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03/13/2008
Meeting Notes

DEDCC Meeting Notes

March 13, 2008, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Smith College Library
Present: Anne C. Moore, Chris Loring, David Podboy, Janet Ewing (chair), Marilyn Billings, Mary Stettner, Rachel Beckwith, Rebecca Henning (recorder), Sika Berger

1. Housekeeping:
The committee welcomed two new members: Rachel Beckwith, Arts Librarian, Hampshire College; and David Podboy, Reference/Information Commons Librarian, Smith College. David had a scheduling conflict but was able to join us halfway through the meeting. Sika Berger will be rotating off the committee—we all greatly appreciate the work she has done for DEDCC for the past 6 years!

In July it will be time to rotate the position of committee chair; we will need to decide who that will be.

Marilyn distributed a list of suggested readings from the Nercomp seminar “The Future of the Library” which she attended Monday, March 10. The list is appended to these minutes and is also posted on our ella site.

2. FCLC update:
Chris said that although the FCLC did not have time at their last meeting for more than a brief discussion of our report, the overall sense is that they want us to continue moving forward, and proceed with bringing in vendors for demonstrations of Next Generation catalog interfaces. The next FCLC meeting will be 4/14.

3. NextGen next steps:
The majority of the meeting time was spent considering logistics of bringing in vendors, which vendors to invite, and the purpose of this next step (educational and information-gathering as opposed to RFP). There are six products that we would like to see demonstrated either in person or remotely (through a webinar, for example):
(Product/Vendor)
- Aquabrowser/Serials solutions
- Encore/III
- Endeca/TLC
- Koha~Evergreen~opensource/LibLime
- Primo/Ex Libris
- WorldCat Local/OCLC

Timing: we are aiming for sometime between April 23rd and May 1st. If six vendor demos we would need 2 afternoons or an all day session? 45 min. for demo plus 15 min. for questions?

We want to do a survey of the demo attendees; Mary volunteered to set up a webform.

TO DO: Mary also volunteered to set up an ella-based site for our committee to use as a wiki to coordinate this project.
There was some discussion of the Boston Library Consortium/UMass investigation of WorldCat Local.

TO DO: initial contacts: Marilyn will contact Barbara Herzog (Encore) and Marian Carney (Primo) and is already in touch with Jeff Riedel (Aquabrowser)
Janet will contact someone regarding Aquabrowser and Worldcat Local
Rebecca will contact someone at LibLime
The initial information we are after: can they demonstrate as a webinar? Can they give us a ballpark $ estimate? Can they do a demo in April? And we specifically need information geared toward consortia, of course.

Janet will talk with the chairs of RIO and AMC to get a sense of how much they want to be involved.

Timing: we are aiming for sometime between April 23rd and May 1st. If six vendor demos we would need 2 afternoons or an all day session? 45 min. for demo plus 15 min. for questions?

Discussed possible available spaces. Immediately after the meeting the following information was available from Sika at Smith:
“The Browsing Room in Neilson is available any time Wed. 4/23, Fri. 4/25, Tues. 4/29, Thurs. 5/1, Fri. 5/2 There are open times also on Thurs. 4/24 (until 3:30 p.m.); Mon. 4/28 (from 2:30 on); Wed. 4/30 (from 2:00 on)
Other possibilities we could pursue at Smith (holding 120 and 105 people):
- Hillyer's Graham Hall: Wednesdays 4/23 & 4/30 after 2:30; Fri. 4/25 & 5/2 after noon
- Seelye 106: after 2:30 only, Mon. 4/28 and Wed. 4/30”

And from Rachel at Hampshire:
“Ash is available all day on Friday, 4/25; Monday, 4/28; and Friday, May 2 but it only seats 60 people. Also the West Lecture Hall in Franklin Patterson Hall is available all day on Friday, 4/25, and it seats 110”

4. Other notes:
Anne suggested that perhaps instead of conference reports, our next brown bag focus on some of the “Collaboration Webs” examples from the 2008 Horizon report.

There is a WorldCat Local webinar next week (3/20) which Janet will be “attending”.

The Future of the Library
Nercomp Preconference Seminar
Monday, March 10, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Suggesting Reading

ACRL Environmental Scan 2007
http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/Environmental_Scan_2.pdf

The Horizon Report 2007 Edition
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf

The Horizon Report 2008 Edition
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf

David W. Lewis
A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century
http://hdl.handle.net/1805/953

Agenda for Developing E-Science in Research Libraries
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/ARL_EScience_final.pdf

PEW Internet & American Life Project
Information Searches that Solve Problems
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/231/report_display.asp

30 Library Technology Predictions for 2008
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2007/12/30_library_tech.html

Trendwatching: The Expectation Economy
http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing/

Studying Students : the Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf

Enhancing Graduate Education
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf

Everything is Miscellaneous
David Weinberger
http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/

Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement
ARL Bimonthly Report February 2008
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-256-grad.pdf

How Technology will Shape our Future: Three Views of the Twenty-First Century
Educause/ECAR Research Bulletin January 22, 2008 (Membership Registration
Required)
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ECAR/HowTechnologyWillShapeOur/45918

Cyberinfrastructure Readings

Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Learning for the Future: A Vision and Research
Agenda
Computing Research Association
http://www.cra.org/reports/cyberinfrastructure.pdf

Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the
National Science Foundation Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.communitytechnology.org/nsf_ci_report/

Our Cultural Commonwealth: Report of the American Council of Learned Societies
Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/OurCulturalCommonwealth.pdf


