Project Roadmap

The TIGAR project is scheduled to run from November 2010 to the end of October 2013, with a six month tolerance allowed in original plans for contingencies. Recognising the challenging and complex nature of this pilot project, the Roadmap is subject to regular update by the TIGAR Project Management Team and review by the TIGAR Steering Committee. Information on progress will be added as the project progress.

Archive of 2011 Road Map

The 2012 roadmap and beyond is organized into six major focuses summarized below.

Focus 1: ICT Solution

Action	Target Completion Date	Status
Complete specification for the ICT solution (Version 1).	June 2012	In progress
Build and deliver the ICT solution (Version 1).	September 2012
Acceptance test of the ICT solution (Version 1).	October 2012
Establish operational support mechanisms for the ICT solution (Version 1).	October 2012
Start operational use of the ICT solution (Version 1).	November 2012
Assess and plan further ICT developments for 2013 (refinement of Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C)).	December 2012
Specify, develop and implement further ICT developments (refinement of B2B and B2C).	Throughout 2013
Make provision for on-going ICT service and operational support beyond the pilot project.	November 2013

Focus 2: File Exchange Activity (Between TIs)

Action	Target Completion Date	Status
Continue consultations to secure signed MOUs from TIs and RHs and encourage their participation in ‘Fast Track’ file exchange activities.	Throughout 2013	On going. The following RHs have signed the MOU: Oxford University Press and its subsidiary in the South Africa (January), and Brick Books (February), Taylor and Francis Books (April), Cambridge University Press (June), John Wiley & Sons Inc. (July), Penguin UK (October), Pearson Education Limited (November), Pearson France (December), Cengage Learning Inc (December), Pearson Education do Brasil Ltda (December), Pearson Education S.A. (December), Pearson Education South Asia (Pte) Ltd (December), Pearson Education Indochina Ltd (December) and Hachette Book Group (December), Pearson Turkey (December) and Pearson Education Korea (December). The following RROs have signed the MOU: Kopinor and Copyright Licensing Ltd (March), ProLitteris (June), and JAMCOPY (July). The following TIs have signed the MOU: The LearningAlly (December 2011), the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (January), Dedicon (March), the National Library of Jamaica (April), the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (May), the National Library of Namibia (August), the Tanzania Library Services Board (August), the Young Power in Social Action of Bangladesh (November), and the Malawi National Library (December) and DAISY Lanka Foundation (December). In 2013: The Icelandic Talking Book Library (April)
Expand the level of ‘Fast Track’ file exchange activity between TIs.	Throughout 2013
‘Migrate’ file exchange activities to use of Version 1 of the ICT Solution.	March 2013

Action

Target Completion Date

Status

Continue consultations to secure signed MOUs from TIs and RHs and encourage their participation in ‘Fast Track’ file exchange activities.

Throughout 2013

On going.

The following RHs have signed the MOU:
Oxford University Press and its subsidiary in the South Africa (January), and Brick Books (February), Taylor and Francis Books (April), Cambridge University Press (June), John Wiley & Sons Inc. (July), Penguin UK (October), Pearson Education Limited (November), Pearson France (December), Cengage Learning Inc (December), Pearson Education do Brasil Ltda (December), Pearson Education S.A. (December), Pearson Education South Asia (Pte) Ltd (December), Pearson Education Indochina Ltd (December) and Hachette Book Group (December), Pearson Turkey (December) and Pearson Education Korea (December).

The following RROs have signed the MOU:
Kopinor and Copyright Licensing Ltd (March), ProLitteris (June), and JAMCOPY (July).

The following TIs have signed the MOU:
The LearningAlly (December 2011), the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (January), Dedicon (March), the National Library of Jamaica (April), the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (May), the National Library of Namibia (August), the Tanzania Library Services Board (August), the Young Power in Social Action of Bangladesh (November), and the Malawi National Library (December) and DAISY Lanka Foundation (December).
In 2013:
The Icelandic Talking Book Library (April)

Expand the level of ‘Fast Track’ file exchange activity between TIs.

Throughout 2013

‘Migrate’ file exchange activities to use of Version 1 of the ICT Solution.

March 2013

Focus 3: Supply and Use of Publisher Files

Action	Target Completion Date	Status
Draft a TIGAR project agreement for the supply and use of Publisher files to enable TIGAR trials to commence.	May 2012
Establish a group of TIs and Publishers willing to participate and gain their signatures to a final version of the Publisher File agreement.	July 2012
Start trials of the supply and use of Publisher files.	September 2012
Produce recommendations for the on-going, systemized supply and use of Publisher Files.	December 2012

Focus 4: Licensing Framework

Action	Target Completion Date	Status
Produce recommendations for a new TIGAR Licensing framework that can continue beyond the conclusion of the project pilot.	October 2012	In progress
Undertake consultations with stakeholder organizations, and refine recommendations.	March 2013
Produce final versions of new agreements ready for use.	September 2013
Develop transition arrangements to enable continuity of file exchange activity beyond the planned conclusion of the pilot project.	November 2013

Focus 5: Sustainable Business Model

Action	Target Completion Date	Status
Produce a consultation paper with draft recommendations for the continuation of the TIGAR network and services beyond the pilot project.	October 2012
Consultations with stakeholders’ organizations.	April 2013
Plan and prepare an on-going and sustainable framework in place by the end of the pilot project.	June 2013
Implement this framework.	October 2013

Focus 6: Project Management

Action	Target Completion Date	Status
Budget planning for 2013	October 2012
Produce road map for 2013	December 2012
Plan for project completion	June 2013

(Last updated April 2012)