The Responsibilities of a Community

The Library Collections Management staff reserves the right to review Community decisions to ensure consistency with BDEARS policies and guidelines. A Community agrees to:

1. Make decisions about their own Community, Sub-Community and Collection definitions, including:
2. Defining Community, Sub-Community and Collection names and descriptions;
3. Defining Community, Sub-Community and Collection access policies;
4. Defining who may submit content within the Community;
5. Categorizing items into Collections; and
6. Defining each Collection's item submission workflow.
7. Maintain Community, Sub-Community and Collection decisions, as listed above;
8. Understand and observe all BDEARS policies;
9. Educate Community submitters regarding BDEARS policies and Community policies and procedures; and
10. Designate at least one Community representative who will act as a liaison with the BDEARS staff.