Law Libraries SIG Meeting
Saturday, April 22, 2006
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Conveners: Sonia Luna-Lamas (St. Thomas University Law Library), Ruth Patterson Funabiki (University of Idaho Law Library)
- Fifteen representatives of eleven different libraries attended the LAW SIG meeting on April 22. Sonia Luna Lamas presided, and Ruth Funabiki took notes.
- After introductions of all members, there was a vote to approve minutes from the April 2005 meeting.
- Members shared news and advice concerning UNICODE and Version 5 upgrades.
- Members briefly reviewed Endeavor’s “information handout.”
- Discussion and prioritization of the LAW SIG’s “three questions” followed. The group agreed to create and rank four questions in priority order. If there was immediate, substantial progress addressing our question no. 1, then questions 2 through 4 would become questions 1 through 3. Since no substantial progress was made on our question no. 1, the LAW SIG submitted questions 1 through 3 from the following list:
- When will we be able to share prediction patterns for serials?
- When will Endeavor apply the design philosophy (robust solution to a long-standing problem) utilized for complex pattern prediction to the bindery, holdings display/collapse and authority functions?
- When will 853 / 863 pairs display correctly in WebVoyage?
- When will we be able to click through to the check-in window from other areas of the Acquisitions client?
- LAW SIG members discussed plans for a Saturday afternoon meeting during AALL in St. Louis. In addition to inviting a Voyager representative to participate, members requested a lengthy, detailed presentation by Melody Lembke on creating and maintaining prediction patterns. Members also announced a LAW SIG dinner outing to following the AALL “alphabet soup” reception.
Sonia Luna-Lamas was thanked for her two years of service, and Cindy May was elected as the new co-convener.