Janet, Pauline, Anne and Kellie discussed the umbrella license/contract from OCLC. The discussion mainly centered on which products MLS was currently subscribing to and how invoicing would be done since managers have budgeted for the different products in their respective budgets. Janet will ask Susan to follow up with the OCLC rep. and communicate any information to the managers.
ILLiad, aka ILL online, is now live! Library staff members were allowed to create personal accounts beginning on April 18; all members were allowed to create accounts beginning May 2. Currently there are around 120 personal online ILL accounts. Several ILL “power users” have already begun using the service.
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Job Description, Director of Collections and Digital Strategies – Tim
Tim referenced the job descriptions that he had forwarded to the managers earlier. The Director of Collections and Digital Strategies position would replace the previous position of Deputy Executive Director, Materials and Outreach. The duties of the position would include supervision of the managers of Materials Selection, Cataloging & Interlibrary Loan, and Technical Processing. The duties of supervising Outreach have been moved to the public service side and will no longer be a part of this position’s responsibilities.
The group discussed the job description and made suggestions for changes. Tim will incorporate the changes and report back before or at the April 14 meeting.
Director Level Position over MSL, CAT/ILL, TP - Tim
Tim handed out a draft of the new job description for what is currently called the Director of Collection Management. He mentioned that he expects to fill this position within the next 6 months. Tim asked the managers to bring any concerns to the next MSD meeting.
Administrative Update - Tim
Tim talked about OrangeBoy’s strategic planning efforts.
Since the beginning of the fiscal year MSL has ordered 14715 titles for a weekly average of over 525 titles. A total of 93137 items were ordered for an average of 3326 per week.
MSL received over 5869 recommendations from customers to purchase titles, for an average of 210 recommendations per week.
A total of 194 boxes of withdrawals and gifts have been received. Almost 35 boxes of transfers and gifts were sent to CAT.
