Technical Services Committee Meeting: March 12, 2014

CONFERENCE CALL

Members attending:  Jim Edstrom, Lynn Fields, Lauren Noel, Dallas Long, John Whisler, Elizabeth Cribbs, Deborah Morris, Kavita Mundle, and Mary Tatro.

Members absent:  Tonya Webb

Staff attending:  Jen Masciadrelli, Nicole Swanson, Ted Schwitzner.

• February 12^thminutes approved with one correction, Lori Murphy was added as a guest attending the meeting.
• RDA Best Practices document approved.

• Updates to the RDA Training Calendar:
  • RDA: Staff Training, Implementation, and Monographic Workflow
  • RDA for Music: Popular Music, Jazz, and World Music Audio Recordings
• Update to Recommended RDA Resources:
  • Best Practices for Music Cataloging: Using RDA and MARC21

• RDA Best Practices document formatting was discussed.
• Spring forum:  Elizabeth inquired about the availability of internet access at UIS for presenters
• IACRL PreConference: group is following up with Michael Norman on the UIUC portion of the presentation.
• The PDA/DDA forum: no further updates at this time.
• White paper updates. Minutes were shared from the white paper subcommittee conference call. Jim will write the introduction and conclusion. Lauren and Dallas will write the How to begin a PDA/DDA project section, Kavita and Lynn will write both the Nuts and bolts of setting up the DDA/PDA section and the Sustainability sections. The subcommittee plans to share the completed paper in time for the May 14^th committee meeting.
• Workflow Sharing Blind progress- The blind is now visible on the Cataloging page of the CARLI website. John’s “Working with the Discard File” has been added.
• Jen inquired about the best time to upgrade to Voyager 9 for Acquisitions and what CARLI can do to help

• White paper subcommittee- share final draft with committee for May 14^th meeting.
• Jen- check with UIS on internet access
• Nicole- follow up on UIUC’s portion of Tech Services assessment