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04/26/2007
Meeting Notes

DEDCC meeting minutes for Thursday, April 26, 2007

Attendees: Janet Ewing (chair), Sika Berger, Marilyn Billings, Rebecca Henning, Chris Loring, Anne C. Moore, Mary Stettner

1. DEDCC housekeeping
• FCLC update – Their current focus is on ALEPH.
• DEDCC future meetings:
May 18, 10:30-noon at Five Colleges
May 31, 9:30-11 at Smith – Sika to send location
June 29, 9-10:30 at Five Colleges
July 27, 9-10:30 at Five Colleges

2. Catalog enrichment investigation
Review of the assigned “catalogs of interest”: Comments from group members that we didn’t see anything extraordinary, exciting and new, when we checked our assigned catalogs except products like Syndetics, LC TOC, and links to Amazon. Hoped to see more hybrid or homegrown options.

• Pulling in information from Amazon: Trinity in Hartford
http://ctwweb.wesleyan.edu:7002/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First

Commercial products – would it be easier than doing something in-house?
Bowker owns Blackwell and Syndetics – 2 different topics

• Blackwell product
– TOC in MARC record, enriches the catalog record
– Process is similar to what we currently do with BackStage for authorities (we would harvest records from ALEPH, send them to Blackwell, get enriched content back to load into ALEPH
– Provides keyword access through the 505 (contents note). Any titles included within the 505 would be indexed in the title index in ALEPH
– We own the final product
• Syndetics
– Covers, etc
– Useful but information provided wouldn’t come up in search because it’s not part of the catalog record
– We lease the product
• Library of Congress TOC - Also content outside our ILS so would not be indexed

Additional comments:
The Five College Cataloging Committee has expressed support for the idea of TOC enrichment in catalog records.
Does BackStage do content enrichment?
**Action item – Rebecca will check with BackStage.
What do users care about?
Having covers would make the catalog look less flat, more interesting

In-house enrichment - If we pursue this option, need to account for time
Outsource – If we pursue this option, need to account for cost

Conversation with Syndetics during ACRL – Anne’s report
Syndetics could provide us an anticipated “hit rate” if we send them a sample title list for them to run against their database. They can provide a list of others using their products.
Syndetics includes cover art, TOC, summaries, reviews, awards, author notes, profiles, find similar titles, and many more features.
Can buy any mix of these and if buy 5, get 33% off total price
Union view and separate instances – implications for Syndetics?
Are there ALEPH consortial sites using Syndetics?

Cornell’s catalog enrichment investigation is worth checking out – Sika

Other options to explore
– OCLC’s WorldCat Local, currently in pilot.
More information: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200659.htm
This is an important development to consider. This can be used as the local public catalog, may pre-empt developments by ILS vendors such as Ex Libris Primo product.
We’d still need our local catalog for business operations such as circulation
– University of Rochester’s Extensible catalog, CUPID
More information: http://www.extensiblecatalog.info
New type of library OPAC interface for searching and browsing contents of existing ILS based on faceted navigation terms including subjects, authors, and material types. Built without costly commercial software, such as Endeca.
– North Carolina State University’s Endeca interface, but costly
More information: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog
– Others?
The context for this investigation is the anticipated re-launch of ALEPH next fall. One question we need to answer is – What’s going to be different? We need to add more functionality. What is the status of SFX functionality in ALEPH? Could use connections to Amazon to add enrichment.

3. Next steps
Rebecca – Contact Backstage, Blackwell, and investigate WorldCat Local
Anne – Contact Syndetics
Marilyn – Contact Linda and AMC re SFX and ALEPH
Janet – Investigate Amazon api
We need to keep Primo, Encore, etc in the mix as we move forward on enhancing the catalog.
All - Content enrichment report with action steps for FCLC June 5 meeting.

Brown bag on Digital Assessment Management – May 8
(Sika and Marilyn are organizing)
Jan – DigiTool
Elissa – Luna Insight
Marilyn – Digital Commons
Shaoping ? – ContentDM

Fall program - Marilyn will check with Chris Hannon about an un-conference and bring back for discussion at the next meeting.

