Web Interfaces Group Minutes
June 19, 2012 9 - 10 am
Present: Elizabeth Andrejasich, Martha Reynolds, Maureen Morgan, Jeremy Worsham
Discussion
(Notes submitted by Martha Reynolds)
June 6, 2012 9-10am
Present-Elizabeth Andrejasich, Martha Reynolds, Maureen Morgan, Jeremy Worsham
Discussion
May 21, 2012 8:30-9:30
Present- Martha Reynolds, Maureen Morgan, Jeremy Worsham
Discussion
Martha informed us about the upcoming webinar with Meryl Penson of GALILEO and their moves toward incorporating Ebsco's Discovery Services into GALILEO.
ExLibris products were the topic of the meeting. Jeremy and Maureen have a positive response toward company in our current contract. Fantasitc technical response after loss of library databases. Quick response and helpful advise. Vast improvemnet from "Endevor" experience.
From Maureen's perspective, current vendor pretty good.
Positive points of ExLibris:
Access from anywhere-web interfaces
Improvement? from current circulation module, which is confusing and counter-intuitive.
Alma provides integration across the library spectrumn.
Meeting again on Wed. May 23 to participate in the GALILEO webinar.
Submitted by Steve Head
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Web Interfaces Group Minutes
May 9, 2012, 8:45am -9:25 am
Present- Martha Reynolds, Steve Head, Elizabeth Andrejasich, Maureen Morgan, Jeremy Worsham
Articles, Reports and Readings
All group member should be expected to read Brian Matthews "Facing the future" as well as some of the other resources posted on the libguide by the May 16th meeting.
A timeline for discussing different products was laid out over the May meetings:
May16- Discovery Tools, summon and EDS
MAY 21 Exlibris products
May 30-- Worldshare management services
May 31 "field trip" to Covenant College * Martha will send a final email about travel arrangements to Covenant College later in the week
Gathering staff/student input about the catalog
Agreed to interview individually each staff and student working in the library this summer. The interview questions:
1. What do you expect the catalog to do?
2. What do you use it for?
3. What current features do you use?
4. Name one or two things you'd like it do (that it currently isn't)?
Assigned staff to interview:
Steve: Jenny, Michael
Elizabeth: Laura, Cheryl
Martha: Jessica, Judy
Maureen: Sherre
Jeremy: Vivienne
students to interview:
Jon, Melissa, Sarah, Fahkria, Maureen (Jeremy)
Rick, Marissa (Maureen)
Katee, Solie (Elizabeth/Steve)
Clay, Jordan (Elizabeth/Steve)
Michael's students (Martha)
Submitted by Elizabeth Andrejasich May 9 2012
May 2, 2012, 8:45 am - 10:00 am
Present - Martha Reynolds, Steve Head, Elizabeth Andrejasich, Maureen Morgan, Jeremy Worsham
Layout & Customization of LibGuide interface
Martha went over the layout and content of the libguide where all of the committee's notes and resources are being stored.
Database Menus
Live Chat Demo - LibraryH3lp
Problem Reports
Maureen asked about additional ways to report problems with additional resources. She relayed a story about a patron who contacted a staff member about a problem with a resource that was not received until well after the problem was encountered. The problem was that the person who could have further investigated the problem and possibly corrected it, wasn't aware of the problem until it was too late to address.
Further discussion focused around reworking the Ask-a-Librarian links, the pose a reference question form, and the email links.
Main Discussion Points
How do we best approach the whole 'what do we want our catalog to do? What do end users expect when they go to the catalog?" discussion?
How to best cover the waterfront as far as information we already have available to us (webinars, articles, blogs, etc.)
Establish a time line and some target dates for ourselves
Announcements/Housekeeping
Respectfully submitted by Jeremy Worsham May 2, 2012
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April 11, 2012, 8:30 am - 9:45 am, Martha's Office
Present: Steve Head, Martha Reynolds, Maureen Morgan, Elizabeth Andrejasich
At Martha's request, Maureen shared brief highlights from recent ER&L Conference in Austin, and will follow up on a book recommendation that came out of the conference (Expectations and Student Culture, Chapt. 2)
Committee began in-depth discussion of Gover Report and Recommendations (Jeremy's responses shared via e-mail)
General design/usability tips: unanimous agreement and we will continue to aspire/begin to take actions in those directions.
Less agreement on reservations she expresses regarding use and incorporation of LibGuides -- majority of committee members ok with continuing use of LibGuides as supplemental, powerful way for generating essential content and getting it to users quickly. Committee agrees that consistency between CMS and LibGuides is an issue we should address - start with LibGuides banner (Steve will followup) customization to match library web site as a first step. Agreement that we want to leave some freedom for all Libguides creators to tailor particular content as they see fit/appropriate, but need to eventually establish/'suggest' some very general guidelines for all users, rather than impose via admin settings approach.
Discussion of current design, recommendation to use real estate below left hand nav to better advantage than currently being used
Discussion of EG's prospective design, how to best use the word "Find"; problem with the word "LibGuide" for end user
Agreement "library home" should move to top of left hand nav
Martha and Steve will hit Google Analytics and heat maps prior to next meeting
Discussion of report will continue at next meeting
Web Advisory Group materials within Staff LibGuide: Martha has restructured slightly to move resources, learning opportunities info to separate sub-page, will continue to work on links as time permits - others should feel free to do the same
Database menu approaches/needs : discussion of possibility, advantages of continuing to use current forms system available, but creating, as needed, separate records for selected products to highlight their particular value to a particular subject. Example: Films on Demand; primary record stays the same, appears on A-Z list, elsewhere where general descriptions are appropriate. But Additional variations of FOD record are created for discipline specific needs such as anthropology. They will appear only on the appropriate menu, will also be useful for course-specific libguides/instructional contexts. Agreement to bring examples to next meeting.
Next meeting April 25th, library classroom.
Respectfully submitted, mr
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March 28, 2012, 8:30-9:30 Martha's Office
(Jeremy's Notes)
Look at Emily's report & see what is important
Google Analytics
Articulate challenges for working with CMS for home page
Wordpress widget? news box
Social Media
May 31 - OCLC Field Trip to Covenant College
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March 19, 2012, 10:00-11:00 Library Conference Room
(Jeremy's Notes)
Develop a proposal to organize Archives image resources and make them available
Facebook profile - what to do with it?
Look @ Library System - Discovery layer, worldshare, ALMA? what are the issues?
Develop approach to evaluate resources.
How do we create the best user experience?
Budget cycle -ask for money if necessary around October 2012
Apply Guiding principles to all resources
How do we do a needs assessment?
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June 8 & 9, 2009, 2:00-4:00 Classroom
Present: Maureen Morgan, Martha Reynolds, Emily Thompson, Xiaojing Zu
The committee met twice to discuss the reorganization of left hand navigation and possible changes on the library homepage. Members brought prototype drawings and favorite design elements from other libraries' homepages, and used post-it note to redesign the left hand navigation.The discussion will continue in the June 17th meeting.
The committee will share the prototypes with the whole staff before finalizing the design.
May 27, 2009, 2:00- 3:00pm, Conference room
Members and Advisor present: Maureen Morgan, Martha Reynolds, Emily Thompson, Xiaojing Zu, Jeremy Worsham
Summary of the meeting
May 18, 2010 2:00- 3:00pm, Conference Room
Members and Advisor present: Maureen Morgan, Martha Reynolds, Emily Thompson, Xiaojing Zu, Jeremy Worsham
Aug 21, 2009, 3:00 - 4:00pm, Martha's Office
Members present: Maureen Morgan, Martha Reynolds, Xiaojing Zu
Summary of the meeting