Reference and Information Group Steering Committee 9 June 2005

Steering Committee

10:00am – 4.00pm

9 June 2005

Target-Grace Bros Room

Present :

• Philippa Armfield : State Library
• Ross Balharie : Manly
• Debbie Best : Lithgow
• Jennifer Blume : Newcastle
• Vince Dale : Lake Macquarie
• Mandy Keevil : Ashfield
• Chris Hannan : State Library
• Pauline Leeson : Richmond Tweed Regional
• Joan Ruthven : Marrickville
• Jeff Stonehouse : Campbelltown
• Ellen Forsyth : State Library - minutes

Apologies :

Lindy Allen : Macquarie Regional Carolyn McQueen : Newcastle

1. RISG Content report back – Pauline and Chris Report covered recent RISG Content meeting. Included overview of methodology of RISG Content and brief discussion of database evaluation process. There is a need to encourage staff in all libraries to fill in the feedback forms when they have looked at the trial databases and for some staff to fill in the full evaluation forms as well. They just need to fill in as many sections as possible.
2. Website Ross and Vince led this discussion. Vince gave a demonstration of the draft web site (very kindly being hosted by Lake Macquarie and designed by Vince). Content will need to be added. It will run as a moderated site with, initially, steering committee members as the moderators.

• Got it? Get it? Forget it ? : moderators Ross and Mandy
• Reports from the reference desk : moderators Jeff and Joan
• Events : moderators Pauline and Jennifer
• Hot links : moderators Debbie and Ross
• RISG Steering Committee : moderator Ellen
• Trading post : share resources : moderators Pauline and Carolyn

Each set of moderators should write up a blurb on their section and send to Vince by beginning of August. This will allow time for it to be added in before September meeting. 3 Discussion of seminar feedback and comments Very positive feedback to seminar. Pauline and Ellen will plan the 2006 seminar. Will take into account the suggestions and comments from May 2005. Other volunteers to help with planning most welcome.

Presenters guidelines - more detailed notes for speakers Need moderators for each of the small group discussion Feedback guidelines Record (type) dot points at the time of feedback Guest speakers – to be paid – for September meeting – list of options names and why Public librarians – potential speakers Possibly a document delivery speaker – possibly KDD/Ariel Someone who uses lincs to talk about it/community information – hsnet Think up small group discussion topics Cutting edge technology Microfilm reader printers – consortia purchase ???

Possibly information session on PictureNSW – short update

4 Where to from here - short term, projects, seminars No additional projects at this stage.

5. Reports for CPLA AGM and MPLA AGM Ellen to forward to steering committee report which was written for Executive

Other business 2 day job share Newcastle reference librarian

Next meeting 1.00 pm 16 September Target/Grace Bros Room to discuss web site.

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