Technical Services Committee Meeting: September 6, 2017

conference call

Members attending:  
Jessica Grzegorski (Newberry Library); Mary Konkel (College of DuPage); Joelen Pastva (Northwestern University); Adrienne Radzvickas (Lincoln College); Nicole Ream-Sotomayor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); Sandy Roe (Illinois State University); Cynthia Romanowski (chair, Governors State University); Chris Schmit (National-Louis University) 

Members absent: 
Gayle Porter (Chicago State University)

CARLI staff attending: 
Jen Masciadrelli; Nicole Swanson

Announcements:

Committee Announcements:

• Sandy – Illinois State University has begun a small research grant project to utilize new LCDGT
  • General cataloging advice is to move inappropriate subjects to corresponding genre terms

CARLI reports:

• A tentative schedule for the CARLI Annual Meeting is on the CARLI calendar. A director’s meeting precedes the annual meeting. Registration is open, though the full agenda has not yet been posted.
• There will soon be a total of 90 I-Share libraries.
• Ted sends his thanks to Adrienne and Gayle for assistance with testing tag tables.

Discussions:

• TSC Box space
  • Most committee members have access. Gayle is still working to resolve her access issues.
• One-page summary of 2016/2017 annual project for CARLI Annual Meeting was briefly reviewed: https://uofi.box.com/s/f6gaq1p7jddgfzcb2fia5tu8n2ddvzjs 
• Annual project feedback 
  • Jen added a link to the project webpage a month ago. No feedback has yet been received.
  • The project should be announced to the CARLI Technical Services list
• Annual project
  • Topics for the annual project were discussed – how to find 3D/nontraditional resources in VuFind, data requirements for display in VuFind, weeding electronic resources, differences between VuFind versions.
  • Format – mini webinars, possibly targeting different groups, pairing technical information with public services component in separate offerings.
  • Possible overlap with Public Services and Collection Management committees – feedback from committees would be helpful.
  • Deadline for project decision – mid-October
• Spring Forum
  • A four month lead time is required for planning. Historically TSC has organized a forum, but it is not required.
  • TSC is open to partnering with another committee on a topic.
  • The discussion was tabled until the next meeting.

Decisions:

• Minutes of the July 26, 2017, meeting were approved. Motion: Chris; Seconded: Nicole
• The meeting was adjourned at 11:08 a.m.

Tasks assigned:

• Cynthia will send the completed one-page summary for CARLI Annual Meeting to Anne Craig
• Cynthia will summarize the annual project ideas/points and distribute it to the TSC for comments and finalization
• Jen/Nicole will reach out to the Public Services Committee with TSC’s annual project ideas for comments and feedback
• Jen/Nicole will invite Jessica Gibson to attend the next TSC meeting to share details about the VuFind development process

Meeting dates and deadlines:

• Annual project topic selection deadline: mid-October
• Next meeting: Wednesday October 4, 10:00-11:30 am, via conference call

Respectfully submitted,
Joelen Pastva