The Communications and Outreach Working Group promotes current LARRP projects; acts as a liaison with the broader Latin Americanist, academic, and research library communities; and recruits membership and participation in LARRP. More information about this working group can be found in the Communications and Outreach Workspace [1]. The Working Group’s charge includes but is not limited to the following:
The Collections and Analysis Working Group improves the scholarly experience through targeted activities to gather and analyze data, and to launch follow-on collaborative initiatives. The Working Group’s charge includes but is not limited to the following:
The Digital Initiatives Working Group encourages the production of digital resources on Latin America. The Working Group’s charge includes but is not limited to the following:
The Resource Discovery Working Group facilitates the visibility of research resources for Latin America. This group liaises with content aggregators, discovery tool providers, and other information creators for the benefit of the Latin Americanist research community. The Working Group’s charge includes but is not limited to the following:
The Distributed Resources Working Group maintains and tracks present collecting responsibilities. It also helps new participants in LARRP’s Distributed Resources Project [2] choose an area for collecting specialization based both on their priorities and on what other participants are collecting. This working group issues annual calls for participant reports on any available information on budget/expense figures, acquisitions and receipts, cataloging output, and anecdotal accounts of special purchases. More information about this working group can be found in the Distributed Resources Workspace [3].
The Official Documents Working Group explored avenues for providing greater access to Latin American Official Documents. This working group also oversaw the Argentine and Mexican Presidential Messages Digital Database [4]. More information about this working group can be found in the Official Documents Workspace [5].
The Open Archives Portal Working Group advised the project directors on issues related to the development of Open Archives Portal [6] services at LANIC, with an initial focus on Latin American social sciences grey literature. It also identified organizations that produce information appropriate for digitization under the project guidelines, reviewed publications and other materials of Latin American partner organizations to establish priorities for digitization, and publicized the Open Archives Portal project. More information about this working group can be found in the Open Archives Portal Workspace [7].
The Serials Working Group oversaw the Latin American Periodicals Table-of-Contents [8] (LAPTOC), and coordinated inputting of table of contents by members. The LAPTOC project is described in greater detail on the LAPTOC project page [9]. More information about this working group can be found in the Serials Working Group Workspace [10].
Reports, Member Lists, and other information related to the ongoing work of LARRP’s Working Groups can be found in the LARRP Workspaces [11].
The LARRP Workspaces are wiki tools that members can access to review and edit or add content. They are open to LARRP Members only. Contact [12] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspaces.
Links
[1] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/LARRPCO/Home
[2] https://www.crl.edu/grn/larrp/current-projects/distributed-resources
[3] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/LARRPDR/Home
[4] http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/arl/pm/sample2/
[5] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/larrpod/Home
[6] http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/laoap/
[7] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/LARRPoa/Home
[8] http://laptoc.library.vanderbilt.edu
[9] https://www.crl.edu/grn/larrp/current-projects/laptoc
[10] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/larrpswg/Home
[11] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/larrp/Home
[12] https://www.crl.edu/grn/larrp/contact-larrp