- Review of minutes of Meeting of February 29, 2000
The minutes were approved, with the amendment of adding Linda Teather
to the list of those present.
- Location of Online Reference Tools
There was some discussion re Michele Laing’s e-mail message of March
3, 2000 concerning the TUG web page ""Electronic Reference Shelf."
Discussion centred around whether such resources as CanCorp Financials, and
other more substantial resources, should be included on this page or located
on a different web page. It was noted that perhaps an alphabetical listing
of the numerous resources should be the approach to designing this page so
the resources are more easily accessible. It was further noted that a structured
data system approach to the design of the web page would in fact make it more
accessible in any number of ways, allowing a variety of indexing and also
permit access via a search engine. In the latter approach, users could have
the option of selecting resources only available at their own site or at all
sites, as is currently the design of the e-journals page.
It was decided to discuss this issue more fully at a future meeting at
which a representative from the group responsible for the Electronic Reference
Shelf would be invited to attend.
- Continuation of Discussion about the ISR/Systems Relationship
Susan Routliffe prepared a draft document reorganizing and capsulizing
the points raised in the draft version of Recommendations for Improving
the Relationship between ISR and the Systems Department.
This document was discussed at great length and the group agreed that
the first two sections should remain as drafted, and that the third section
on how to improve communication could be included as key actions under the
following headings: Priorities, Timeliness, and Working
Together/Building Relationships.
Susan will present a revised draft version for the next meeting.
- Upcoming Topic
A committee has been formed to deal with issues surrounding the use of the Ask
Us/Tell Us feature available on the top page of the new version of the Electronic
Library’s web page. Parameters for this service need to be established and communicated.
The Community Needs Assessment Group will be doing a compilation and analysis
of submissions made through this feature.
It was suggested that the "Other" category in the dropdown menu
of this feature could be directly linked to Asklib.
Sue Moskal will check with CNAG to see if these submissions are archived
and if we can have access to them.
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Next Meeting
The next meeting is scheduled at the Davis Centre Conference
Room at 1:30pm on March 21, 2000. Jane Forgay will be in attendance to discuss
the training committee’s proposed evaluation form.