- Catalina reported that the OhioLINK ticketing system is up and running. College of Wooster, Denison and Kenyon still waiting for interface work to be done, but technical glitches have all been addressed.
- Catalina reported that she and Matt are working on a DRC generic collection interface for scholarly repository.
Staff Development Committee
- Amy told us that Committee members are working on survey results from the Summer Institute.
Campus Updates
- Oberlin – 4 projects have been approved (one being slightly revised) – Artists’ books, Ethnographic collection, Music Education, and Music History – All $50,000 of Oberlin’s grant has now been committed. Bringing in a demo Zeutschel scanning unit the last week of July.
- Kenyon – no update
- Denison – has ordered a new Epson Perfection 10,000 scanner (ledger size)
- Wooster – new Emerging Technologies Librarian has been hired, Stephen Flynn. He will attend the next DRMC meeting in July.
- OWU – Japanese language project in full swing. Photography equipment has arrived, and a setup day is scheduled in August with Midwest Photo representative. Special Collections Reading Room construction has begun.
Assessment
- A new page on our Google Site is designed for assessment issues and results.
Other
- OhioLINK – Ray reported that the EJC migration is moving along. The process will be migration of all data, testing, then loading all Elsevier backfiles. The final switchover should happen by the end of August. OhioLINK has received its operating funds for the year and is paying for centrally funded databases.
- Internet Archive – Oberlin has been approached about the possibility of becoming an Internet Archive scanning station. If Oberlin agrees to fund the labor, Internet Archive would provide a specifically designed scanner and software for high volume scanning. This is all still in the exploratory stage.
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