Meeting Minutes April 15, 2009
Here are the minutes from our meeting:
1. Review of dept. heads minutes.
2. Announcements
a. E-mail. I mentioned that next January, all CWRU faculty and staff will have to start using gmail via Case. For those who don't currently use webmail and want to set it up now, see me or Mike for assistance.
b. Blog for statistics, meeting minutes, etc. I showed the blog again, including using "categories" to jump directly to meeting minutes, etc. Generally, I won't send an e-mail reminding you to view the blog; instead, go to the blog within a day or so after our meetings to view the minutes, and within a week or so from the 1st of the month to view monthly statistics.
c. OhioLINK Database Management and Standards (DMS) notes. Will be posted on the blog. Next meeting will be in June.
d. Oracle calendar -- searching others' agendas (esp. mine). I showed how to view others' agendas, whether using the desktop or online versions of Oracle. Make sure your calendar is viewable by me.
3. Updates on:
a. Inventory Project, including withdrawals, mistakes, Iron Mountain, etc. S. Gravius has found some books mistakenly marked "oversized." Few withdrawals currently. A. Sievers-Hilll has books to review. Other books fall under M. Eddy's subject area.
b. Dewey Project. C. Thorton will review the Parliamentary Papers (e.g. separate or combined bib records).
c. Standing Orders. Small backlog. Linda and Michele are going through these.
d. Firm Orders. Some from Blackwell that had brief records are now appearing, interspersed with others. Approx. 250 books have brief records from the Blackwell set that need to be overlaid.
f. 090's. Approx. 2.5 trucks. Not backlogged. At times, best practice is to wait a few days or so to see if a DLC record has been created
g. gift books. 8 from Arlene. 2 were dups. All DLC
h. rush orders. 1-2 a day.
i. AV material. few
j. Special Collections. One truck almost done. NOTE: I will be meeting with Susie on Friday to discuss uncatalogued Deweys.
k. Metadata. Possible full-day workshop on TEI pertaining to the Cleveland Book Project this early summer.
4. Presentations.
-- Mary presented on the "Future of the Book" symposium she attended on Saturday, April 4, at Oberlin. An article regarding the event appeared in this past Sunday's "Plain Dealer."
-- Michele presented on 090 cataloging, with examples.
5. Other.
-- Chris sent an e-mail concering the 880 field. The field now displays so that the non-roman characters display in the OPAC and the Romanized fields will be index. Therefore you do not need to delete 880's from Marc records
-- I reiterated that, if problems or concerns arise, see me first and foremost. If I happen to be away, e-mail me, or wait until I arrive.
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