Digital Commonwealth Membership Rights and Responsibilities

Adopted by the Executive Committee 2/7/07

Membership and First Year Fees for Digital Commonwealth

$50 Small Cultural Institutions (suggested for institutions with two or fewer paid staff)

$100 Other Cultural Institutions (suggested for larger institutions)

$500 Group Sponsoring Organizations (Organizations that plan to work with their own
membership to join the Digital Commonwealth)

Membership allows participation in Digital Commonwealth governance as outlined in the Governance Guidelines and harvesting of member's digital content.

This annual membership fee is for the first year only. Fees for future years are likely to be higher when start up grant funding is exhausted. This fee will allow the Digital Commonwealth to operate and develop services to allow sustainable access to the digital assets of member institutions. Grant funds are being used to fund start up costs, ongoing funds will be required to provide system management, maintenance, upgrades, promotion, training, and support. Participants will also incur costs in digitizing their materials, hosting these digital assets, and administering their own projects or using shared repositories. These costs are not covered by the annual membership fee. The Digital Commonwealth encourages the formation of shared repositories to create economies of scale in providing cost effective ongoing maintenance of digital collections.

Rights and Responsibilities

Small and Other Cultural Institutions

Rights

• Participation in the governance of the Digital Commonwealth.  You are invited to attend Digital Commonwealth meetings, vote as an organization, run for office and serve on committees.

• The Digital Commonwealth will harvest your metadata and allow it to be searched from our site.  This requires compatibility with our harvester.
• The Digital Commonwealth will provide a link to your web site from our site.
• Attend Digital Commonwealth events (non-governance) at member rates.
• Receive telephone and electronic support from Digital Commonwealth contractors and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Pay annual membership fee
• Maintain compatibility with Digital Commonwealth standards

Group Sponsoring Organizations

Rights

• Participation in the governance of the Digital Commonwealth.  You are invited to attend Digital Commonwealth meetings, vote as an organization, run for office and serve on committees.
• The Digital Commonwealth will harvest your metadata and allow it to be searched from our site.  This requires compatibility with our harvester.
• The Digital Commonwealth will provide a link to your web site from our site.
• Attend Digital Commonwealth events (non-governance) at member rates.
• Receive telephone and electronic support from Digital Commonwealth contractors and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Pay annual membership fee
• Maintain compatibility with Digital Commonwealth standards

Cultural Institutions that are under the membership of a Group Sponsoring Organization

Rights

• The Digital Commonwealth will harvest your metadata from your group sponsoring organization’s repository and allow it to be searched from our site.  This requires compatibility with our harvester.
• The Digital Commonwealth will provide a link to your web site from our site.
• Attend Digital Commonwealth events (non-governance) at member rates.
• Receive telephone and electronic support from Digital Commonwealth contractors and volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain membership with Group Sponsoring Organization including relevant fees for services and/or membership.
• Maintain compatibility with Digital Commonwealth standards.

Download a Membership Form/Invoice PDF (19kb)

Members of the Digital Commonwealth

last updated 2006-02-21