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Public Services Executive Committee Committee Meeting
October 11, 2006 2:00 PM  
B60 Kroch Library

Agenda:
  • 2:00 - 2:15pm: Announcements
  • Issues with Net Library e-books
  • Find Databases Working Group (Report) – Guest Virginia Cole
  • E-reserves update

Minutes:

Net Library

Complaint from student about Net Library

  • These were all issues that were brought up before it was bought
  • CDEXEC made the decision to buy net Library, issue should come to them

Find Databases Working Group (Report)

PSECs response to the report

  • PSEC decided not to establish a gate keeping committee for Find Databases.
  • Virginia, Kizer, and possibly Michael Cook will serve though the end of 2006 as a temporary group to make decisions about new additions to Find Databases.
  • This group will submit an addendum to the FDGG report to PSEC by January, taking developments with WebFeat into account.

Further recommendations from Anne:

  • PSEC will continue to monitor what happens with database creep and WebFeat
  • We need user feedback about the titles included in Find Databases; can the WebFeat teams usability testing include this?
  • Kizer will put the issue of selecting databases for Find Databases (or WebFeat) on the CDExec agenda.
  • Eli will review the list of image databases now included in Find Databases with her colleagues.

Further discussion of the FDGG report:

  • The collection should be useful to novice users
  • How should we package / re-name to make clear that this is a selected set of databases (Find Core Databases?) 
  • Do users see these as our only databases?

E-Reserves

Need a follow up report

PSEC has recommended going with Blackboard

Bonna will chair an implementation group

  • 1st meeting has been held which included the people from Backboard
  • She has met with Peter about fair use

Concerns

  • Is CIT going to be ready within our timeline?
  • Ability to train units/staff because of the holidays.
 

 

Last updated: November 27, 2006