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Minutes - 17 December 2003Present: Hennig, Edelman (minutes), Duke, Quirion, Skuce
1. Designer for Home Page
We have an RFP almost ready to go and a short list of designers we'd like to invite to bid on the new home page. Nicole will send out the RFP's by the end of the week.
2. "Test Vera" with Serials Solutions Imported Titles
Nicole imported the Serials Solutions data into test Vera (with help from Tracy on the coverage dates). This import increased the size of test Vera from about 5000 titles to about 18000 titles.
Most packages worked, except for Factiva and Ethnic Newswatch. Ethnic Newswatch is inconsistent, and Factiva goes to the main search screen. Darcy will look into creating a title note and intermediate screen explaining how to find specific titles in Factiva. Nicole will also follow up with Serials Solutions to see if they can fix the problems from their side.
The import also includes problems with foreign language characters; Nicole will ask Serials Solutions about that as well. Titles with periods in them must be searched with the periods.
We didn't like the "recommended database" language for listing packages in a subject search of journals. The databases contain additional titles, but are not necessarily "recommended" for a particular search. We changed the text to "full-text aggregated databases".
We still need to discuss workflow issues, and decide in January whether we'd like to recommend this import.
3. New Subject Guides
Nicole's been looking at examples of other web pages and reading about sophisticated style sheet design.
4. Content Management Systems
Carl and Nicole have been working on this. Macromedia Contribute may be an option for web authoring. They looked at the University of Minnesota's LibData project.
5. Metadata Unit Web Site
Nicole met with Robert Wolfe and showed him how we use Dreamweaver on our site. They're still working on the look and feel of the metadata site, but it should be done in January. Once it's created, Robert will be responsible for updating it.
6. Blogs
Nicole is investigating the possibility of using a blog in Moveable Type to keep track of library news briefs. This would make it easier for additional people to add news to the Libraries' site. There's a possibility that each library would also be able to create news blogs, or that library staff would be able to use blogs on the staff web. Nicole will also investigate the blogs that are available to the MIT community.
7. SFX
We will look at the Full Text Finder again in January, especially if the "new, improved" version is out. We will also look at Barton as a source and DSpace as a target. Darcy and Stephen will brainstorm about using Barton as a source.
Next meeting:
Wed., 1/7/04, 2-3:30, Barker Conference Room
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