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Web Operational Management Group

Minutes of the Meeting of October 21, 2009
1:30 - 3:15 pm, Davis Centre Conference Room 1568

Present: Allan Bell (Chair), Nancy Collins, Tim Ireland, Esther Millar, Doug Morton (Recorder), Bill Oldfield, Charles Woods,
Regrets: Marian Davies
Guest: Annie Bélanger

  1. Approval of WebOps Minutes of September 23, 2009
    Approved with minor changes.


  2. Business Arising
    8. Rather than changing email group name the spam will be ignored.
    4. e  Positioning of the search Widgets - please review it and send a yea/nay to Bill ASAP


  3. Agenda Review
    6. Special Collections archival finding aids - Esther.


  4. LibGuides Proposal
     Annie presented the proposal (from herself, Nancy Collins & Kathy Szigeti) to subscribe to and implement Libguides. The proposal has been accepted by Library Executive and has been successfully demonstrated to Davis and Porter ISR groups. Initially, Libguides would be used for subject and course guides but the option is open for other material (eg. How Tos) as well.

    Systems people indicated they would put together a series of questions they had.

    Assuming there are no roadblocks, there an ad hoc implementation group is being set up; this would reduce to an advisory role once everything is up and running. Annie will join WebOps during this period. January 2010 was tentatively set as a launch date.


  5. System Problem Alerting proposal
    Doug brought forward a proposal (from himself, Nancy Collins & Tim Ireland) for a trial system to alert users to problems with subscriptions and systems at vendors and others.

    Several suggestions and requests for clarification were made. These will be brought back to a future meeting.


  6. Special Collections archival finding aids
    Esther had been approached by Anita Streicher from Special Collections about putting their finding aids on the web. Allan will discuss this proposal with Susan Mavor; there may be a better solution.


  7. Around the Table
    • Esther has produced a new banner for the home page for Library Day, Oct. 28.
    • Charles reminded us to consult with Library Systems (via WebOps) if a new web project is planned.
    • Annie is working on the annalysis of the SFX survey.
    • Allan reported that
      - the RFP for the University website redesign is out.
      - The Web Content Management group has been announced; Chris Gray will be on it.


  8. Next Meeting: October 28, Davis 1568
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