Taiga Forum

In August 2010, CLIR/DLF announced its affiliation with the Taiga Forum, a community of assistant/associate university librarians and associate deans who meet to share ideas and strategies for developing organizational structures for research and academic libraries that are more flexible, agile, and effective. Members of the Taiga community feel keenly the need for academic and research libraries to evolve and who want to talk to peers at other institutions that are facing similar change challenges.

By partnering with Taiga, DLF strengthens its ability to facilitate conversations between administrators and developers/project managers. The partnership creates opportunities to develop a shared understanding around changing technology, user expectations, and the idea that the digital library is not a separate function of the library, but is integrated with all aspects of library service.

Both entities are concerned with exploring the impact and potential of the new digital information environment, and how the community can respond to the profound challenges ahead.

Taiga Forum meetings will be held independently, but in conjunction with the DLF Forum meetings. All Taiga Forum attendees are invited to remain for the full DLF Forum.

“As DLF moves forward as a CLIR program, it is important that we seek creative ways to partner with like-minded organizations for the greater benefit of our communities. I am looking forward to working with Taiga Steering Committee,” said Rachel L. Frick, director for the Digital Library Federation Program.

“Taiga is about questioning, challenging, and agility. The Taiga Steering Committee, in leading Taiga in this new direction, feels that this step is true to Taiga’s nature. A partnership with DLF will help ensure that Taiga remains an intellectually vibrant and sustainable community going forward,” said Kristin Antelman, chair of Taiga’s Steering Committee.

More about Taiga can be found on their website.