Present: Marlene Laurence, Wish Leonard, Maureen McCormack, Doug Morton, Susan Moskal, Shabiran Rahman, Susan Routliffe (Chair), Mary Stanley, Jackie Stapleton, Linda Teather, Rose Koebel (Recorder)

1. Minutes of November 21, 2000

The minutes were approved with changes.

2. Business Arising

Wish informed the Committee that he spoke with User Services Managers, who supported ISMC's recommendation to offer TUGbars service to co-op students in the same manner that it will be offered to Distance Education students. Alex is investigating the best way for students to make use of this service.

3. Laptop Update

IST has identified a configuration bug in a specific model of network switch necessary for docking stations. Carl is investigating the implications for the Library and believes that the problem will be resolved before very long.

4. Review of Terms of Reference
1. evaluation of past topics and terms: ISMC reviewed its terms of reference as it had planned to do a year ago when the Committee was formed. The overall impression was that while topics are consistent with the existing terms, some of them can be classified as housekeeping issues. The point "co-ordinating the development and evaluation of effective interfaces to electronic resources and services" and whether it was appropriate for ISMC was discussed. While there are several groups and individuals who are responsible for Web pages within the UW Library and TUG, some interfaces are handled on an ad-hoc basis and some may not have any forum other than ISMC. While the Committee is not sure of its role here it does want to be informed about activities which have an affect on information services.

   The Committee also discussed "maintaining an awareness of trends and changing circumstances that may affect the demand for information services." ISMC agreed that circulating background reading among its members may be useful, as long as there is an opportunity to read and discuss the information. Susan R. will forward information in electronic format as she comes across it.

   The Committee acknowledged that its meetings should focus on substantive issues, but the question arises as to where to re-direct the less substantive ones. Creating sub-committees outside the group and approaching departmental groups to handle these types of issues are options, but they may lack the expertise or the authority to make decisions. It was suggested that ISMC consider re-directing issues on a case-by-case basis as they come up, and determine who the better forum is.

   The Terms of Reference were modified to remove "Developing a structure/plan for on-going staff training associated with the provision of information services" since this was to be a one time matter for the Committee and has been dealt with.

2. membership: Some form of rotation will take place in September, with some members staying on for a third year.

5. Roving Evaluation Form

Jackie distributed revised copies of the roving questionnaire, which will be reviewed at the next meeting.