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A-Team minutes
Thursday, September 15, 2005
10:00-11:30AM

Members present: Christine Cogar, Carol Whitmer, Emily Madden, Naomi Young, Doug Kiker, Jody Hewitt, Michele Wilbanks-Fox, Kendra Carter, Janet Williams, Jean Bostwick, John Martin, Anita Lambert, Bobby Parker, Travis Schaben, Hollie Allender, Jami Beserock, Ann Baird, John Seay, Carol McAuliffe, Raimonda Margjoni, Paula Tarrant, Margeaux Johnson, Roberto Barrios, Pamela Cunningham-Williams, Jason Fleming, Cathy Mook

1. “Round robin” introduction of all present A-Team members.

2. Serials Solutions records for online versions of periodicals are currently being loaded into Aleph.

a. Serials Solutions does A-Z list (E-journal locator)
b. S.S. also provides bib records for most online resources
c. These records vary in completeness
d. Monthly updates, new records loaded (additions, changes, deletions)
e. Particularly important online journals that only have a ‘brief’ record can be cataloged more fully, but Naomi will be doing this on a piecemeal basis.

3. Claim report client demo – question to members -- how’s it going? It’s working for MSL except they get other branches titles on their claim report lists. Serials acquisitions unit experienced this too.

4. Review of minutes from July meeting.

5. Topic: Who does what? (especially in Serials acq.?)

a. Serials acq. Staff list is at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/acqlic/serials/aboutSerials/staff.htm
b. Naomi does holdings questions
c. Emily asked if Aleph training manuals were online?
     Yes, Naomi says they are at: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/acqlic/tc/training_packets/training_packets.htm
d. Catalog Problems mailbox is available for most questions. This is under Catalog Problems in the library global email listing, but actual address is catproblems@uflib.ufl.edu

6. Topic: Item record sorting practice. Naomi’s PowerPoint presentation is at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/catmet/sercat/documents/ItemRecordCleanup.ppt
AND
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/catmet/sercat/ItemRecordCleanup.htm
a. The group did some practice examples from a print handout created by Cathy.
b. Naomi and Cathy will be drafting a short sheet for OPAC notes that need to tell public of missing issues in a volume.

Q and A: Cathy asked about Bind/Changes button. SAhe wanted to know if there some inconsistency according to branch on whether Aleph changes Item Status and Issue Type when using Bind/Changes?

Next meeting topics:
Ceased titles -- where do we look for clues to tell members whether or not a title is still received?
Reintroduction to Acquisitions module (parts of orders, invoices, etc.)