USMAI Webpages:

• USMAI page header and footer links have been updated with new "aleph" link.
• USMAI Workplan updated on current and active projects.

InterLibrary Loan:

• The upgrade of USMAI ILLiad to version 7.2 is underway. A test enviroment is setup and the ILLiad implementation team and USMAI ILL staff are currently testing. Implementation is planned for January 16, 2008. Implementation team met in November and discussed test/implementation plan.
• The upgrade of CP ILLiad (client only) is also planned for January 2008. Web pages will be updated at a later time in the sprint semester.

Research Port (MetaLib) and Find It (SFX):

• Continued work on the implementation of MetaLib 4. This included extensive work on the user interface, with the guidance of UITG.
• Conducted three rounds of usability testing on Metalib 4. Two rounds were with undergraduate and graduate students at UMCP and one round was with faculty at UMBC.
• Set up in the production version of SFX the option to display URLs from catalog records when the 856/956 $7 has a campus code. This allows e-resources that are not in the SFX Knowledgebase to still appear in the Find It menu in the catalog.

Electronic Resource Management:

• Survey on e-resource management needs was sent out to USMAI.

RX:

• totals for Nov.- 62 reports submitted, 61 reports closed
• Hongyan continues working on reports
• Backlog of reindexing issues (RX's) completed in test, awaiting reindexing processes
• New sublibrary for CP opened and tested (CPPG)

Aleph:

• Heidi's work in authorities setup in test database continues
• Yalan set up the ASTG Wiki TG home page and conducted training (two hour conference call)
• Yalan worked with CPC and Help Desk to provide CPC the editing capability for the Loader Status page
• EDI setup completed for UB invoicing with EBSCO
• EDI - ML started ordering with Harrassowitz, a by-product of EDI claiming with the vendor
• MOML records released for LTI AEX load
• Duplicate ISSN report modified to include campusinfo
• Hongyan implemented TU hold available email notices
• Hongyan implemented ES email notices

Personnel:

• Sys Admin Manager search committee reviewed applications.
• Yalan began peer training in cataloging with CP Tech Services staff.

Meetings:

• Yalan and Jamie met with USMAI Statistics task group
• ITD staff met with OCLC WorldCat local staff to discuss technical issues
• Attended WorldCat Local demonstration.
• Dave K. attended meeting of DLF ILS Discovery Interfaces group in Philadelphia and participated in presentation of the group's draft recommendations. Those recommendations are continuing to be expanded and revised.

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