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Web Advisory Committee Minutes, January 11, 2006

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

1. Updates on projects:
   • Message Boards (Irwin)
   • LIFT Transcoder (Irwin)
   • Rotating news announcements on the home page (Jones)

   ACTION:

   Message Board server will be ready around Jan 18th or so. The plan is to have some kind of demonstration version by the next WAC meeting (Jan 24, 2006)

   LIFT Transcoder -- the purchase has been made, working with the vendor to get things configured. Still should be up sometime during spring semester

   The Google Mini will come after LIFT Transcoder is ready.

   LMT topics:

   • Google Scholar: Sarah will confirm w/ Ramona re: workload
   • Sarah will tell LMT on Thurs Jan 12 when she gives the Q1 WAC report
   • Marie will tell them about the CMS
     

   To be added:

   • Rotating new databases
   • Text box (underneath the animated banner ad) for rotating featured database. IR sends DLS the databases to be included in "featured".
   • Profiles for the models in photos will be coming.
     
     
     
2. The list of tasks and priorities that we'd put together in September is here: http://libraries.uta.edu/wac/wac20050913.asp Given the ongoing projects in the library, what should WAC focus on next?
   

ACTION:

Reconsidering the Resources by Subject pages

• Suzanne will ask for volunteers at the next IS meeting to join CD, Cathy

Next Meeting:  Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 1:30-3:00 pm, B-29 meeting room