Notes for September 13, 2006 Meeting
DC1568, 1:00 - 2:15 pm
Present: Christy Branston, Rachel Caldwell, Helena Calogeridis, Marian Davies, Sandra Keys (recorder), Esther Millar, Dan Sich, Marina Wan (Chair)
Regrets: Bill Oldfield
- Minutes of Meeting, August 30, 2006
Accepted as published.
- Business Arising
Item 6: No response to Davis ISR call for membership. Dan will stay on the committee until a replacement can be found.
Dan also reported that the trial version of ViewletBuilder was put on the EDS machine in Porter ISR as a stop-gap measure.
- Agenda Review
No additions.
- Around the Table
Christy reported that she, Dan, and Rachel are looking at library tools with audio and are working on a mini project plan.
Dan reported that Wish Leonard has requested a Viewlet for RACER. Sandra noted that there will be a student hired to work on LINC projects in Winter 2007 and such requests could potentially be handled by this person.
Dan also noted that he would like to take to WebOps the idea of an MSN status indicator. An e-mail on behalf of CROG has already been sent. Action: Marina will follow up.
Dan also reported that although the TRELLIS header subgroup (Dan, Marian, and Esther) have not yet met, they hope to work in concert with other Library webpage revisions, etc.
Marian reported that the floor plans group had met and things are back on track with this project. It should be ready for ISR testing in a week or so.
Sandra reported on behalf of LINC that there was a possible confusion with the heading Tours and Workshops on the left menu and header since there are no Library Tours being offered this term. It was decided that instead of changing these headings that the LINC page would be revised to include the information that tours could be arranged by contacting "named" people. Action: Sandra
Rachel asked the group if we thought the banner images should be updated. The consensus was yes. Action: Rachel will pursue this with Admin after she and Esther have prepared something to present. She also reported that she is getting PhotoShop on her computer.
Helena requested a progress report on D-Space (UW-Space). Concern was expressed that information is not being relayed to Liaison Librarians, especially since the anticipated date for e-theses going live is Friday, September 15. Note: it was later determined that e-theses is not going live on this date. Action: Marina will talk to Bill. Action: Helena will talk to Shabiran Rahman about Christine speaking to this issue at a joint ISR meeting.
Marina noted that she had requested that an Ask a Librarian icon be added to the new IBM image. Since this was only an update, this was not done. She also reported that Systems does not want icons on the desktop because of prominence work and they suggested that anything should just be made more prominent on the webpage. There was further discussion on the desktop image. It needs to be friendlier and there needs to be more consultation on between term updates (apparently, there are a few people who are consulted, but this was not felt to be enough). Also, with the new screens, we are not supposed to put signs and notices on them, but how can we convey important information (e.g., how to print, save your information, etc.)?
Action Items:
1) desktop image: further discussion, recommendation, etc.
2) image update: communication and consultation
- Library Web Review
Questions:
1)
Should we have a major redesign?
2)
Should we have a usability study?
We need to better understand the CLF. It appears not to be as rigid as we had originally believed and had worked to.
We should always be watching for what we like from other sites and our own site. We can begin monitoring and compiling possible enhancements so that we are ready should we decide to do a redesign, whether it be major or minor.
Several members will attend the Laurier session on the redesign of their Library website.
September 19, 2006
