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Technology Services Management Group Meeting

Minutes

Oct. 11, 2005

Members Present: Cathy Mook, Martha Hruska, Erich Kesse, and Betsy Simpson

Members Absent: Michele Crump

Guests: Steve Carrico and Jason Fleming

1. Announcements

· The next TSMG Meeting will be rescheduled due to the FCLA Joint Meeting. Martha Hruska will send an email with the rescheduled date.

2. Updates

· Budget status
The materials budget balance is $3,079,359.39.
The DSR budget balance is $129,628.08. None of the anticipated $811,814 (including Engineering assessment) in new DSR funds has arrived yet.
Collection Managers have been apprised of the budget status and are aware no more additional funds are anticipated.

· Annual highlights

The Technology Services Accomplishments 2004-2005 document was reviewed. Discussion points are listed below:
º Jason Fleming will provide a link to FCLA usage statistics on the Library Usage Statistics Web page. SIDE NOTE: Bill Covey distributed electronic forms to be used to compile ARL statistics. ARL has not yet provided information about collecting supplemental statistics.
º Serials Solutions records were not added until Fiscal Year 2006.
º Solinet was not mentioned in the Grant Assistance and Partnerships section.
º Graphs do not appear to function properly when accessed via the Acquisitions and Licensing hyperlink. Jason Fleming and Cathy Mook-Martyniak will send Martha Hruska links to their respective areas.
º Conservation will be added to the “Strategic Collections” section.

3. Discussion

· Space Requirement process

Cataloging & Metadata and Preservation’s assessments have been posted to Microsoft Outlook/Public Folders/TS Stuff. Jason Fleming distributed a hardcopy of Acquisitions and Licensing’s assessment. The Digital Library Center’s assessment is being assembled however the department measurements should be available late next week. Martha Hruska will provide a template to be used to compile current departmental information. Committee members were asked to assemble proposed requirements/departmental locations for the following common areas and equipment prior to next TSMG meeting: conference room(s), staff lounge, reception area/person, mailroom, mail boxes, supplies room, restrooms, printer(s), copy machine(s) and fax machine. Members were also asked to complete the current space measurement assessment prior to the next TSMG meeting.