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Web Operational Management Group

Minutes of the Meeting of February 13, 2008
2:00 - 4:00 pm, DC Conference Room

Present: Allan Bell (Chair of 1st half), Nancy Collins, Marian Davies, Chris Gray, Esther Millar, Doug Morton, Bill Oldfield (Chair of 2nd half), Dan Sich (Recorder), Charles Woods

Regrets: Tim Ireland

  1. Approval of WebOps Minutes of January 23, 2008

    Minutes approved with changes.

  2. Business Arising

    8. The "Whereis" function. Charles communication with Wayne Johnson at UG. It appears that linking the "Where is it?" floorplans from the OPAC will be more difficult than anticipated. We will defer integration of floorplans until after the deployment of Primo (June).

    4. Focus Groups, Surveys, Usability Testing. Allan and Web Advisory are preparing a report and will share with Marian (as it relates to her work).

    6. Google Search Enhancements. Google bot doesn't index every eJournal page. Action: Allan will follow-up with Bill.

    7. Connect From Home - Remote Login Page. Work not yet completed. Action: Chris. Action: Charles will communicate with user.

    5. Home Page Banner & Right Navigation Advertisement. The contest goes live on Feb. 14. The top banner will be live for 1 week (or slightly longer).

  3. Agenda Review

    Defer "Literature Review" to later meeting.

    Add "More Prominent Feedback".

  4. Google Analytics

    Google Analytics tracking code javascript envelope has been changed. The new script enables additional features. Charles is testing. Action: Charles, Allan, Chris, Bill.

  5. More Prominent Feedback

    Marian suggested a more prominent or ubiquitous feedback form or chat box, instead of a hyperlink. Action: Dan, Marian and Nancy will set-up MeeboMe widget for new eJournals A-Z search and forward to Bill, who will insert the code on a test version of the page.

  6. SFX A-Z List

    Bill highlighted SFX A-Z menu/pop-up work done by David Walker, and similar changes he has mocked-up for our system. Action: Doug will vet these changes to ISR this Friday.

  7. New Google Search Engines

    Bill highlighted changes.

  8. Around the Table

    Charles thanked Bill for the work he put in to ensuring that Verde went live on Monday.

    Chris noted that some sections of the Library have opted to use blogspot blogs instead of creating Library-supported WordPress MU blogs. Action: Chris will discuss with Allan.

    Action: Esther will forward Musagetes quick poll email to Allan.

    Action: everyone will look at WebOps' strategy by next Wednesday (February 20th) and comment.
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