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I-Share Acquisitions and Serials Team Minutes
Meeting by Conference Call, 12/14/06
Participants: Jen Masciadrelli (CARLI), Anne Hudson (CARLI), Tammy Schnell (LLC, co-chair, presiding), Ann Riley (SIE), Carlos Melian (NEI, IUG Liaison), Joann Hounshell (IIT), Rachel Wightman (NPU), Todd Spires (BRA), Ted Schwitzner (NCC)
Absent: Wendy Shelburne (UIU), Cindy Fuller (MIL)
- Tammy called the meeting to order at 11:05 am. Minutes from the Nov. 17 meeting were approved as submitted.
- CARLI Update—Jen reported that the new digital collections group met for the second time on Dec. 11. They are working on putting together guidelines and best practices for CONTENTdm collections CARLI-wide. She also reported that CARLI technical staff have been working on the new books list function, including book cover images from Amazon.com, and RSS feeds. A version of the list for the UC will be announced in the CARLI newsletter. During the first part of 2007 the new books list will be made available for use in local catalogs. The new reporting software Analyzer is being installed and CARLI staff will be trained on it soon. CARLI staff are also working with the new I-Share libraries, including the cluster of four community colleges, Illinois Eastern CC, which will be one shared instance with one local catalog.
- IUG report—Carlos reported the CCAC forum went well, with people indicating continued interest in training, not just forums. Indexing of 490 fields (“untraced” series statement) was completed over Thanksgiving for the UC and will be done for local catalogs over the semester break. The Resource Sharing group is planning a forum Feb. 14, to include presentations on self-check and document delivery. Some groups are still showing interest in a mentoring program for new libraries, and IUG is working on it. The Instruction Team will soon post URLs for I-Share tutorials, and the OPAC team is looking at spell-checkers. IUG also plans to implement “recognition of service” letters to thank presenters at forums and others who have contributed time. We should e-mail Carlos before the end of January with names of any people we wish to get letters.
- Review of the Forum—Tammy reported generally good evaluations, which Jen posted to the Acq/Ser Team list. People liked the small group discussions, with some staying around to discuss at the end. About 45 attended. Some mentioned wanting more handouts and documentation. CARLI staff will post the notes from the small discussions as available as well as other forum documents to the CARLI website in January. Some libraries expressed interest in a follow-up forum or workshop next year as many are just starting to switch from paper to online subscriptions, and some are re-evaluating decisions to switch.
- ERM sessions—Kris Hammerstrand has been assigned to work on ERM investigation, which had been suggested to the New Products and Services group. Jen will ask Kris to contact Cindy and Tammy on our ideas on how to proceed with the possible information sessions our group had discussed.
- Complex serials patterns— Camtasia tutorials, online shared lists of patterns, a wiki, a database of patterns used in I-Share and other ways to address this topic were discussed. All agreed uploading screen shots would be a good way to share info. Anne H. will send the info on an EndUser presentation on complex patterns. Jen will look at setting up a wiki. Discussion will continue at the January meeting.
- The next meeting will be a face-to-face with conference call option, set for Feb. 2 at the CARLI office in Champaign.
Respectfully submitted,
Ann Riley
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