	Meeting Notes > 2008 Minutes 03/13/2008 Meeting Notes DEDCC Meeting Notes March 13, 2008, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Smith College Library Present: Anne C. Moore, Chris Loring, David Podboy, Janet Ewing (chair), Marilyn Billings, Mary Stettner, Rachel Beckwith, Rebecca Henning (recorder), Sika Berger 1. Housekeeping: The committee welcomed two new members: Rachel Beckwith, Arts Librarian, Hampshire College; and David Podboy, Reference/Information Commons Librarian, Smith College. David had a scheduling conflict but was able to join us halfway through the meeting. Sika Berger will be rotating off the committee—we all greatly appreciate the work she has done for DEDCC for the past 6 years! In July it will be time to rotate the position of committee chair; we will need to decide who that will be. Marilyn distributed a list of suggested readings from the Nercomp seminar “The Future of the Library” which she attended Monday, March 10. The list is appended to these minutes and is also posted on our ella site. 2. FCLC update: Chris said that although the FCLC did not have time at their last meeting for more than a brief discussion of our report, the overall sense is that they want us to continue moving forward, and proceed with bringing in vendors for demonstrations of Next Generation catalog interfaces. The next FCLC meeting will be 4/14. 3. NextGen next steps: The majority of the meeting time was spent considering logistics of bringing in vendors, which vendors to invite, and the purpose of this next step (educational and information-gathering as opposed to RFP). There are six products that we would like to see demonstrated either in person or remotely (through a webinar, for example): (Product/Vendor) - Aquabrowser/Serials solutions - Encore/III - Endeca/TLC - Koha~Evergreen~opensource/LibLime - Primo/Ex Libris - WorldCat Local/OCLC Timing: we are aiming for sometime between April 23rd and May 1st. If six vendor demos we would need 2 afternoons or an all day session? 45 min. for demo plus 15 min. for questions? We want to do a survey of the demo attendees; Mary volunteered to set up a webform. TO DO: Mary also volunteered to set up an ella-based site for our committee to use as a wiki to coordinate this project. There was some discussion of the Boston Library Consortium/UMass investigation of WorldCat Local. TO DO: initial contacts: Marilyn will contact Barbara Herzog (Encore) and Marian Carney (Primo) and is already in touch with Jeff Riedel (Aquabrowser) Janet will contact someone regarding Aquabrowser and Worldcat Local Rebecca will contact someone at LibLime The initial information we are after: can they demonstrate as a webinar? Can they give us a ballpark $ estimate? Can they do a demo in April? And we specifically need information geared toward consortia, of course. Janet will talk with the chairs of RIO and AMC to get a sense of how much they want to be involved. Timing: we are aiming for sometime between April 23rd and May 1st. If six vendor demos we would need 2 afternoons or an all day session? 45 min. for demo plus 15 min. for questions? Discussed possible available spaces. Immediately after the meeting the following information was available from Sika at Smith: “The Browsing Room in Neilson is available any time Wed. 4/23, Fri. 4/25, Tues. 4/29, Thurs. 5/1, Fri. 5/2 There are open times also on Thurs. 4/24 (until 3:30 p.m.); Mon. 4/28 (from 2:30 on); Wed. 4/30 (from 2:00 on) Other possibilities we could pursue at Smith (holding 120 and 105 people): - Hillyer's Graham Hall: Wednesdays 4/23 & 4/30 after 2:30; Fri. 4/25 & 5/2 after noon - Seelye 106: after 2:30 only, Mon. 4/28 and Wed. 4/30” And from Rachel at Hampshire: “Ash is available all day on Friday, 4/25; Monday, 4/28; and Friday, May 2 but it only seats 60 people. Also the West Lecture Hall in Franklin Patterson Hall is available all day on Friday, 4/25, and it seats 110” 4. Other notes: Anne suggested that perhaps instead of conference reports, our next brown bag focus on some of the “Collaboration Webs” examples from the 2008 Horizon report. There is a WorldCat Local webinar next week (3/20) which Janet will be “attending”. The Future of the Library Nercomp Preconference Seminar Monday, March 10, 2008 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Suggesting Reading ACRL Environmental Scan 2007 http://www.acrl.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/whitepapers/Environmental_Scan_2.pdf The Horizon Report 2007 Edition http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf The Horizon Report 2008 Edition http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf David W. Lewis A Strategy for Academic Libraries in the First Quarter of the 21st Century http://hdl.handle.net/1805/953 Agenda for Developing E-Science in Research Libraries http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/ARL_EScience_final.pdf PEW Internet & American Life Project Information Searches that Solve Problems http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/231/report_display.asp 30 Library Technology Predictions for 2008 http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2007/12/30_library_tech.html Trendwatching: The Expectation Economy http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing/ Studying Students : the Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf Enhancing Graduate Education http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons_cmpd.pdf Everything is Miscellaneous David Weinberger http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/ Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library Engagement ARL Bimonthly Report February 2008 http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-256-grad.pdf How Technology will Shape our Future: Three Views of the Twenty-First Century Educause/ECAR Research Bulletin January 22, 2008 (Membership Registration Required) http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ECAR/HowTechnologyWillShapeOur/45918 Cyberinfrastructure Readings Cyberinfrastructure for Education and Learning for the Future: A Vision and Research Agenda Computing Research Association http://www.cra.org/reports/cyberinfrastructure.pdf Revolutionizing Science and Engineering Through Cyberinfrastructure: Report of the National Science Foundation Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure http://www.communitytechnology.org/nsf_ci_report/ Our Cultural Commonwealth: Report of the American Council of Learned Societies Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/OurCulturalCommonwealth.pdf