2026-01-20 UAC Meeting agenda and notes

2026-01-20 UAC Meeting agenda and notes

January 20, 2026 12pm ET/ 11am CT/ 10am MT/ 9am PT

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@Aikaterini Dimitriadou-Shuster (Chair)

@Dalton Alves

@Joanne Archer

@Susannah Broyles

@Christine Di Bella (Ex-Officio, Program Manager)

@Elizabeth Delmage (regrets)

@Bo Doub (regrets)

@Kelly.Francis

@Matthew Gorham (regrets)

@Greenwood, Amanda Lynn (qkv8sr)

@Regine Heberlein (Ex-Officio, TAC Chair) (regrets)

@Barbara Ilie

@Mary Kidd (regrets)

@David Krah (regrets)

@Kelly Kress

@Noah Lasley

@Ryan Lee

@Heather Lember (Vice-Chair)

@Christine Liebson

@Jaime Margalotti

@Brianna McLaughlin (regrets)

@Zeff Morgan

@Michelle Paquette (Ex-Officio, TAC Vice-Chair)

@Nick Pavlik

@Kolbe Resnick

@Evalyn Stow

@Martha Tenney

@Karen Trop

@Lindsay Wittwer

 

Goals

  • Update members on UAC activities including activities of sub-teams

  • Discussion: Lyrasis Interoperability Project with Jessica Farrell

Notetaker

  • Update members on UAC activities including activities of sub-teams

Time

Item

Presenter/Facilitator

Notes

Time

Item

Presenter/Facilitator

Notes

10 mins

Attendance ice breaker

@Aikaterini Dimitriadou-Shuster

Name, where you work, how long have you been on Council, which sub-team(s) you are on

Icebreaker: New Year Resolutions: yes or no?

2 mins

UAC Updates

@Aikaterini Dimitriadou-Shuster

  • No UAC meeting in February, there will be a joint TAC/UAC meeting instead

  • Meet Martha Tenney and Zeff Morgan

8 mins

Program Update

@Christine Di Bella @Martha Tenney @Zeff Morgan

Some links related to the interoperability project:
GitHub repository for ideas discussion for all CSTs
Google Group for announcement/discussion of ideas and the project overall for all CSTs (information will also be shared in regular ArchivesSpace channels when applicable)


10 mins

Sub-team Reports

 

 

 

Development Prioritization

@Dalton Alves

 

Member Engagement

@Christine Liebson

  • Hosted User Docs at Quarterly Mixer in December

  • First Friday event held January 9

  • next First Friday February 6

 

Testing

@Heather Lember

 

 

Usability

@Noah Lasley

  • Continuing work on documentation for configuration settings for the SUI.

  • Drafting proposal for Virtual Member Forum session

 

Users Documentation

@Kelly.Francis

  • Continue review of Help Center pages, focusing on Using Reports and Managing Locations sections

  • Presented at Member Engagement’s quarterly mixer in December

  • Meeting next week with the Technical Docs sub-team to discuss how both teams work to maintain documentation for Archives Space

15 mins

Discussion: Classifications module

@Aikaterini Dimitriadou-Shuster

  • Do you use this module in your institution? 

  •  How do you use it? 

  •  What do you like about it? 

  •  What would make it better?

  • Is there anything specific you ‘d like to know about it?

2 mins

Next Steps

 

  • Next meeting: February 19, 2026 at 12pm ET/9am PT/10am MT/11am CT

    • Featured module: Location manager (or other preference?)

  • quarterly reports due: Feb. 4. Follow Regine’s prompts