Establishing a Task Force
The project began with the establishment of a task force in December 2002, consisting of four librarians from the Reference and Systems departments and the Associate University Librarian. The task force's charge was to identify the issues involved in creating the IR, to evaluate and select the software for hosting the Repository, and to develop action plans. Findings and recommendations were reported to the Library Administration Committee, the main decision-making body, for approval.
A number of policy issues were resolved during the early stage of planning