Minutes of October 10, 2006 Meeting

Present:: Ka-Neng Au, Sam McDonald, Rebecca Gardner, Stephanie Bartz, Dave Hoover, Laura Mullen, Theo Haynes, Karen Hartman, Bob Nahory

1. Planning for RefWorks

RefWorks is up and running, with training for faculty available in NB, maybe at Camden but nothing at Newark. Training sessions for librarians will be held in November by a trainer from RefWorks.

Issues:

Popups must be enabled
What about public computers in the library?
We need a list of databases that support Direct Export
Which group should keep track of information and training?

For RefWorks the library needs to be prepared for questions - no training is provided for the public.

Dave reported that RefWorks has a list of "vendors" for which Direct Export is turned on.

A major issue for the libraries: database tutorials are needed. No person or group is defined to take responsibility for this; WAC is not defined to be responsible for such things. As databases change, who should be responsible for noting this and making the necessary changes?

Conclusions:

Add FAQ note on enabling popups for RefWorks
Refer to PSC the need for a list of databases that support Direct Export to RefWorks
There could be a link to RefWorks in Alerts section of Indexes & Databases, on Ask a Librarian, on How Do I, Learning Tools for Students, Info for Faculty and Staff, More Library Catalogs.

2. Periodic Site Review

Those responsible for units need to update and check their pages as needed.

Assignments:

Alex and Art - Stephanie
LSM, Chem, Physics, Math - Laura will nudge someone
Chang - Rebecca
Alcohol - Penny Page
Annex - Stephanie will nudge someone
Douglas/Music - Au will contact Andrew
Media - Jane Sloan
Foster Center - Ferris
SCC - Stephanie will nudge someone
SCUA - Au will nudge Dave Kuzma

3. Indexes and Databases (Sam)

Descriptions to be revised:

ACM Digital Library - Laura will nudge Mei-Ling
Agricola - Rebecca will nudge Marty
CCH - Au
CIAO - Au
Comm and Mass Comm - Stephanie
Computing Reviews - Laura
Conference Board - Au
CQ Researcher - Theo
Declassified Docs Ref System - Stephanie
CSA's Sustainability Science Abstracts, Bio One Abstracts and Indexes, wait till next meeting

New databases:

Historical Statistics of the US
Music - 2 databases
CAB Abstracts, now CAB Direct - Rebecca will nudge Marty

Note: Sam needs to hear in advance which databases are cancelled in order to update web pages.
Note: Stephanie pointed out that a sentence in Cancellation Template about specialized databases needs to be removed. Au sent an email to Natalie about this during the meeting.

4. Web Master Report

Front-page images have been adjusted to replace the one from Camden
New research guide - Latino Studies
Redlight Green expires on Nov 1 - Sam will remove it
Free Worldcat needs separate listing. Au will send email to PSC about this.
Staff pages have been updated

5. Final Comments

Rebecca commented on a need to update the Index and Databases description guidelines. Au suggested putting the details for each item in a MS-Word template as page 1, followed by page 2 blank form. Theo and Au will carry out update.
For updates, Sam would like an item with name/date on who did the update and when.
Future WAC discussion is needed about Alerts