Current Members (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007)

• Jim Duncan, Director, Networking & Resource Sharing Unit, Colorado State Library
• Deborah Littrell, Director, Library Development, Texas State Library
• Tom Peters, TAP Information Services (Representing the Alliance Library System of Illinois)
• Jim Sheppke, State Library, Oregon State Library [Chair]

Steering Committee Roles and Responsibilities

This group includes one voting representative from each state library agency or other organization involved. In order to be a voting member of the Steering Committee, a state library agency or other organization must meet the following criteria:

1. contribute the specified annual participation fee to the central fund for the project,
2. be actively implementing Plinkit in their state or among their membership, and
3. assist with marketing the initiative to other state library agencies or organizations as needed.

A representative of the fiscal agent, Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR), is an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Steering Committee.

The Steering Committee is charged with providing overall guidance and direction for the Plinkit initiative, setting policy, gathering input from the Project Coordinators Committee and the Technical Group, approving major expenditures, setting annual participation fees for participating organizations, and managing the finances for the initiative.

The Steering Committee designates a Chair, who has the following responsibilities:

a.       Calls Steering Committee meetings at least twice a year or more frequently as needed.

b.       Monitors finances.

c.        Authorizes expenditures.