• Read Matthew's address to the PCC (There's also a text-only version; FYI: review in PCC Minutes and citation in our annotated bibliography). Matthew's challenge to the PCC may be similar to one of those facing our task force (and our department), namely, "How ... to retrain catalogers ... to prepare them to function effectively in a diverse information environment?"

• Prepare for joint meeting with Team Leaders? How should we do this? Re-read TL Recommendations? Suggestions from Joan?

• Discuss anti-theft article cited by Becky. Reformatted version posted to VTF Web site. In reformatted version, highlighted passages discuss shelf listing as tool for inventory-taking and discouragement of (especially in-house) theft. The author is mostly thinking about special collections, but the argument lends itself to regular collections as well.

• Look at Acquisitions outflow spreadsheet [1]. Note 30% decline in items routed to Frontlog between FY04 and FY05. Will this free up those who were previously dedicated to frontlog management to work on new initiatives?

• Pilot project ideas? E.g.: NAF+Wikipedia experiment with Dan Chudnov (following similar DDB initiative); Also consider non-MARC cataloging of digitized avant garde illustrations (proposal to E.C.)

• Meeting schedule: VTF meetings on 11/17 and 12/15 cancelled due to conflict with rescheduled CCC meetings.

• Follow-up to database interoperability topic (see 10/27 minutes): Tom recalls attending program at ALA Annual Toronto, 2003, on library OPAC interoperability with online museum catalogs. This issue may be worth investigating at Yale, given large number of museums.

 

 

 

 

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