University of Waterloo
                     Electronic Data Service Working Group
                   Minutes for Meeting of March 6, 1996

Present:  Albert Kemp (Secretary)	Absent:  Debbie Tytko
          Doug Morton                            Shabiran Rahman
	  Sue Moskal (Chair)                     
          Richard Pinnell
          Carol Vogt

CC:       Bruce MacNeil, Charles Woods

1.  Minutes of Previous Meeting - Deferred.

2.  Add'l Agenda  - No items.

3.  Budget Memo - 
    In her memo of March 1st, Sue Moskal proposed two new funds for the
    acquistion and purchase of EDS materials, for the coming fiscal year.  
    The EDS "General" fund will be for the purchase of data files (ie. ICPSR, 
    DLI, etc.), while the EDS "Support" fund will cover hardcopy books 
    (ie. codebooks, gateway fees, etc.).  Doug Morton proposed using
    subject specific funds with "on behalf of" as a note.  This would of
    course depend on the nature of the purchase.

4.  U of T Services - 
    Doug Morton reported that the Univ. of Toronto is moving ahead with its 
    plans to offer electronic access to their Census and CANSIM databases.
    Doug will contact Chris Leowski at EPAS to get additional information
    on this.

5.  Progress Report for PPG - 
    Doug Morton presented a preliminary report summarizing the progress 
    of the group, for review.  The report outlines our services for CANSIM,
    1991 Census, GSS, VAW, etc.  However, Doug mentioned that the report
    has yet to include access statistics for our services, as well as the
    future direction of the group.  Eventually, the finished document will
    be available via UWELIB.

6.  DLI Update - 
    Albert Kemp informed the group about a special e-mail account that has
    been set up for DLI requests and correspondence.  The account has 
    limited access and will be used primarily by Debbie Tytko (MAD-Serials).
    So far, the new account has been working very well.

7.  EDS Usage Evaluation - 
    Albert Kemp demonstrated a Web form that can be used to gather access
    statistics for the services EDS offers thru the Web.  Currently, users 
    can get monthly profiles for access to specific pages, over the past 
    year.  Albert plans to include the ability to profile all services 
    simultaneously.
      
8.  EDS Publicity - 
    After consultation with Mary Stanley of the Library Office, the infor- 
    mation has been revised in preparation for publishing in the Library's 
    FYI newsletter.  Susan welcomed additional comments from the group.

    Gary Griffin of the T.R.A.C.E. office also agreed that the UW-EDS 
    should be included in the upcoming Faculty Development Days for 1996.  
    Susan will coordinate this with Gary.

    Carol Vogt also suggested other groups on campus who might be willing
    to point the UW-EDS Web pages from their own:  T.R.A.C.E.
                                                   Academic Depts.
                                                   Stats Consulting
                                                   DCS
                                                   Grad Office

9.  Around the Table - 
    Susan Moskal passed around some ICPSR literature she had recieved,
    for the group's review.


Next Meeting: March 20, 1996, 1:30 p.m., Room 407 (Porter).