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Minutes
1/13/2006
SFX / Verde Meeting, 1/13/2006
Minutes
Attending: Ellen Duranceau (co-chair), Jennifer Edwards (minutes), Tracy
Gabridge, Millicent Gaskell, Nicole Hennig (co-chair), Rebecca Lubas,
Kim Maxwell,
Beth Siers, Rich Wenger
1. Timeline Review
We reviewed the timeline Ellen proposed. Ellen will revise the timeline,
including adding columns for each of the sub teams (SFX, User Needs, Verde)
to clarify who is doing what and when.
2. Sub Team Updates
User Need Team:
" They have about 17 volunteers, hope for 3 more, who are currently
taking pictures for the photo diaries.
" The volunteers have been assigned to interview teams.
" Nicole has sent out lots of notes about how to interview, etc.
Verde Team:
" Kim and Ellen met with Ted Koppel at Ex Libris. They shared their
Ver. 2 feedback, including what should be configurable, what should be
pushed (instant or overnight) and what should be lookup. They felt good
about Ted's response, that he understood what they were asking for.
" Version 2 currently has a April 1 release date.
" Because the Metalib Knowledgebase merge with SFX won't happen anytime
soon, we need to decide if we should put records for databases in Verde
ourselves and push them to SFX. There are many options with no clear path
for database access, something another subgroup could work on.
SFX Team:
" Aleph as a SFX source: icons are on screens in Text and they do
work. Conditional display of the icons has not been implemented yet.
" Scripting for finding records that need URLs put in from SFX has
been implemented but needs more testing. Updates are running on the Test
side. Going live depends on Beth's time.
" RSS feeds: Rich says they are easy to do but not ready for demo
yet. He needs to know what parameters should be used to pull records for
new books, etc.
" IEEE: Rich reported that he has scripted an update to the file
received from Mark at Notre Dame, but that the data behind it is old.
He suggested that we host our own database. The process could potentially
be used for other conference databases such as SPIE, ACM, and ASCE.
4. Staff Training
Nicole has started planning staff training sessions. Some suggested topics
include RSS feeds, Verde, Web services, flexible infrastructure (or include
these topics in each training session).
We also discussed inviting someone who's done flexible infrastructure
with similar staff and technology, with the purpose of educating ourselves
and DLG/TSAC. They could meet with us and then give a presentation to
all staff. Rebecca and Nicole will investigate suggested names.
Next Meeting: Feb. 6, 11:00-12:00 in Cubespace
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