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Web Operational Management Group

Minutes of the Meeting of October 8, 2008
2:00 - 3:30 pm, Porter Conference Room

Present: Allan Bell (Chair), Nancy Collins, Marian Davies (recorder), Chris Gray, Tim Ireland, Bill Oldfield, Charles Woods

Regrets: Esther Millar, Doug Morton

  1. Approval of WebOps Minutes of September 26, 2008
    Approved with changes.

  2. Business Arising
    8. Tim reported that the installation of the latest Write ‘n Cite upgrade will be complete by the end of the week. 
    Charles raised ongoing issues regarding the proxy service.  These will be dealt with as they arise.  Allan informed the group that the latest version of EZProxy no longer supports wildcards, which will have an impact on our local environment.  In relation to this, Chris will request an emulator to help solve proxy related problems.

  3. Agenda Review
    No change.

  4. Watcard Image
    Charles requested any comments or suggestions.  The one concern noted was alerting library staff to this change.  Action: Marian will draft an email to staff.  Action: Charles will mount a test page and send to the group for a final review.

  5. Link to CopyRight FAQ
    Allan reported on the request to place the new Copyright FAQ link on the Library’s home page.  It was decided to place the link on the right navigation bar between Course Reserves and RefWorks.  Procedures or guidelines to address navigation and design changes to the web site, in particular the home page, will be investigated in the near future.  Action:  Esther will make the necessary changes to the navbar.  Action:  Bill will find out if the Academic Integrity web site team plans to include the CopyRight FAQ link.

  6. Contribute Upgrade to CS3/4
    Bill and Charles spoke about the current status of Contribute 3 and 4.  Esther is currently testing CS3.  The library has committed to move forward with CS3.  There is some interest in the new version of Dreamweaver.  A review of software licenses for staff, e.g. Dreamweaver, is pending.  Action:  Esther will plan a CS3 show and tell.  Action:  Bill will test CS4 and report on the advantages/disadvantages.

  7. Around the Table
    • Bill reported on his work updating the URL in the Scholars portal widget.
    • Bill reported on the progress made with rare book material and the library’s unique collections through which projects such  as local history (i.e. )  is visible to scholarly/research communities
    • Allan reported that this is the direction we need to focus on, which is to provide and promote access to our unique collections
    • Allan raised the need to focus on our widgets.  Action: Tim will find ways to promote this service (i.e. ISR Training), and report back to the group.
    • Chris described a new reference tool that he’s come across, for chat that may be more powerful than Meebo: http://www.altarama.com/refchatter.htm. He’s going to send information about this to CROG.
    • Chris also pointed out that the same company creates a reference tracking tool http://www.altarama.com/reftrack.htm which may be of interest to ISR or to WebOps for website feedback.
    • Chris reported on his attendance at a RefWorks sessions, discussing possible weaknesses of Refworks as its Microsoft Word orientation and lack of service to alumni. Tim responded by explaining the work-around for non-Word users and that alumni users actually do have access to RefWorks (this just isn’t publicized).
    • Allan shared the highlights of Access:
      1. There were updates from and /or sessions on: the UPEI experiment, Drupal, LibX (no assessment tools yet), Open Library Environment (OLE) project, OurOntario / Alouette, Synergies/OJS, OCLC update from Roy Tennant.

  8. Next Meeting: October 22, Porter 428, 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Recorder: Chris.
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