MINUTES OF THE MEETING, DECEMBER 2, 2004
Present: Christy Branston (Facilitator); Sandra Keys; Judy McTaggart (Recorder); Richard Pinnell
Regrets: Shabiran Rahman
- Minutes of the Meeting of November 1, 2004: The minutes were approved.
- Business Arising:
From previous business arising:
- Item 5, TDR report: Richard contacted Larry to see if it is possible to make global changes to the urls. As soon as the urls are stable, the changes can be made (likely by Guelph’s cataloguing unit)
- Item 6, TDR “Reps” Meeting Summary: Christy has added the link for the Spatial Data Lab to the TDR web page.
- Item 4, Data Day: Sandra noted that Michelle Edwards (not Bo Wandschneider) gave the presentation. The presentations were good and approximately 30 people attended. It is possible that another “Data Day” will be held in the Winter/Spring term.
- Item 5, Nesstar Update: Richard reported the release date has been postponed until the end of April. Also, any available publicity on Nesstar will be sent to the EDS group.
- Item 7, Disabling Access To Other Library Disks From the EDS Machine: Christy reported that the authentication request to be taken to Systems is still an action.
- Item 10: Purchasing Membership for Data: The Library will purchase a one year membership to the Canadian Urban Transit data at a cost of $200. The subscription will be re-evaluated next year. Christy noted that she would like to have it catalogued with a note “for further information contact EDS” in the catalogue record. Action: Christy will discuss the issue with Betty Graf.
- Additional Agenda:
There was no additional agenda.
- Nesstar (Richard):
Michelle Edwards will give a hands on demo of Nesstar (December 16 th, Modern Languages lab, 9:30 a.m. – 12 noon). Richard sent a message to all Porter and Davis Information desk staff, as well as staff at Optometry and Laurier. Those interested in attending are asked to respond to Richard to register. He will send out a final list of who is registered.
- EDS Advisory Committee Meeting:
The Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for December 16; 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.; Porter 428. Lunch will be provided. Michelle Edwards will join the group to provide a demo of Nesstar. Agenda items will include:
- Discussion of the role and function of the EDS Advisory Group
- Terms of reference
- Membership
- Proposed name change
- Data Sets – Newly received data sets and suggestions for new acquisitions
- Data Links – Thoughts on the content – can we improve it?
Actions: EDS members will review the distribution list to determine if any Departments are missing; Christy will then send out notification of the meeting and the agenda. Richard will confirm the lunch details with Annette Dandyk.
Next meeting: January 17, 2005; 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Porter 407.
Judy McTaggart
August 3, 2005
