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E-Resources Working Group Meeting Minutes
July 9, 2007
Members calling in: Wendy Shelburne (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Sara Blaszczak (University of Illinois at Chicago), Laurie Sauer (Knox College), Jeanette Pierce (Loyola University), Chris Sweet (Heartland Community College), Tom Dorst (CARLI), David Hamilton (CARLI), Elizabeth Clarage (CARLI)
Guests calling in: none
Members absent: Sarah George (Illinois Wesleyan University), Jeff Matlak (Western Illinois University), Connie Walsh (CARLI)
Discussions
- Committee Organization for FY 2008 –
- Introductions – new chair; new members
- Chair – Wendy Shelburne (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Meeting dates – 2nd Monday of the month; new time - 1:30pm to 3:00pm
- Priorities –
- Licensing principles – task group to compile and review (Wendy, Sara, Jeff (Chris/Jeanette alternates))
- Ebooks – great forum; survey membership regarding ebooks, subject areas, cost? Yes. What are likes and dislikes about ebooks? Liked the maximum annual pay that some offered; Springer very flexible;
- Review of current proposals –
- Deferred RCL/Bowker Book Analysis System until August meeting
- Credo Reference (xreferplus) license is nearing completion
- New offers to be discussed at next conference call to give members time to look them over.
- SAGE Deep Backfile –
- 28 schools participating to date
- 60% central funds; 40% member contributions
- One-time purchase so the offer to participate will remain open to CARLI members
- Current content of backfile – preexisting titles (301); looks at current spending on Sage titles; premier collection only available through consortia; will go out as general announcement to membership
- The group also discussed the Sage offer for site licensed access to current years, e.g. non-backfile and the rollout of that offer to CARLI members
- Old business -
- Any response to Portico membership? Direct through Portico; only being endorsed by CARLI
- New business –
- September 14, 2007 - new and past chairs invited to meet to share ideas/reports on what various groups/committees are doing
- There was discussion regarding access to ABI/INFORM on the OCLC platform for FY2008 and discussion regarding adding this database to the spring brokering cycle for FY2009.
Next meeting:
Conference Call
August 13, 2007 1:30pm to 3:00pm
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