News
March 2004

New Task Forces Collection Management Task Force
  Summit Catalog Task Force
New Interest Groups Music Interest Group
  Science Interest Group

Please feel free to contact John F. Helmer with any questions or comments. He can be reached at 541-346-1835 or via e-mail: jhelmer@uoregon.edu

Alliance News is edited by Michelle Williams. She can be reached at 541-346-1664 or via e-mail: mdw@uoregon.edu


New Task Forces
  Collection Management Task Force
  The Collection Management Task Force (CMTF) is asked to advise Council on concrete and achievable steps the Alliance might undertake to further the development and use of member library collections as a unified collection.
   
  Membership:
   

Mark Watson, UO--Chair
Sandy Beehler, L&C
Richard Brumley, OSU
Berniece Owen, PCC
Linda Di Biase, UW
Lynn Chmelir, WSU
Joni Roberts, WU

   
  Summit Catalog Task Force
 

The Summit Catalog Task Force is asked to address two topics:

1. Union Catalog.  Describe issues related to contribution, integration, maintenance and display of catalog records in Summit, and advise Council on those issues that may require membership input in the short term, long term, or on a continuing basis.

2. Electronic resources in the catalog. Review the policy and procedures for cataloging electronic resources, especially with regard to multiple vs. single records, and hotlinks (856), and advise Council on any needed changes.
   
  Membership:
   

Carolynne Myall, EWU--Chair
Karie Straube, GFU
Kathy Faust, L&C
Nancy Nathanson, Orbis Cascade Alliance
Jian Wang, PSU
Dalia Hagan, SMC
Peggy Firman, UPS
Cheryl Peltier-Davis, WWU

   
   
New Interest Groups
  Music Interest Group
  The Music Interest Group was established January 2004 to address music concerns in both the shared catalog, as well as in collection development issues, such as joint-purchase music resources and shared collections.
   
  To participate in the MIG, see instructions for subscribing to e-mail lists or contact the Facilitator, Leslie Bennett, University of Oregon lbennett@uoregon.edu
   
  Science Interest Group
  The Science Interest Group was established January 2004 as a means of communication among science librarians and those responsible for science reference or collection development tasks for Orbis Cascade Alliance member libraries.
   
  To participate in the SIG, see instructions for subscribing to e-mail lists or contact the Facilitator, John Repplinger, Willamette University jrepplin@willamette.edu
   
   
   
   
   
   

last updated May 10, 2005

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