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12/08/2003
Meeting Notes

DEDCC 12/08/03 meeting at Five Colleges - notes

Present: M. Billings, S. Berger, C. Loring, S.W. Brown, J. Boisselle,
J. Jourdain

We briefly discussed the upcoming workshop on teaching skills for
information literacy programs. It will be held at Smith on Friday,
January 30.

We rescheduled our January meeting to February to accommodate the
January 30 workshop.

All the feedback on the November 12 XML workshop has been extremely
positive. The content, speakers, and organization for the workshop were
all excellent. Approximately 80 people attended. We may plan a follow-up brown-bag lunch on XML in March, if enthusiasm warrants.

The feedback on SFX continues to be positive. Although some titles
don't always work as hoped, generally the system is working well.

DEDCC has made minimal use of its Blackboard site so far, all agreed
it's worth continue to use, especially in light of the apparent delays
with committee web space on the Five Colleges website.

DEDCC is still hoping for feedback from Elisa Lanzi (Smith) regarding
digital object management as it relates to the ILS selection process.
Sika, Marilyn, and Jan encouraged the others on DEDCC to review the
portions of the bids available online, in particular the portions
related to DOM, context-sensitive linking, and federated searching, and
start considering pros and cons of the various options. Stephanie
volunteered to look for any published information regarding the
comparative usability of the major online catalogs currently available.

Ongoing business:
1. Contact CNI about workshop sponsorship - Marilyn
- done
2. Stephanie will contact the Archivists and Sika
will talk with Elisa Lanzi (Director of Image Collections at Smith)
about a draft checklist for the Digital Object
Management functionality. -- done
3. Stephanie will review the spring 2003 DEDCC RFB
for details on open linking and federated searching checklists. -- done
4. Jay will contact Mia Brazill regarding language
in the ILS checklist for Vera-like functionality - done?

New business: Research comparative OPAC usability -- Stephanie

Next Meeting: Friday, February 6, 11-12:30, Five Colleges


	Meeting Notes > 2003 Minutes 12/08/2003 Meeting Notes DEDCC 12/08/03 meeting at Five Colleges - notes Present: M. Billings, S. Berger, C. Loring, S.W. Brown, J. Boisselle, J. Jourdain We briefly discussed the upcoming workshop on teaching skills for information literacy programs. It will be held at Smith on Friday, January 30. We rescheduled our January meeting to February to accommodate the January 30 workshop. All the feedback on the November 12 XML workshop has been extremely positive. The content, speakers, and organization for the workshop were all excellent. Approximately 80 people attended. We may plan a follow-up brown-bag lunch on XML in March, if enthusiasm warrants. The feedback on SFX continues to be positive. Although some titles don't always work as hoped, generally the system is working well. DEDCC has made minimal use of its Blackboard site so far, all agreed it's worth continue to use, especially in light of the apparent delays with committee web space on the Five Colleges website. DEDCC is still hoping for feedback from Elisa Lanzi (Smith) regarding digital object management as it relates to the ILS selection process. Sika, Marilyn, and Jan encouraged the others on DEDCC to review the portions of the bids available online, in particular the portions related to DOM, context-sensitive linking, and federated searching, and start considering pros and cons of the various options. Stephanie volunteered to look for any published information regarding the comparative usability of the major online catalogs currently available. Ongoing business: 1. Contact CNI about workshop sponsorship - Marilyn - done 2. Stephanie will contact the Archivists and Sika will talk with Elisa Lanzi (Director of Image Collections at Smith) about a draft checklist for the Digital Object Management functionality. -- done 3. Stephanie will review the spring 2003 DEDCC RFB for details on open linking and federated searching checklists. -- done 4. Jay will contact Mia Brazill regarding language in the ILS checklist for Vera-like functionality - done? New business: Research comparative OPAC usability -- Stephanie Next Meeting: Friday, February 6, 11-12:30, Five Colleges