Present: Jim Farmer, Kathy Zipp, Anne Harmon, Brice Austin, Jan Tankersley, (via conference call), Alice McKinney (conference call), Ev Jamerino, Franca Rosen, Nancy Sensel, Geoff Douglas, Clark Driese and George Machovec. Alan Charnes sat in for part of the discussion.
1. George's news: Statistics are published in DataLink. Regis is now included. Still no formal letter for Endeavor to sign so that specifications can be given. George gave an update on loading NetLibrary records. Sites can load all or some. ACTION: Time for turnaround studies again. Due date is end of April. We have been experiencing a "hung control" which prevents printing of paging slips. This is an III problem and should be reported via the helpdesk for action.
2. Group discussed recent DPL issues. Lori was unable to be present to bring us up to date on progress; however, there are some known issues. Franca noted that cancellations have tripled at JeffCo. The re-request piece still needs to be tested and Franca volunteered. Anne received a DPL book with an R number but with a 9CSUP suffix. Book came from CSU. Anne will report. CUB is not getting cancellations (is this turned on in the system options?). Reminder that cancellations then pickups are printed in that order due to some small glitches in the system. Franca reminded everyone to please keep stacks of books to 2 or 3 when sending on the courier.
3. Group discussed the possibility of raising rates for billed books. A quick round robin showed each institution's local per-item bill pricing (amounts are in dollars): CSU=100, CU=200/400 for journals, UW=65, UCHS=75, DU=85-115, JCPL=COST OF BOOK, UNC=60, DULAW=negotiated, Auraria=75, FTL=45. We will wait until we get through the first reconciliation before considering a billed book price increase.
4. Enhancements. George led the group in giving background to previous year's enhancements. These are due March 30 but George will send by the 22nd. Group decided on which previous enhancements to forward and then created some new enhancements as well. Full list to be distributed by George for input/revision. ACTION: Next meeting, group will prioritize the list in order for members going to IUG to be able to vote.
5. No Financials discussion--everything appears on track with our procedure
6. Next meeting is April 18. We will skip the may meeting and meet Wednesday, June 6, 2001 instead. The place will be the Alliance Office in Denver. The plan to have a meeting at CSU was scrapped indefinitely.
7. George and Jim agreed to get the ball rolling on the parameters for 1 week checkout by meeting before April 18.
8. Each group member distributed his/her copies of reports procedures per the assignment given last month. Next month we will discus if there are any questions among us. Jim.
9. Lastly, a quick discussion on PASCAL. Brice will keep us posted on progress here.
Meeting adjourned
Submitted by Jim Farmer 4/19/01