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I-Share Users’ Group Minutes
217-244-7532 and (toll free) 877-607-8979 Date: April 24, 2009 Heartland Community College
Members Attending: Carlos Melian, (2006-2009 St. U) Northeastern Illinois University Mary Burkee (2009-2011, StU) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Xiaotian Chen (2006-2009, Pr) Bradley University Keith Eiten (2007-2010, Pr) Wheaton College Stephanie Graves (2006-2009, St.U) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Sarah McHone-Chase (2007-2010, St.U) Northern Illinois University Jason Rossi (2009-2011, Pr) Robert Morris College Karen Whisler (2009-2011, StU) Eastern Illinois University Carol Reid (2007-2010, CC) Heartland Community College Stephen Smith (2007-2010, St. U) University of Illinois at Springfield Sandy Craig, (2008-2011, CC) Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Alexis Rogers (2008-2010 CC) Lincoln Land Community College
Guest: Sara Clark, Intern at Heartland Community College
CARLI Staff Attending: Lorna Engels, Kris Hammerstrand, Cathy Salika
Decisions:
- Minutes approved
- Next meeting: May 22, 2009 with Chairs and Chair-elects of Teams invited
- June meeting date changed to June 26, at EIU
CARLI Report:
- Major activity is focused on the Voyager Upgrade in June
- Last copy pilot project has begun
Team Reports:
- Acquisitions & Serials Team
- 134 registered for April 30 forum
- Mini forum issues discussion has been posted on CARLI wiki
- HACQ fest is June 9
- Final draft of checklists for upgrade submitted
- Cataloging and Authority Control Team
- During April conference call, Priscilla Matthews elected new Chair
- Upgrade checklists have been submitted
- Instruction Team
- Forum evaluations were positive (75 attendees)
- Two tutorial workshops planned for June at CARLI (6/5) and Columbia (6/12)
- Rebecca Martin is the new Chair
- OPAC Team
- During April conference call, upgrade was discussed
- Discussion on the future of ILS continues with results sent to Carlos
- Paige did an impromptu Wimba demonstration with Web Voyage features
- Resource Sharing Team
- Checklist compiled and submitted
- June 3, 4 Wimba sessions on Voyager 7 changes in resource sharing
- Future of ILS discussed especially with a view to universal borrowers and easy call slip processing
- Next chair will be chosen via email
Agenda Discussion:
- Volunteer usability
- Charge will be less specific about what is tested
- Next step: call for volunteer libraries
- Volunteers for IUG
- Alexis, Stephen, Sarah and Lorna will meet in mid-May to look at volunteers for team vacancies
- Liaisons Forum May 21
- Tentative agenda includes welcome, communications, Voyager upgrade information, discussion of future of ILS, debriefing
- CARLI handouts include liaison responsibility document
- Communication part will include discussion on usability testing task force, checklists for upgrades & stats overview
- Voyager upgrade info will be handled by Cathy and Paige
- Roundtable discussions followed by debriefing; information gathered will be shared with the CARLI Board
- Future of ILS
- OCLC announced a strategy to move Library Management Services to a Web scale
- Much discussion ensued
- Voyager Upgrade checklist
- Will be compiled and put on CARLI website, hand out to liaisons at forum
- E-resource cataloging task force
- Review and revise current document, leaving best practices for another group
- Jessica Gibson to be included in finalizing charge & draft call for volunteers
- Discussion of other discovery points beside catalog
- Preliminary assessment of document and report back for additional milestones in timeline
- Subgroup will revise call, will be sent out in June
- ERMS
- RFP finished, Serial Solutions product (360) was chosen and will provide pricing to CARLI for institutional participation. Not hosted by CARLI—all (tiered) pricing and billing direct to member library, hosted by Serial Solutions
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