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Web Advisory Committee Minutes, December 13, 2005

Minutes-taker: Sarah Jones
Attending: Beckett, Suzanne; Irwin, Marie S; Jones, Sarah A; King, Burton; Spitzenberger, Cathleen; Stepanovich, Mitch; Trkay, Gretchen; Walter, Catherine; Wellvang, James K
Absent:

1. Draft profile questions for the models pictured in the UTALO home page photos. (Jones)

   ACTION:

• The winners:
  • First Name:
  • Last  Name:
  • Major/Department:
  • Undergrad?/Grad?/Faculty?/Staff?/VIP
  • Favorite food to eat in the library:
  • Favorite Book/Author:
  • Who do you consider to be your role model and why?
  • What are your plans for the future?
  • Name one country you would like to visit and why?
  • What’s the best thing about hanging out at the UTA Libraries?
  • What's your fondest memory of libraries?
  • How can we improve your library experience?
  • How have libraries impacted/affected your life?
  • Who's your favorite library staff member? (choose one from the gallery of photos)
  • Any other comments about libraries and you?
  • What's your favorite web site?
    
    
• Rejected questions:
  • Age:
    
  • Favorite Subject:
    
  • Favorite Sport:
    
  • Favorite Color:
    
  • Favorite Activity:
    
  • What is your favorite sports team?
    
  • Musical Interests:
    
  • TV/Movie Interests:
    
  • Do you play any sports? If so,what sports do you play?
    
  • Do you have any pets? If so, tell us about them.
    
    
• Others questions "borrowed" from MavMoment (a recurring feature in The Shorthorn):
  
  • Where is your dream vacation spot?
    
  • What is your sign?
    
  • What CD or radio station is in your car right now?
    
  • Where are you from?
    
  • Why UTA?
    
  • What is your favorite season?
    
  • What is your favorite quote or saying?
    
    
• Other questions?
  
  • Why the library?

2. Offering Google Scholar on UTALO (Irwin/Wellvang)

   Jim's comments (sent in email before themeeting): "I don’t know how the discussion on Google Scholar will evolve but if we do make it available I certainly would like to have links to our paid journal titles available. I don't know how that works but it looks as if UT Austin has something going in that direction"

   ACTION:
   WAC wants it. We'll make sure IOP and DLS are on board with staff who would do the work, then we'll bring it to LMT as an informational item.
   

3. CMS news (Jones/Irwin)

   Update from Marie:

   • UTA is at the "very beginning stages" of looking at a CMS (e.g. 1-2 years before UTA would do anything)
   • Theirs would probably be a campus/institutional license
   • We will be in on the process in some way
   • But, we still need something in the meantime
   • Marie and Sarah are doing preliminary research to make a proposal to Gerald, and also to see how to fit it all in with the existing strategic plan implementation projects
   • Marie recommended to Gerald:
     • Keep on w/ the intranet, don't spend too much wrt to either money or time
     • Do something re: CMS in conjunction with the intranet for the following year
   • Marie will say something about this at a January LMT so people know what's up (e.g. Jan 12 or Jan 26)
   • We'll have a server to experiment with an implementation in Jan/Feb 2006. We need to experiment before we can estimate real implementation costs/requirements/etc

   ACTION:
             *sigh*
   

4. Other:

   • WAC report to LMT (Jones)
     • The Q1 report was on the agenda for last week's LMT, but there was ice, so she'll go to the Jan 12th LMT to do the report.
       
       
   • LIFT Transcoder update (Irwin)
     • Funding got approved around Thanksgiving
     • We've got a discount if we buy in December 2005, so we may make that if timing works out w/ Procurement
       
       
   • Message Boards update? (Trkay)
     • It's the same server as for the CMS. Marie will be asking OIT what's up.

Next Meeting:  Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 1:30-3:00 pm, B-29 meeting room