Electronic Resources Work Group
Meeting minutes
July 18, 2003
Present: Lisa Hinchliffe, Wendy Shelburne, Michael Norman, John Weible, Jo
Kibbee, Lisa German, Lynn Wiley, Karen Schmidt
This was the inaugural meeting of the group, with discussion on the following
topics:
1. Membership – The Executive Committee has approved the composition of
the ERWG but also discussed adding more subject specialists. After
some review, the group concluded that the initial composition was
appropriate but will revisit this issue as we gain more experience with eresource activities.
2. Communication – we agreed that minutes of our meetings would be
reported in LON, with any critical issues going to LibNews or other
groups as needed.
3. TDNet Update – ERWG reviewed the draft charge and composition of the
TD Net Implementation Group that had been provided by Beth Sandore.
We made some minor suggestions to the charge and membership, and
Karen will take these to Beth. John, Wendy and Michael reported that
they are working with some internal data files and are awaiting sample
files from TD Net to begin to look at how implementation will progress.
4. ERWG’s role and activities – We discussed how the work of TD Net
implementation fits in with our work and developed a list of possible
activities and areas of interest for ERWG:
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feedback on connectivity and access problems – how can we make
this easy for our staff and users
review of the Access Task Force recommendations – how can
ERWG support the recommendations and carry some of the work
forward
communication of activities – what else can we be doing to share
information about new e-resources, access issues, etc.?
Open URL and Link Resolver – how do we work with users to
educate them about how these links will affect the way they
use/access the Library?
Training and trouble-shooting tasks and tools for e-resource
updating – providing good, quick tools for GAs, etc. to help them
support our e-resources
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Using our statistics better – 24/7 access, when and from where?
Interpreting use statistics as a guide to making good collection
decisions
We clarified that acquisition decisions are not part of our work, but that
we may provide information to collection specialists and the CDC that
can affect collection decisions.
5. Meeting schedule – we agreed to meet once a month as a start. Karen
will work to find a suitable time. Next meeting’s agenda will include
review of the Access Task Force reports.