• The Library Council discussed and is continuing to discuss Library Goals & Objectives. When complete the final version will be posted to the Library Bulletin Board. This document should be used to draft departmental goals and annual assignments.
• Several TSSC members are attending a CM Steers meeting this morning.
• The Binding RFPs have been reviewed/approved and the current vendor will be retained.
• The EBSCO invoice has not been loaded. Ellen Bishop (FCLA) is supposed to email a status report.
• FSU will implement Aleph next week with Florida A&M following in May.
• Emails being sent to Library accounts from outside UF are still being bounced. Systems is working on the problem but is not sure when it will be resolved.
• Staff members should submit a Sys Help if he/she believes the Library Bulletin Board Forums should be changed or rearranged.

• Aleph permissions – Rich Bennett and Suzy Covey

• Some progress has been made on Aleph permissions. Work is currently being done on Preservation and Cataloging & Metadata.
• Rich Bennett is working on a chart to graphically illustrate the nine different places permissions are set.
• Some progress is being on SUL permissions access.
• LTQF issue is still on the list of Aleph loads for FCLA to resolve but other items are higher on the priority list.

• Serials Solutions record load
  • 25,000 plus processed and ready to load.
  • A training session set up for tomorrow on maintenance.
  • Hopefully next week a small sample set of records representing a change will be ordered.
  • A monthly MARC record update will be received.

• Budget update, including OPS – Michele Crump, all
  • $167,838.28 – Book OCO
  • When the EBSCO invoice is loaded Acquisitions will be able to better determine the budget status.
  • Dale Canelas presented an overall budget proposal to Acting Provost Glover. Martha Hruska will try to get the proposal posted on the Library web.
  • Cathy Mook will forward the verbiage used in a Senate report supporting the Libraries.
  • Due to the minimum wage increase OPS wages will increase therefore less OPS hours will be worked for the amount that use to be paid.

• Reclass project – Lawan Orser
• The OPS employee currently working part time on the reclass project has agreed to become full time.
• A test of the 050 books was conducted. The original goal was to process 1680 volumes a week. It was determined that this is impossible to accomplish given current staffing. Then an attempt was made to finish one file per day however this was also impossible given current staffing. It was determined that three files per week are possible given current staffing. Lawan hopes to increase to five files per week when more staff can be assigned.
• Only titles (all copies) that have circulated five or more times are being reclassed.

• TOC enhancements – Julia Allen and Betsy Simpson
  • Totals to date – 182,462 records sent; 74,253 records enriched = 41% & $55,689.75.
  • Enrichment for 1997 file – 27,260 records sent; 14,692 records enriched = 54% & $11,019.
  • 1998 is on the server.

• CAGER – Naomi Young
  • Naomi Young was not present at the TSSC meeting and therefore could not provide an update.

• Library web & Metalib – Tom Minton
  • Tom Minton has completed another round of Contribute staff training.
  • Metalib will be implemented on a test basis this summer. Categories are still problematic but some progress is being made. The subject guides will be included although Tom isn’t sure how at this time.
• DLC and Greenstone – Winston Harris and Erich Kesse
  • DLC –
  • Erich Kesse and Winston Harris will be attending the National Digital Newspapers Grant Kick-off Meeting in Washington DC, May 16-28, 2005.
  • The DLC has been awarded the Digital Libraries of the Caribbean Grant in conjunction with FIU and the University of Miami. John Ingram, Erich Kesse, and Mark Sullivan will be attending the kick-off meeting in Martinique, France June 4-12, 2005.

• Greenstone –
• Greenstone has been implemented on a development server. Gus Clifton has determined how to load and define records. A PURLs meeting is needed to decide URLs. The three collections currently planned for Greenstone are Rosca (no external access), UF Photos (external access to Health), and Samuel Proctor (external access to Oral History Program).

• Discussion:
  • Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog: On libraries, services and networks. (See http://orwelog.oclc.org/archvies/000505.html)

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