Email reflector: eric@itd.umd.edu

Membership Directory

2008 Meeting Schedule

Meeting Minutes

• January 25, 2008
• December 11, 2007
• November 13, 2007
• October 9, 2007 - Ebook Forum
• September 14, 2007
• August 14, 2007
• July 10, 2007
• June 18, 2007
• March 26, 2007
• 2006 Minutes
• 2005 Minutes

Documents and Reports

• Linking to E-books in the Cataolg via Find It (.doc), January 4, 2008
• ELUNA poster presentation, "Optimizing SFX in the Catalog, June 6, 2007.
• ELUNA Presentation, titled "Sixteen in One" (Powerpoint, June 4, 2006)
• Summary of feedback on soft release of Find It (Excel file, March 13, 2006)
• Documentation for ERIC Forum on January 12, 2006
• Usability testing on the catalog and Find It, October-November 2005

Resources

• ERIC 2 Wiki
• ERIC 1 Web site
  
• Test catalog
• Syndetics (provides links to book covers, tables of contents, and reviews, through Find It)
• See example of links to Syndetics in the Rochester Institute of Technology library catalog.

About the Task Group

The E-Resources in the Catalog Task Group was established by the Council of Library Directors when they approved the ERIC Task Force Whitepaper. Phase I of the recommendations of that Task Force request the creation of a follow-on Task Group and list the specific charges for the group. Specific duties are:

• Implement SFX in the catalog.
• Re-evaluate catalog screens to improve displays for e-resources.
• Work on a solution to the duplicate record/holding issue. There is a clear consensus that a virtual merge of the display is highly preferable.
• Tailor the FindIt menus to relate better to resources and services available in the catalog.
• Perform usability testing on proposed changes to the catalog interface.
• Determine the best means to obtain, load, and maintain bibliographic records for all resources represented in the SFX knowledge base, beginning with e-journals and e-books. This task includes exploring tools available from Ex Libris and other vendors for accomplishing this work.
• Evaluate the state of URLs in catalog for materials not represented in the SFX knowledge base, identify and evaluate the potential of outside sources against which to verify and update URLs (possible sources are WorldCat and Ulrich's online), and propose any remedies.
• Review changes in the SFX Knowledge Base and other technological developments, such as the expanding use of the open URL, and propose any relevant implementations.
• Determine the charge and logistics for Phase II.

Timeframe: January - December 2005