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03/23/2007
Meeting Notes

DEDCC Meeting Minutes
Friday, March 23, 2007

Attending:
Janet Ewing, Rebecca Henning, Sika Berger, Marilyn Billings, Anne C. Moore, Chris Loring

1) Reviewing DEDCC¡¦s mission, welcoming new members and housekeeping
„« There was some concern that DEDCC is not as cross-functional as was originally envisioned. We all agreed to keep an eye on this issue and make a conscious effort to reach out more to our colleagues in other areas for ideas or for their expertise.
We will review this concern after several months to see how things stand. We want to be sure not to become too insular in our outlook.
„« We reviewed and (re)assigned our liaison roles to other five college committees:
RIO ¡V Janet; Circ. ¡V Sika; Archives ¡V Marilyn; Ser/Acq ¡V Mary; Coll Dev ¡V Anne; Cataloging ¡V Rebecca
We also decided that there should be liaison to the AMC. For now, at least, that will be Rebecca.
„« Our next meetings will be: Fridays ¡V April 27th & May 18th ¡V from 10:30-noon, place tba
We also decided that it would be helpful if the committee members would put their summer vacation times on the group calendar in ella to facilitate planning our summer meeting times.

2) Discussion and planning for investigating catalog enrichment options
„« We worked through the scope of our present task which is to focus specifically, for now, on catalog enrichment in the narrow definition of added elements like book covers, author biographies, tables of contents, publisher notes, etc. to the catalog. User-centered enhancements, like tagging or personal reviews, would be a potential later step in the process.
„« After discussion and sharing of ideas and known resources, the preliminary investigative work was split up into broad tasks of exploring enhanced catalogs for examples of various possibilities (especially homegrown or hybrid options) and getting more detailed information from the commercial provider, Syndetics. We¡¦ll report back our findings to the group in advance of our next meeting.
„« DEDCC will also communicate out to our colleagues to let them know that we are beginning this investigation and solicit any input.

3) Brief discussion of other topics or projects on our horizon
„« After considering a few topics that have been percolating and looking at issues of timing, we tentatively decided to hold an informal information-sharing session on digital asset/digital resource management in early May. Sika and Marilyn will work on this idea.


	Meeting Notes > 2007 Minutes 03/23/2007 Meeting Notes DEDCC Meeting Minutes Friday, March 23, 2007 Attending: Janet Ewing, Rebecca Henning, Sika Berger, Marilyn Billings, Anne C. Moore, Chris Loring 1) Reviewing DEDCC¡¦s mission, welcoming new members and housekeeping „« There was some concern that DEDCC is not as cross-functional as was originally envisioned. We all agreed to keep an eye on this issue and make a conscious effort to reach out more to our colleagues in other areas for ideas or for their expertise. We will review this concern after several months to see how things stand. We want to be sure not to become too insular in our outlook. „« We reviewed and (re)assigned our liaison roles to other five college committees: RIO ¡V Janet; Circ. ¡V Sika; Archives ¡V Marilyn; Ser/Acq ¡V Mary; Coll Dev ¡V Anne; Cataloging ¡V Rebecca We also decided that there should be liaison to the AMC. For now, at least, that will be Rebecca. „« Our next meetings will be: Fridays ¡V April 27th & May 18th ¡V from 10:30-noon, place tba We also decided that it would be helpful if the committee members would put their summer vacation times on the group calendar in ella to facilitate planning our summer meeting times. 2) Discussion and planning for investigating catalog enrichment options „« We worked through the scope of our present task which is to focus specifically, for now, on catalog enrichment in the narrow definition of added elements like book covers, author biographies, tables of contents, publisher notes, etc. to the catalog. User-centered enhancements, like tagging or personal reviews, would be a potential later step in the process. „« After discussion and sharing of ideas and known resources, the preliminary investigative work was split up into broad tasks of exploring enhanced catalogs for examples of various possibilities (especially homegrown or hybrid options) and getting more detailed information from the commercial provider, Syndetics. We¡¦ll report back our findings to the group in advance of our next meeting. „« DEDCC will also communicate out to our colleagues to let them know that we are beginning this investigation and solicit any input. 3) Brief discussion of other topics or projects on our horizon „« After considering a few topics that have been percolating and looking at issues of timing, we tentatively decided to hold an informal information-sharing session on digital asset/digital resource management in early May. Sika and Marilyn will work on this idea.