Steering Committee Conference Call 3/17

Notes for Steering Committee Conference Call
03/17/2011

1) Summon - Maryellen Sims - OLinks is not a full resolver, therefore we need to look at alternatives:
a. Trial at Wooster is going well using the 360Link resolver
b. Implementation Period can be extended for a reasonable amount of time. End of March is current cut-off, will extend that for 3 months.
c. 360Link resolver pricing: A question came up about an option for offsetting some of this cost with 360 CORE pro-rating for this year. Maryellen indicated that she would ask.
d. Maryellen will have trials of 360Link resolver turned on for all schools.
e. We need to determine what timeframe the payment needs to be made for the link resolver. Is there an option to pay after July 1st? Mark will draft language about the payment and send it out for comment.

2) TIC - Meeting next week at Denison with Matt Rolff in attendance.

3) Staff Development Committee - Phone call next week, summarizing data and working on summer plans, early April meeting planned. CWRU has a workshop on digital humanities on May 5th and has invited us to participate.

4) Cooperative Purchasing - Collection Development met at Wooster - will work with Readex, Gale, and ProQuest to try to get consortial deals for the Ohio5. Will send prioritized list to the vendors and ask for pricing depending on how many schools participate.

5) Campus Updates -
a. Wooster- purchasing planetary scanner.
b. Oberlin - King-Crane Commission project will be formally announced after Spring Break, new copy stand set-up in Archives with synchronized lights. Hoping to get opera and theatre people interested in costume collection.
c. Kenyon - nothing new.
d. OWU- deadline for next round of proposals is April 15th.
e. Denison - reviewing proposal on Humanities Journal digitization on Monday.

6) Monday's meeting - Let Amy know if you have other agenda items. Meeting 9:00 a.m. in Andrews at Wooster. Mark is starting an outline of the Mellon Report, will have it available for Monday. Need to determine what needs to go into it.

7) Other - Need to think about what the 2.5% decrease in the governor's budget and the collective response, this is not as bad as expected, but will require cuts. Strategic planning meeting at OhioLINK - there was tension between thoughts on retrenchment vs. bold new action, the strategic plan will need to strike a balance between these.