University of Waterloo
                    Electronic Data Service Task Group
                      Minutes of Meeting Feb 16, 1994


Present:  Albert Kemp
          Sue Moskal
          Doug Morton (Sec. & Chair)
          Shabiran Rahman
          Carol Vogt

Absent:   Bill Oldfield, Richard Pinnell

CC:       Bruce MacNeil,  Mike Ridley

1.   Minutes of Previous Meeting
     no changes

2.   Business Arising
     - Minutes will be distributed electronically to all, with
     print copies going to those who request it.
     - Meetings will be held Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:45 pm.
     - Discussion of the Terms of Reference was postponed until
     everyone had printed copies to work from.
     - Carol Vogt provided a copy of the list of data files in
     SPSS format and files that are on ATTIC.  Print copies will
     be distributed.
     - A bit more information about the EPAS software has been
     received.  DCS will have one of their technical people
     contact Chris Leowski of EPAS to sort out the finer points
     of whether the system can be mounted here.
     - We are still collecting information about what datasets
     are available on campus and who is paying for them.  The
     data from the Non-Traditional Media Task Group has not yet
     been made available.
     - Carol Vogt reminded us that the rooms containing the
     existing codebooks will be reassigned in the near future and
     that if the Library wants the codebooks they will have to be
     taken on soon.

3.   Additional Agenda
     none

4.   Demonstrations
     Carol Vogt demonstrated the process a user goes through,
     from a data set, to setting up either SAS or SPSS programs,
     to the final output.

     Albert Kemp demonstrated the U of Guelph implementation of
     the EPAS software by searching and retrieving data from
     CANSIM.  We were pleasantly surprised to find the catalogue
     online as well as the numeric data.  Retrieval of data did
     not appear to be difficult. Copies of the EPAS CANSIM user's
     guide were distributed.