Steering Committee Minutes August 7th

• Technical Infrastructure Committee update
  • Alan--update schuduled for a call on Aug. 20. Confirming a time Talk about the portal. The current portal is not sustainable. Look at a web interface or wordpress.
  • Tech will develop their own problems and answers
• Staff Development Committee update
  • Omeka training--Training will be on August 20th at Denison
  • Anyone using Omeka for collections should attend. The training will be a mix of broad ideas and specific technical help
• Campus updates
  • Newspaper project tests are up on test for Kenyon, Oberlin and Wooster.
  • The tests look good. Wooster has all of Microfilm reels ready to go.
  • Wooster working on faculty IR-2500 citiations in but are still working on the project.
  • Oberlin has some some IR data up as well.
  • OWU is moving forward on final major projects.
  • Final reports are on the assessment document in the Wiki. Actually need the final report to Catalina if you haven't already. And create OCLC records.
  • Kenyon is working on last grants and final reports.
  • Denison is working on some grant payments to student issues.
• Comments/feedback on the precis? Susan is working on a cover letter and this will probably go out tomorrow.
• Any discussion of the OL survey on the discovery layer? This is a one page survey databases, link resolver and expenses. OhioLINK--migration from Sierra will be a smooth transition. Relates back to the Millennium staff mode that they are used to using.