JSMIN Meeting Notes, Monday 10/28
Attending: Adam, Sarah, Kate, Jesse (for Bill), Jim, Colleen, Boaz, Naun, Robert, Mark
Housekeeping:
- For this initial sprint of JSMIN work, we reaffirmed the idea of determining day-to-day whether to hold or cancel the next day's standing 12:00-1:30 session. We also decided that a minimum of three participants from each institution would constitute a quorum, along with the appropriate JSMIN members for the agenda topic at hand, plus either Kate or Jim.
- Given technical difficulties with today's WebEx (which closed Joyce out of the discussion), we decided to discuss the Original Cataloging Working Group's ideas and recommendations, rather than Monograph Ordering as originally planned
Original Cataloging: Review of Recommendations, Ideas, and Suggestions
- "The Original and Copy Cataloging groups held joint discussions during Phase 1 and we recommend combining these two groups for Phase 2. This group will need to work closely with the acquisitions and batch processing groups to make recommendations on workflow and related issues such as cross-training." We gave a GREEN LIGHT to this proposal to combine the Original and Copy Cataloging Working Groups for Phase 2, and agreed with the observation that this team will need to work closely with acquisitions and batch processing working groups on issues related to workflow, cross-training, etc.
- "Training (and, where appropriate, documentation)." We gave a GREEN LIGHT to moving forward (continuing, actually) with consolidated training for 2CUL catalogers on an "opportunistic" basis. A YELLOW LIGHT to developing shared documentation, pending the development of a TSI shared documentation methodology.
- "Developing guidelines for collaborative cataloging covering such areas as balancing demand and capacity, workflow and hand-offs, clarifying expectations, communication, etc." GREEN LIGHT. No problem moving forward together in this area, with the caveat that some guidelines and decisions may require, or at least benefit from, input from JSMIN (in particular, the departmental directors).
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JSMIN Meeting Notes, Tuesday 10/29
Attending: Adam, Naun, Jesse (for Bill), Boaz, Jim, Joyce, Kate, Sarah, Colleen, Robert, Mark
Original Cataloging: Review of Recommendations, Ideas, and Suggestions (contd.) --
- "Identifying areas where changing collection priorities (e.g. as a result of collaborative collection development) may have an impact on cataloging workload." RED LIGHT: requires further discussion to determine who should own this issue.
- "Identifying and evaluating vendor services of potential interest, e.g. vendor-supplied cataloging, shelf-ready processing, vernacular data, etc.This may progress to joint negotiations with vendors and establishing common service expectations." RED LIGHT: requires further discussion to determine who should own this issue.
- "Representation on external bodies (e.g. CONSER) and associated activities including reporting and voting." GREEN LIGHT.