University of Waterloo
   
                     Electronic Data Service Committee
                                     
                   Minutes of the Meeting of October 26, 1994


Present:  Doug Morton (Chair); Susan Moskal (Secretary); Shabiran Rahman; 
Albert Kemp; Carol Vogt; Richard Pinnell; Debbie Tytko; Bill Oldfield

cc:  Bruce MacNeil, Mike Ridley, Boris Bruder, Charles Woods


l.  Minutes of the Previous Meeting - October 19, 1994

	item 4, last paragraph - should read "Neal Patterson"

	accepted with correction.


2.  Business Arising

	October 12 Minutes, item 8:  records for items to be handled by 
EDS will be made 'on-behalf-of'; an EDS fund code will be established so 
that such records can be flagged;  this method of record keeping will 
allow EDS to track expenses

	October 19 Minutes, item 4, paragraph 3:  Andrea Chappell does 
think that this should not be a problem.  When the source is established 
and we are notified a mail and clear routine can be put into place.

			    item 8:  LSDB - Richard Pinnell met with 
Roger Mannell.  R. Mannell gave Richard a list of data sets archived on 
Attic including descriptions, codebooks, etc.  R. Mannell will meet with 
EDS in January when he returns from sabbatical.


3.  Additional Agenda

	EDS Floor Plans (Moskal)


4.  CANSIM/EPAS (Morton)

	no report


5.  Census and GSS Data (Kemp)

	Census: inventory is put together of what we have; Albert will 
check our holdings against a list mounted by Laine Ruus of the complete 
set of data released.  Albert will then notify Laine of the files we are 
missing and ask her to arrange for getting the data to us.  Laine had 
previously told us that she would remount missing data for us.

	GSS:  Albert now has a list of consortium members provided by Sue 
Moskal, but it was suggested that he may wish to contact Laine to see if 
anyone has joined since the original list of participants.  John Hertes 
does not have the complete files - he has only those data sets that were 
of interest to him, nor does he have the documentation.  
		Albert will contact other institutions to get missing files.

	Processing of orders in M.A.D.: Doug will speak with Boris Bruder 
about EDS orders and their maintainence in M.A.S.S.


6.  User Interface

	Bill Oldfield reported on the WWW Conference he recently attended 
in Chicago.  Of greatest interest to EDS members was a program at the 
University of Michigan which as Web to SAS facility using a form to 
request data.  Bill will be getting a copy of the program.  A general 
discussion too place about the possibilities this program represents 
and some of the problems that may be associated with it.

	Doug will investigate the possibility of DocuTech producing 
hardcopies of any documentation we want to have in the EDS office.


7.  EDS Office: floor plan and equipment

	Sue Moskal presented the group with two floor plans of which one 
was selected as being the most suitable.  A recommendation will be made 
to Facilities that the key to Room 222 be the same as that to the Porter 
Reference Department and that the blackboard and bulletin board presently 
in Room 222 stay.  Sue Moskal will report our decisions and 
recommendations to Facilities.

	Albert Kemp is continuing to shop around for a good buy on our 
computer and printer.  Suppliers outside the University will be explored.


Next Meeting:  Wednesday, November 2, 1994,  Porter 428