Attendees:  Anne Kenney, Boodie McGinnis, Angela Horne, Pat Schafer, Kathy Chiang, Katherine Reagan

Guest Speaker:  Ed Weissman

1)      Ed Weissman and Pat Schafer discussed the Voyager upgrade and changes to online catalog

·          Some changes will include ability to save searches and results of searches

·          Pat Schafer distributed the Circulation testing plan prepared by Carmen Blankinship who will be the onsite coordinator for testing that module

2)      Assessing ILL/DD Services:  Cornell’s participation in the ARL study (Pat Schafer)

·          Olin and Mann agreed to participate

·          The study will take place Spring semester 2003

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Collect information from Julie Copenhagen and Cindy Golos for this study

3)      Results from LibQUAL (Pat Schafer)

·          In 2002, 164 libraries participated in the LibQUAL survey- Cornell will also participate in 2003

·          Pat Schafer shared data on Cornell’s performance

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Ask Access Services and IRPC for input to develop 5 questions to include in the 2003 LibQUAL survey

4)      Discussion about Distributed Delivery of Library Services Working Group (Angela Horne)

·          Members of the working group include:  Angela Horne (chair), Kizer Walker, Jesse Konnecke, Bob Kibbee, John Fereira, Suzanne Cohen, Adam Chandler, Iris Wolley, Thad Dickinson, and Oya Rieger

·          Name for group is not yet finalized.  Suggestions are welcome!

·          Reviewed Working Group’s charge below:

1. To investigate and devise effective means of incorporating personalized library services and access to library information into course management systems.

2. To investigate the adaptability of higher education portals, such as u-Portal, for the delivery of personalized library services, including distributed learning applications and services for alumni.

3. To conduct periodic evaluations of the usability and functionality of current personalized library services, to identify additional services of this type, and to serve as a clearinghouse for personalized library services within CUL.

4. To publicize and raise awareness and the use of personalized library services (e.g., MyLibrary, MyOPAC).

5)      Review of Instruction Working Group Proposal

·          Per a suggestion from Nan Hyland, PSEC was asked to review the possibility of making the Instruction Working Group a part of IRPC.

·          Reviewed proposal below:

The Instruction Working Group was formed in August of 2001 by Ross Atkinson in order to meet CUL’s 2001/2002 goal of increasing Library Instruction by Ten Percent. Since the committee was not ongoing, it was formed without any formal reporting structure. The group has since picked up enough projects to become an ongoing committee. IRPC steering, therefore, proposes that the Instruction Working Group formally become a subcommittee of IRPC. This would ensure communication among IRPC committees and would help to avoid overlap in activities and goals of  groups working in the area of instruction and reference.

·          PSEC approved the proposal that the Instruction Working Group would be a subcommittee of IRPC

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Instruction Working Group chairs (Tony Cosgrave and Kornelia Tancheva) should develop a formal charge making the Instruction Working Group an official subcommittee of IRPC

6)      Review of proposed CUL Events Calendar

·          Prototype is at:  http://www.library.cornell.edu/events/

·          Calendar should go live in the Spring and will have a link from the Library Gateway

·          Beth Fontana will be integral in publicizing the database so that libraries will consistently use it

·          Calendar would alleviate problems in scheduling conflicts for  CUL-wide events

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Send feedback to cul-eventsgrant-l@cornell.edu by Friday, December 13th

7)      Discussion on User Assessment Activities (Kathy Chiang)

·          Kathy Chiang shared her thoughts on ways to streamline data gathering from library users

·          IRPC and Access Services should arrange a Public Services forum

ACTION ITEMS:

ü      Review Kathy Chiang’s document and bring recommendations to next PSEC meeting

PSEC’s next meeting is:  Wednesday, January 8, 2002 3:00pm-4:30pm 702 Olin Library

Karen Calhoun will be the guest speaker at our next meeting