PSPC Conference Call Minutes
March 24, 2003
Attendees: Gloria Woody (FAMU), Rita Pellen (FAU), Michele Newberry (FCLA),
Elaine Henjum (FCLA), Daniel Liestman (FGCU), Sherry Carrillo (FIU), David
Clendinning (FSU), Mary McCormack (FSU-Law), Caroline Reed (NCF), Meg Scharf
(UCF), Carol Turner (UF), Rae Jesano (UF-HSC), Bob Jones (UNF), Phyllis
Ruscella(USF), Beverly Shattuck (USF-Shimberg HSC).
Absent: Mon Yin-Lung (FIU-Law), Pam Williams (UF-Law), Kymberly Goodson
(UWF).
PSPC Subcommittee Chairs: Rich Bennett, Jana Ronan.
Guests: Beth Layton, UF-HSC.
1. The February 2003 meeting minutes were approved as corrected.
2. There were no announcements.
3. Subcommittee Reports
Florida Digital Reference – Jana Ronan reported that the subcommittee met by
telephone conference call on March 17. There is interest in participating in a cooperative
venture for digital reference and Jana is polling the group to develop goals for a
collaborative plan. Members shared information on reference chat programs in use at
respective libraries. The next conference call is scheduled for March 31.
OPAC Subcommittee – Rich Bennett sent an update to the OPAC subcommittee
dealing with issues in creating the Aleph OPAC interface. Lisa Tatum will have some
samples on the FCLA web pages for individuals to review. Rich has expressed interest in
sharing this work among the three phase one libraries so that they will have an
opportunity to respond. Maggie Hogue will temporarily work on this project during
Lisa’s upcoming maternity leave.
4. FCLA Report
FCLA will not make the target production date for the new LMS. There is a long list
of things to be tested in such areas as authority matching, adjacency, printing and report
generation. It is uncertain if UF will be able to go into production this summer.
Several FLCA employees will be on leave and this had not been accounted for in
previous planning, however, they are moving forward and some areas are close to
completion.
FCLA may decide to use Harvard’s publication patterns for serials for the phase one
libraries, as this solution would be preferable than hand keying the patterns.
5. Discussion of Proxies and Portals
There has been confusion concerning the FCLA proxy (Apache) and EZproxy. Many
institutions installed EZProxy at their libraries. It is necessary to keep the FCLA
Proxy as it is needed as a back-up system and two SUL institutions are still using the
FCLA proxy server.
Campus Pipeline does need a proxy server to access electronic library resources. It is
too early to know how MetaLib will work with portals, however, ip authentication is
necessary for MetaLib.
6. Discussion of Fines and Fees
After some discussion, it was decided that a subcommittee of PSPC members and
Jennifer Kuntz from FCLA (to advise on Aleph functionality) would meet at FLA to
review the various issues, for example, replacement cost, charges for processing, mailing
fees, etc. Phyllis Ruscella will send a listing of the categories to review and whether
there should be additions or deletions. The goal is to develop a general policy and same
level of fines for the SUL libraries.
7. PSPC report to FLA
Please send suggestions to Carol who will incorporate them and prepare the PSPC
report. Meg Scharf will present the report at FLA.
8. PsycInfo evaluation participation
There is a need to migrate databases that are on NOTIS so that FCLA can comply
with NERDC’s request to remove data from the mainframe . PsycInfo, which consumes
approximately 20% of usage, is one of these databases. ECC has asked PSPC to
participate in the process that will identify criteria to select a vendor for PsycInfo. FCLA
prefers to continue with APA for the content part. If the pricing for this database is under
$50,000, it will not be necessary to bid. UF and FGCU will recommend reference
librarians to Athena Hoeppner, Chair of ECC, who will serve as PSPC representatives for
the evaluation.
9. The next PSPC call is scheduled for April 28, 2003, at 2:00 PM. This conference call
has subsequently been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 6, at 2:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Rita Pellen
Florida Atlantic University