Attendees:  Eleanor Brown, Kathy Chiang, Pat Court, Anne Kenney, Zsuzsa Koltay, Xin Li, Oya Rieger, Pat Schafer, Scott Wicks

1)      Logo Compliance and Library Web Presence with Carla DeMello (10:30-11:00am)

·        The due date for logo compliance in October 28, 2005

·        Visit this website (www.cornell.edu/identity) for an easy way to take the banner and use it for websites

                o       “Unit Search” should be linked from the top banner

                o       The 75 pixel banner should be used for the CUL banner (the 45 pixel banner will not be used per Sarah Thomas’ request)

                o       The CUL logo takes precedence over unit library logos

                o       Even if the website is updated with the new logo, the website may still not be compliant (visit the website or contact Carla for more information)

·        PSEC should help set priorities for which websites should be updated first (this subject is going to also be discussed in LMT)

·        Recommendations to bring to LMT for website priorities

              o       All unit library websites (homepages)

              o       Gateway

              o       Encompass, Illiad, the catalog, Find e-Journals

              o       Vivo

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Tiffany to print out all Unit Library homepages for Anne for LMT meeting

ü      Oya to create paragraph or two on the legacy issues for using the 75 pixel banner

2)      Oya Rieger/Tony Cosgrave discussion on CTLC website that is in development (11-11:30)

·        Oya took a few minutes to go through the history behind the Cornell Teaching and Learning Consortium (CTLC)

·        Oya brought handouts

·        An example of the homepage for the CTLC website

·        A spreadsheet of Services divided up by topic, who conducts these services, and the URLs for these services

·        This website will be kept up-to-date by:

·        Receiving some help from Publications and Marketing office

·        Time stamp the website on CommonSpot to update

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      PSEC should look through the spreadsheet and let Tony or Oya know if there is anything missing on the spreadsheet

ü      When a pilot website is ready, Oya and Tony should ask PSEC for help in promoting and advertising (for example, with a Public Services Forum)

3)      Discussion on the week of Data Gathering

·        Ideas to think about for this project:

·        Should we do it this semester?

·        Should we sample across the system?

·        What should we collect data on?

·        Is the appropriate committee Reference and Outreach? (yes!)

·        Sampling data vs. Long-term Data

·        Types of questions to ask

                   o       Directional

                   o       Technical

·        Track email and phone questions also?

·        Conduct for 2 weeks each semester, or every day, all semester?

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Reference and Outreach Committee should: (**due before Thanksgiving)

                o       Compare the pros and cons of sampling

                o       Look at the accuracy of the sampling during the time period

§         How much info loss do we have by not doing it on a daily basis

                o       Come up with types of questions to ask

4)      Miscellaneous topics

·        Public Service Forums do not need to be approved by PSEC (only when policies are being made)