Steering committee

Mission

The steering committee defines the strategic orientation of E-lib.ch as a whole. In collaboration with the project manager and the coordination service it supervises the progress of the sub-projects realised by the partners. The steering committee puts a strong focus on projects’ compliance with the overall aims of E-lib.ch on the national level.

The steering committee is subordinate to the CRUS (Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities) and reports on its activities to the CRUS.

Special functions

The steering committee ensures the exchange of information among the project partners and undertakes the following tasks:

• It defines the strategic aims of the overall project in accordance with the CRUS and exercises control according to the implementation plan.
• It submits the implementation plan and the financial plan to the CRUS for the attention of the SUK.
• It issues a competition for the sub-projects to be realised within the clusters, evaluates the applications and makes a preselection from a professional point of view.
• It applies to the CRUS for the approval of the sub-projects.
• It defines the principles for the realisation of the sub-projects.
• It intervenes in case of discrepancies and/or changes and arranges the required measures for their correction.
• It makes fundamental decisions and supervises the execution of the project by the project manager and the coordination service.
• It issues recommendations, suggestions and statements and supports the project manager and the coordination service in coordinating the project.
• It collaborates with the Conference of University Libraries (KUB), which is the coordinating body of all Swiss university libraries.

(translated from: Organisationsreglement für das Kooperationsprojekt E-lib.ch - Elektronische Bibliothek Schweiz, 25. Januar 2008, p. 2f.)

Members:
Representative of	Member	Institution
CRUS (Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities)	Prof. Dr. Urs Wuergler	Universitaet Bern Rektor Hochschulstrasse 4 3012 Bern
Conseil stratégique du RERO (Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale)	Martin Good	Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire Rue Joseph Piller 2 1700 Fribourg
Conseil stratégique du RERO (Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale)	Marylène Micheloud	RERO Réseau des Bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale Av. de la Gare 45 1920 Martigny
KDH (Konferenz Deutschschweizer Hochschulbibliotheken)	Hannes Hug	Oeffentliche Bibliothek der Universitaet Basel Schoenbeinstrasse 18-20 4056 Basel
KDH (Konferenz Deutschschweizer Hochschulbibliotheken)	Prof. Dr. Susanna Bliggenstorfer	Zentralbibliothek Zurich Zaehringerplatz 6 8001 Zurich
Swiss National Library	Marie-Christine Doffey	Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek Hallwylstrasse 15 3003 Bern
Libraries of Universities of Applied Sciences	Cristina Carlino	FH Ostschweiz Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Chur Bibliothek Commercialstrasse 22 7000 Chur
Project manager and representative of the libraries of the ETH-Domain	Dr. Wolfram Neubauer	ETH-Bibliothek Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zurich
Foreign expert	Bärbel Schubel	Freiburg im Breisgau
SWITCH	Thomas Brunner	SWITCH Postfach 8021 Zurich
Advisory: Project coordination	Dr. Matthias Toewe	Konsortium der Schweizer Hochschulbibliotheken, c/o ETH-Bibliothek Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zurich

President of the steering committee

Marie-Christine Doffey

Function

The president of the steering committee directs the work of the steering committee and of the enlarged presidency.

(translated from: Organisationsreglement für das Kooperationsprojekt E-lib.ch - Elektronische Bibliothek Schweiz, 25. Januar 2008, p. 3)

Project manager

Dr. Wolfram Neubauer

Function

The project manager supervises the current activities of the coordination service of E-lib.ch and ensures the realisation of the strategic aims of the steering committee by the coordination service.

(translated from: Organisationsreglement für das Kooperationsprojekt E-lib.ch - Elektronische Bibliothek Schweiz, 25. Januar 2008, p. 5)

Coordination service

The coordination service is responsible for the execution of the project.

Function

Its duties are as follows:

• It conducts the current affairs.
• It advises and supports the involved institutions in all questions concerning the realisation of the sub-projects.
• It implements the requirements defined by the steering committee for the integration and coordination of the sub-projects with respect to the overall project.
• It informs the participating institutions and the public about the activities of E-lib.ch.
• It runs the office of the steering committee and the enlarged presidency.
• It is in charge of cooperation with project partners both at home and abroad.
• It cooperates with groups of experts in professional issues and coordinates their work.
• It cooperates with local institutions and with SWITCH concerning the server infrastructure.
• It cooperates with groups of experts in legal issues.
• It arranges the settlement of the project contributions.
• It organizes the material and financial reporting according to the directive of the Secretary of State for Education and Research (SER) as mentioned in Art. 23 of this regulation.

(translated from: Organisationsreglement für das Kooperationsprojekt E-lib.ch - Elektronische Bibliothek Schweiz, 25. Januar 2008, p. 5f.)