University of Waterloo
                    Electronic Data Service Task Group
                      Minutes of Meeting May 25, 1994


Present:  Albert Kemp
          Sue Moskal
          Doug Morton (Secretary)
          Bill Oldfield (Chair)
          Richard Pinnell
          Carol Vogt
CC:       Bruce MacNeil
          Boris Bruder
          Mike Ridley

1.   Minutes of Previous Meeting
     deferred until distributed

2.   Business Arising
     To be covered below.

3.   Additional Agenda
     Sue Moskal - service
     Bill Oldfield - records for codebooks

4.   CANSIM/EPAS
     The has been no activity reported on the workspace assigned
     to the EPAS group from U of T.  D. Morton will enquire and
     report.

5.   Census and GSS data - Space
     Bill Oldfield is still working on finding space to store the
     Census data until the discs drives ordered for "Library"
     arrive.

6.   User Interface
     Carol Vogt will train Doug Morton, Sue Moskal and Richard
     Pinnell on setting up and maintaining gopher files.  Members
     are encouraged to collect URLs for interesting  services.

7.   Service to the Public
     Sue Moskal expressed concern about what services would be
     offered to the public beyond what was offered strictly
     electronically.  She and Shabiran Rahman will develop a
     proposal  in the next couple of weeks.

8.   Records for Codebooks
     Bill Oldfield is still exploring avenues for handling the
     existing catalogue records for codebooks.  Currently under
     investigation is WAIS.

Next Meeting
	Wed June 1, 1994, 1:30 pm,  LIB 428