and culture:

    2. The Review Board should work to ensure that the Collection adequately covers the time periods, geographical areas, and themes in Florida history that were originally established as a project goal.
    It should identify gaps in coverage and make selectors aware of these gaps so that they can be filled by future choices of material.
  2. Identify bibliographies on Florida that can be helpful in selecting materials. 

    3. Publish a list of these bibliographies on the SUS DSPC web site and linked from the Florida Heritage Collection web page (currently under design).
  3. Provide advice and coordination in the selection of manuscript collections on Florida history as necessary or when requested. 
Reporting Responsibility  The Review Board reports its progress by May 30, annually,
to the SUS DSPC"s listserv at SUSDigit-L@lists.ufl.edu. It will also prepare and publish a annual assessment of the Florida Heritage database.

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