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Web Operational Management Group

Minutes of the Meeting of March 9, 2005
1:30 - 3:00 pm, Porter Conference Room

Present: Christy Branston (Recorder), Esther Millar, Marina Wan (Facilitator), Charles Woods
Regrets: Chris Gray, Linda Hastings, Bill Oldfield

1. Minutes of meeting, Feb 9, 2005

The minutes were approved.

2. Business Arising

[not noted]

3. Agenda Review

[not noted]

4. OPAC re-design

Charles reported on the latest developments of the OPAC re-design project. He demonstrated the work that the University of Guelph Library has been doing.

5. Templates, Contribute and file maintenance

Deferred item - Affan can work with Bill directly.

6. Task list for Affan

WebOps will receive 24 hours of Affan's time until the end of March. Esther showed the group some of the work Affan has already done. He created a template with SSIs for the navbar, but Esther feels there could be problems with this set up if changes need to be made. Affan also created an example with javascripts. Affan will also experiment with Contribute and SSI. Affan needs an updated version of htdocs2. ACTIONS : Charles will wipe htdocs2 clean. Esther will ask Bill's advice as to whether javascript is an issue.

7. Wiki

A discussion of wikis and their potential ensued. Charles will look into geting a Wiki for the Libwebreview group. He will speak to Chris about what type of server is needed.

8. Questions regarding the new UW Web standards

Marina will enquire about whether 745 pixels wide is the standard for fixed width pages. Also, Marina will speak to Carol to see if they are recommending the fixed width at all.

9. Report on Library Web Review Group

Discussion ensued as to whether joint meetings should be held between the web review group and WebOps. Both committees will start sharing agendas and minutes/notes, rather than have individuals be bored with issues unrelated to their work.

10. Around the Table

Esther signed up for the "Communicating on the web" course offerred by IST.

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July 14, 2005