InC-Lib-Vendor

[David Kennedy <>]

Ann

Are you planning on being on the call
tomorrow?  If so, would you be willing to pitch the idea to the larger
group?  There may be some from the use case subgroup that would be
willing to join this effort.

I can start work on comparing the membership
lists.  

For advancing the conversation both
at my own university and for recruiting other universities, I think it
is important that we have a draft letter quickly and a list of potential
vendors that we consider in that 2nd tier.

I was assuming that you would be the
one to do the initial draft of that letter.  Would you be able to
do that part sooner than mid-November?  Or would you want one of us
to take the first stab at it if we wanted it sooner?  

Thanks
Dave

-----
David Kennedy
Application Developer
Perkins Library, Duke University
(919) 613-6831

From:	Ann West <>
To:	David Kennedy <>
Cc:	inc-lib-vendor <>, Dean Woodbeck <>, Andy Ingham <>
Date:	10/29/2009 12:39 PM
Subject:	Re: [InC-Lib-Vendor] Support from UNC for letter discussed during 10/16 inc-lib-vendor call

---

All,

This is good news! Now to just compare the membership lists and start the
letter.

FYI...I'm happy to do this but won't get to it until mid-November. If someone
would like to start something earlier, that would be fine too. I'm happy
to pick up/join in at the later date.

Best,
Ann



----- "David Kennedy" <> wrote:

> Andy,
> 
> That is great news! I had a similar conversation here at Duke a few
> weeks back with the AUL for IT in our library. We are in the same
boat
> in terms of institutional support for this. And we have confidence
> that we can get the appropriate signatures here as well. I think it
> might be helpful if we could have a draft of what we will be asking
> them to sign.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----
> David Kennedy
> Application Developer
> Perkins Library, Duke University
> (919) 613-6831
> 
> 
> 
>                  From:
                 Andy
Ingham <>
>                  To:
                 inc-lib-vendor
<>, Ann West
> <>, Dean Woodbeck <>
>                  Date:
                 10/29/2009
09:36 AM
>                  Subject:
                 [InC-Lib-Vendor]
Support from UNC for letter discussed
> during 10/16 inc-lib-vendor call
> 
> 
> 
> 
> All --
> 
> I had a conversation with the Head of Library Systems here yesterday
> around the following topic, as quoted from the minutes of the 10/16
> call-->
> https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/inclibrary/Minutes+from+Vendor+subgroup+call+10-16-09
> >
> 
> "So far we have concentrated on vendors that are already in InCommon.
> Will want to invite, encourage, recruit vendors that are not yet
> InCommon members. There is a second tier of vendors, those that are
> already SAML based and work with UK Access Management Federation.
> These
> should be the next to target. Tact might be strength in numbers; 10
or
> so institutions to sign some sort of letter asking vendor to join
> InCommon; vendors respond to their customers more than federation.
> Desirable to have signature of CIO or UL."
> 
> 
> 
> He felt confident that getting the signature of our University
> Librarian
> (Associate Provost for University Libraries) wouldn't be a problem.
We
> would indicate to her how building this sort of momentum and laying
> this
> sort of groundwork is critical to any number of future initiatives.
> 
> Anyway, FYI. We are ready to proceed with bringing that together when
> others are.
> 
> Andy
> 
> Andy Ingham
> Assistant Head, Library Systems
> University Library
> UNC-Chapel Hill
> 919-962-1288
> 

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