Dear CollectionSpace community, I am writing with an update on activities of the Leadership Working Group. We held our 2nd quarterly meeting for FY2017-18 on December 6th, 2017. During the meeting, we discussed the topics below. Membership and Outreach Efforts * We are very happy to report that the CollectionSpace program continues to grow. As of September, there are 17 members across the six membership levels, over thirty implementations, and three active Registered Service Providers. * We were pleased to hear that our session proposal was accepted for the American Alliance of Museums conference to be held in Phoenix, May 2018. Not a member yet? Reach out to Megan Forbes at megan.forbes@lyrasis.org<mailto:megan.forbes@lyrasis.org> or Ann Whiteside at awhiteside@gsd.harvard.edu<mailto:awhiteside@gsd.harvard.edu> to get started! Partnerships The leadership working group members heard updates about various partnerships including: * The CollectionSpace grant awarded from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Working with consultants from the Balboa Park Online Collaborative<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.bpoc.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=FRClhsB8MoZpzpjl618daRLwTDHzTj-thPNaw2gAkDA&m=9l-mYCI7iqcJvtShQEzwyW81X4SN6JVebZ0sK-k1ibc&s=1SzSeY5vxTuDoNg1zkn8QvMCF3KA1c5zWEQV9MAGH-Q&e=> (BPOC) and Ithaka S+R<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.sr.ithaka.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=FRClhsB8MoZpzpjl618daRLwTDHzTj-thPNaw2gAkDA&m=9l-mYCI7iqcJvtShQEzwyW81X4SN6JVebZ0sK-k1ibc&s=FvDFCqJM17tOUm1i2Yjq0qazCatsGaRuE0sBDA7GF-4&e=>, LYRASIS will investigate the museum technology landscape around collections and how well it supports internal operations as well as community engagement. Surveys and interviews in December 2017 and January 2018 will gather information about current practices and identify opportunities to leverage collections information technologies in support of public-facing programs and inter-institutional collaborations. You can see the full press release at: http://lyrasisnow.org/press-release-90000-award-from-mellon/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lyrasisnow.org_press-2Drelease-2D90000-2Daward-2Dfrom-2Dmellon_&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=FRClhsB8MoZpzpjl618daRLwTDHzTj-thPNaw2gAkDA&m=9l-mYCI7iqcJvtShQEzwyW81X4SN6JVebZ0sK-k1ibc&s=vkBoc6VFQJmh_XeKnLuFt3p8GB5HJH71s6VwJmL7zEM&e=> The Leadership Working Group will review the results of the information gathered in mid-February. * Our partnership with WESTAF - A draft of the first version of the Public Art Profile for CollectionSpace is under development and will be released along with version 5.0 of the software this winter. * We will be announcing our mini grant recipients by the end of the year. Operational updates * Technical development for CollectionSpace is on track. Our updated user interface code, due early next year as part of our Version 5.0 release, will result in a faster, cleaner, and more responsive interface. The new framework is well-documented and supported, giving our community developers a much easier path to add new features and functionality to the application. Regular updates on the UI work are posted to the CollectionSpace blog: https://wiki.collectionspace.org/pages/viewrecentblogposts.action?key=collectionspace<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wiki.collectionspace.org_pages_viewrecentblogposts.action-3Fkey-3Dcollectionspace&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=FRClhsB8MoZpzpjl618daRLwTDHzTj-thPNaw2gAkDA&m=9l-mYCI7iqcJvtShQEzwyW81X4SN6JVebZ0sK-k1ibc&s=ZxxY5l6hnO7SL383wQY1Z88IO1F9iOlypkeA5wZ4Wmo&e=> The working group extends its thanks to all of you for your continuing support and ongoing contributions to the great community we are building. Respectfully, Ann Whiteside __________________________________________________________________________________________ Ann Whiteside Librarian/Assistant Dean for Information Services Harvard University Graduate School of Design awhiteside@gsd.harvard.edu<mailto:awhiteside@gsd.harvard.edu> 617-495-4010 https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/frances-loeb-library/