Expert Groups

Last modified by Julia Gilmore on 2025-02-12, 09:16

All Early Adopters receive access to the expert group materials, and have the opportunity to contribute to the groups. If you are an Early Adopter and are interested in joining one of the expert groups or unable to access the materials, please contact Gabriela Mircea (CARL VPO): gabriela.mircea@ucalgary.ca.

The CARL Network of Expert groups consist of repository managers and those with relevant expertise in specialized areas who provide guidance, feedback and recommendations to inform the development of Scholaris. Along with Early Adopters, expert groups are a key component of the Scholaris community infrastructure. 

To date, the following groups have been formed:

Questions about the expert groups can be directed to Gabriela Mircea: gabriela.mircea@ucalgary.ca or to the respective chairs. 


Updates on Expert Group Recommendations

January 2025

Thank you to everyone from the repository community who provided feedback on the draft recommendations. The S-MDEG and S-ETEG members are now reviewing and incorporating this valuable feedback. Updated versions of the recommendations will be shared later in the year. 

December 2024

We are pleased to share some of the draft recommendations for the Scholaris service. These recommendations are the result of extensive analysis by our Metadata and Discovery Expert Group and Electronic Theses and Dissertations Expert Group and are intended to guide the successful implementation and adoption of Scholaris.

While these recommendations focus on the Scholaris service, they also address the needs of both Scholaris users and the broader repository community.

  • Scholaris Metadata and Discovery Expert Group
    • Minimum Viable Metadata Recommendations (Document | Spreadsheet)
    • Cleaning Metadata for Migration Recommendations (Document)
    • Entities Guidance and Advice (Document)
    • Multilingual Repositories Recommendations (Document)
    • Persistent Identifier Light Recommendation and Considerations (Document)
       
  • Scholaris Electronic Theses and Dissertations Expert Group