November 19, 2001 Meeting

Present: Ralph Moon (UC Berkeley), Geri Ingram (UC San Diego),Gail Yokote (UC Davis), Terry Toy (UC Riverside), Colby Riggs (LAUC), DianeBisom (UC Irvine), David Walker (CDL), Terry Ryan (UCLA), Larry Carver(UC Santa Barbara), Heidi Schmidt (UCSF).

Absent: Bruce Miller (SOPAG), Robert White (UC Santa Cruz)

Goals and Objectives:

The group discussed LTAG goals and objectives per SOPAG’s directive.Heidi Schmidt will create a draft based on the discussion and circulateit for comments and revision before sending it to SOPAG before the December6 SOPAG meeting.

David Walker distributed two papers: "The California DigitalLibrary’s Use of Z39.50" and "Guidelines for Usage of the CDL PURL Server."David said he was interested in knowing how campuses are using Z39.50.There was also a discussion about how campuses use CDL standards documents,and the relationship of STAS to LTAG. The group determined the Chair ofSTAS (currently David Walker) should attend LTAG meetings to provide abridge between the two groups.

Karen Coyle (guest) discussed the Melvyl transition. Acceptanceof campus snapshots may begin in January 2002. The work flow for recordscreated via the shared cataloging process will change slightly during migrationto the new system.

Colby Riggs briefed the group on the most recent audio meetingof the Metadata Workshop planning group. There was some discussion of thequestions raised by the planning group about the "target audience" forthe workshops and what the workshop sponsors wish to achieve. Colby askedLTAG members to let her know about digital library projects that demonstratethe use of various STAS standards.

Campus representative reported on recent activities in theirlibraries. There are still many vacancies in key positions. Most campusesnow either have wireless networks in production or in test.

The group discussed Geri’s questions about the future of Novellnetworks and about call center applications.

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