• WebBridge
• Announcements
• Outreach budget
• Forums - planning & discussion

Present: Mihoko Hosoi (Co-chair and minutes), Ida Martinez (Co-chair), Jean Callihan, Virginia Cole, Beth Katzoff, Jill Powell, Pat Schafer (PSEC liaison)

Guests: Amy Blumenthal

*****Summary*****

At this meeting, the following topics were covered:

• WebBridge – Maureen Morris’ presentation and the attendants’ feedback
• Charge review update: BIG (Business Information Group), (Web Guides Working Group), and DRSC (Digital Reference Services Committee)
• 2005/2006 budget request for PSEC Reference & Outreach Committee
• PSEC Reference & Outreach Committee Forums: Dates and tentative agenda items for open forum meetings were discussed.

*****Details*****

**Open Meeting**

WebBridge

Maureen Morris presented an update on WebBridge (replacement for LinkFinderPlus) and asked for feedback.  WebBridge will be launched on March 20th. 

The following suggestions were made:

• “Inter-library Loan” changed to “Inter-library Loan (for items not at Cornell.)”
• “Voyager Library Catalog” changed to “CU Library Catalog.”
• Will exporting to EndNote, in addition to RefWorks be possible?
• Linking to book reviews seems useful, but linking to commercial bookstores was debated. 

The audience recommended the following capabilities:

• For items held at Cornell, the “find it” link leads directly to the items or pages that are most relevant, e.g., the PDF file of the article, the catalog record, MyDocumentDelivery page, etc.
• For items not held at Cornell, the “find it” link leads to a page that lists useful options, e.g., Borrow Direct, ILL, etc.

Pat Schafer gave an update on the “Get it” project, and described the CUL’s user-centered approach in document delivery.  The participants agreed that library users would desire seamless and easy access, regardless of Cornell’s holding status.  ILL’s user log in will also need to be changed to facilitate user access.   

**Closed Meeting**

Announcements

Charges for BIG (Business Information Group), WGWG (Web Guides Working Group), and DRSC (Digital Reference Services Committee)
All charges have been approved at PSEC (Public Services Executive Committee).  However, PSEC recommended some slight changes in wording for both the WGWG and DRSC charges.  The chairs of those committees (Virginia Cole for DRSC; Kornelia Tancheva and Angela Horne for WGWG) will be notified of the suggestions. 

Other Business

Budget
2005/2006 Budget for PSEC Reference & Outreach Committee
The committee discussed and agreed on including the following for 2005/2006 budget request for reference and outreach activities.  Ida presented estimated costs:

• Tablecloth banner w/CUL logo for information/outreach events (approx. $200 – one time cost)
• Tabletop sign w/CUL logo and stand for information/outreach events (approx. $150 – one time cost)
• Banner sign holder for large CUL banner (approx. $200-$250 – one time cost)
• Promotional items w/CUL logo for information/outreach events (pens, pencils, plastic bags with CUL logo, e.g.)
• Food for forums $65 per forum (approx. $195)
• Cost of producing handouts for information/outreach events (approx. $50)

We also agreed that having a computer and a printer at information fairs will be helpful.  We will also need to discuss coordination of various handouts.

Reference and Outreach Forums
We decided to schedule forums monthly, on Mondays after our regular meeting.  The below dates and tentative agendas were discussed:

March 20 (9:00 - 10:30am)- Olin 106

• Reference Statistics Sampling (Brief overview of goals and timeline, Anne Kenney)
• WebBridge launch (Maureen Morris?)
• Outreach (full discussion - agenda and presenters TBD)

April 17 (9:00 - 10:30am)- Olin 106

• Reference Statistics Sampling (full discussion - details TBD)

May 15 or 22 (date & location not confirmed)

The Reference & Outreach Committee's next meeting will be 3/13/05 (Monday), Olin 106 @10:30-12:00