Original Cataloging Production Group (OCPG) Minutes for
January 25, 2007
Present: Baker, Becker, Glenn, Glennan, Koh, LaSota (facilitator), Leigh, Mallett (note
taker), Nof, Park, Roper, Ruth, Schalow, Slania
Guest: Klair (for Shelf Ready Books topic)
TOPIC 1: UPDATE ON PROCESSING OF SHELF-READY BOOKS WITH
SERIES
Arlene reviewed the series procedure for Shelf Ready books. The latest version of the
series procedure document is located in the TSD Share folder labeled “Shelf Ready
Processing, Version 4.” She encouraged us to contact her if any information in the
document needs to be revised.
TOPIC 2: GUIDELINES FOR OCPG MEETINGS: REDUX
The OCPG meeting guidelines were approved, with minor revisions. The guidelines will
be posted in the TSD Conference Room.
TOPIC 3: STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS FOR TSD
Gordana reviewed the work plan strategic directions discussed in the January 17 PLCT
meeting. The strategic directions are designed to help us establish objectives for group
and individual work plans for 2007. She will place a draft of the strategic directions
document in the M drive so we can populate it with our ideas.
TOPIC 4: COORDINATING TEAM REPORTS
ACT: No new information to report.
CPCT: John reported that the gift books series proposal will be discussed in the February
meeting. Thereafter the proposal will be forwarded PLCT for review.
PLCT: Gordana highlighted the outcomes of the Jan. 24 meeting, which included a
discussion of the implementation of standard hours of operation for TSD and core bands
of time for scheduling meetings.
TOPIC 4: ROUND ROBIN
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Jasmin: Reminded us of the Trivial Pursuit lunch to be held on Jan. 26, 12-1 in
the TSD Conference Room.
Heather: Announced that she is taking a Persian class, working on the Istomin
collection, and serves as a member of the DACS subcommittee of the Special
Collections Cataloging Team. Also, she will be graduating in May.
David: Commented on shelf ready books workflow issues.
Kathy: Completed the move to her new desk location. Posted in the OCPG blog
her reports on the sessions she attended at the ALA Midwinter Conference.
Yeo-Hee: Working mainly on Korean materials.
Gerry: Working on problematic books from the monographs queue.
Bobbie: Continues to process titles in the new serials queue.
Jeanne: Reported that the CONSER standard record was a hot topic at ALA
Midwinter. Implementation of the record has been delayed, awaiting review by
the Joint Steering Commitee.
Alice: Reminded us of the Jan. 28 recital by Santiago Rodriguez to support
IPAM. Thomas has finished processing a collection of PAL videodiscs. Chris is a
member of the DACS subcommittee of the Special Collections Cataloging Team.
Ingrid: Moved all 2006 OCPG minutes to the Archive file in the website. She has
reported the MacroExpress pop-up screen problem to Uche.
Jennifer: She will be the co-chair of the Web Administration Committee when
she returns from leave. Announced that Ingrid will serve as OCPG blog
administrator during her leave.
Roz: Will work with Bob Giannelli to process a collection of unbound theses.
Richard: Will serve on two AV Team subcommittees: Public
Relations/Marketing and the Survey Team for Collections. Also working on
metadata creation for Films for the Humanities videos. Will help to create MARC
records for a grant proposal to process a sports films collection.
Gordana: 1.) Outcomes of the latest USMAI CPC meeting are in the website.
Note that the membership roster for the CPC has changed. 2.) In keeping with the
“library of the future” topic being discussed in LAG meetings, she will send a link
to Helene Blowers’ curriculum for keeping up to date on new library technologies
and trends. She suggested that future sessions sponsored by the Spirit Committee
be devoted to similar learning for OCPG. 3.) An interview for the Chinese
Cataloger position is scheduled for March 5th. 4.) Angie Ohler arrives on April 2
as Acquisitions Production Group head.
John: The NTL cataloging backlog is receding, thanks to Ken Shimada, Vikki,
and Roz.
Next meeting: Feb. 8, 2006; Facilitator: Leigh