Next meeting: May 18, 10:30-noon at Five Colleges.


	Meeting Notes > 2007 Minutes 04/26/2007 Meeting Notes DEDCC meeting minutes for Thursday, April 26, 2007 Attendees: Janet Ewing (chair), Sika Berger, Marilyn Billings, Rebecca Henning, Chris Loring, Anne C. Moore, Mary Stettner 1. DEDCC housekeeping • FCLC update – Their current focus is on ALEPH. • DEDCC future meetings: May 18, 10:30-noon at Five Colleges May 31, 9:30-11 at Smith – Sika to send location June 29, 9-10:30 at Five Colleges July 27, 9-10:30 at Five Colleges 2. Catalog enrichment investigation Review of the assigned “catalogs of interest”: Comments from group members that we didn’t see anything extraordinary, exciting and new, when we checked our assigned catalogs except products like Syndetics, LC TOC, and links to Amazon. Hoped to see more hybrid or homegrown options. • Pulling in information from Amazon: Trinity in Hartford http://ctwweb.wesleyan.edu:7002/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Commercial products – would it be easier than doing something in-house? Bowker owns Blackwell and Syndetics – 2 different topics • Blackwell product – TOC in MARC record, enriches the catalog record – Process is similar to what we currently do with BackStage for authorities (we would harvest records from ALEPH, send them to Blackwell, get enriched content back to load into ALEPH – Provides keyword access through the 505 (contents note). Any titles included within the 505 would be indexed in the title index in ALEPH – We own the final product • Syndetics – Covers, etc – Useful but information provided wouldn’t come up in search because it’s not part of the catalog record – We lease the product • Library of Congress TOC - Also content outside our ILS so would not be indexed Additional comments: The Five College Cataloging Committee has expressed support for the idea of TOC enrichment in catalog records. Does BackStage do content enrichment? **Action item – Rebecca will check with BackStage. What do users care about? Having covers would make the catalog look less flat, more interesting In-house enrichment - If we pursue this option, need to account for time Outsource – If we pursue this option, need to account for cost Conversation with Syndetics during ACRL – Anne’s report Syndetics could provide us an anticipated “hit rate” if we send them a sample title list for them to run against their database. They can provide a list of others using their products. Syndetics includes cover art, TOC, summaries, reviews, awards, author notes, profiles, find similar titles, and many more features. Can buy any mix of these and if buy 5, get 33% off total price Union view and separate instances – implications for Syndetics? Are there ALEPH consortial sites using Syndetics? Cornell’s catalog enrichment investigation is worth checking out – Sika Other options to explore – OCLC’s WorldCat Local, currently in pilot. More information: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200659.htm This is an important development to consider. This can be used as the local public catalog, may pre-empt developments by ILS vendors such as Ex Libris Primo product. We’d still need our local catalog for business operations such as circulation – University of Rochester’s Extensible catalog, CUPID More information: http://www.extensiblecatalog.info New type of library OPAC interface for searching and browsing contents of existing ILS based on faceted navigation terms including subjects, authors, and material types. Built without costly commercial software, such as Endeca. – North Carolina State University’s Endeca interface, but costly More information: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog – Others? The context for this investigation is the anticipated re-launch of ALEPH next fall. One question we need to answer is – What’s going to be different? We need to add more functionality. What is the status of SFX functionality in ALEPH? Could use connections to Amazon to add enrichment. 3. Next steps Rebecca – Contact Backstage, Blackwell, and investigate WorldCat Local Anne – Contact Syndetics Marilyn – Contact Linda and AMC re SFX and ALEPH Janet – Investigate Amazon api We need to keep Primo, Encore, etc in the mix as we move forward on enhancing the catalog. All - Content enrichment report with action steps for FCLC June 5 meeting. Brown bag on Digital Assessment Management – May 8 (Sika and Marilyn are organizing) Jan – DigiTool Elissa – Luna Insight Marilyn – Digital Commons Shaoping ? – ContentDM Fall program - Marilyn will check with Chris Hannon about an un-conference and bring back for discussion at the next meeting. Next meeting: May 18, 10:30-noon at Five Colleges.