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Summary of Project Team Meeting, September 13, 2011

Maine Shared Collections Strategy Project Team Meeting
September 13, 2011, Fogler Library Conference Room
2 pm Eastern

Attending: Sara Amato (via phone), Valerie Glenn, Clem Guthro, James Jackson-Sanborn, Barbara McDade, Deb Rollins

Recap of Technical Services meeting

The group reviewed the meeting of technical services/systems representatives from the previous day. Overall it went well, and there were several questions raised in the meeting that need to be answered before we can move on with a reclamation project.  A summary of that meeting is available.

Collection Analysis System

The group decided to subscribe to OCLC’s WorldCat Collection Analysis for 1 year beginning in January. Valerie will determine what can be done with a group vs. an individual subscription and contact Pat M. (OCLC rep) to confirm pricing details.

It was suggested that a comparison chart be created to compare the group and individual subscriptions, as well as developments (planned and not planned) to OCLC’s Hadoop-based collection analysis tool. Clem suggested that we invite Kathryn Harnish to our next meeting to further discuss the products.

Project Logo

The group reviewed the sample logos sent by Rainstorm. While no one was thrilled with any of the choices, a logo was chosen to adapt.  The following comments were made:

  • We like the fact that the logo includes books
  • We want to use Maine Shared Collections Strategy, not MSCS
  • We do not need to include the tagline in the logo; as long as it’s somewhere on the site that will be fine.
  • Possible suggestions for alteration:
    • at the top of the logo: Maine; at the bottom of the logo: Shared Collections; below that, Strategy in a smaller type
    • within the outline of the state, add dots for the project partners
    • make the outline of the state more transparent (ie, continue to show the books)
    • make the logo look more like a “New Yorker” cover

Reschedule October 4th meeting

The October meeting was re-scheduled for October 3rd; if Kathryn is unable to attend a meeting on that day, alternative dates are October 5th, 13th.

Next Advisory Board meeting

Valerie will ask the Advisory Board if there are available to meet in Orono on the Monday during the MLA meeting (scheduled for May 19-22, 2012). She will also inquire as to their interest in participating in a panel discussion on print archiving issues.