Alison Sproston, our chair, has recently left to take up
a new post at the British Museum, London.The EIUG Steering
Committee members for the remainder of 2000-2001 are:

Acting Chair - Michael Emly, Leeds University ([log in to unmask])
Secretary - Carol Kay, University of Liverpool ([log in to unmask])
Treasurer - Nick Roe, NEWI ([log in to unmask])
Ordinary member - Julia Burke, Bangor [log in to unmask])
Ordinary member - Malcolm Taggart, Keele [log in to unmask])
Co-Opted member - Ann Cleary, MIS Libraries Project [log in to unmask]

Please find attached the minutes of our most recent meeting
in both MS Word and text format
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Carol Kay
User Services Manager
Sydney Jones Library
University of Liverpool
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0151-794-2685





	EUROPEAN INNOPAC USERS GROUP

Minutes of a committee meeting held 23/11/00 at NEWI, Wrexham

Present: Julia Burke(Bangor), Anne Cleary(MIS Libraries Project), Michael Emly(Leeds), Carol Kay(Liverpool), Nick Roe (NEWI), Alison Sproston (Trinity, Cambridge- Chair), Malcolm Taggart (Keele) 

1. Minutes of the meeting of 23rd May 2000

The minutes were not available

2. Matters arising

There were no matters arising

3. Appointment of a new Chair

Alison welcomed Julia and Malcolm to their first EIUG meeting. 
After some discussion Michael agreed to be acting Chair until the next AGM
The committee thanked Alison for all her hard work on behalf of the EIUG and wished her well in her new post with the British Museum

4. Report from the Conference, September 2000 and follow up

Carol reported that there had been some very positive comments on the evaluation sheets which were returned

Michael agreed to follow up some of our customer service concerns with III in the states- Action- M Emly

It was agreed that we should try to set up a meeting with III at the Santa Clara Conference- Action- All

Carol reported that, mainly due to the fact that III had paid for the drinks, we had made a profit of about £500 on the conference. She would arrange for a cheque to be paid into the EIUG account- Action- C Kay

It was agreed that we should try to establish the level of interest in an e-journals workshop, possibly to be held in late February in Liverpool just before the INN reach demonstration in Dublin (see below). Michael would e-mail the list- Action- M Emly

Anne reported that III would be delivering a session on INN reach to the MIS Libraries in Dublin in early March. She agreed to investigate the possibility of other EIUG members attending this- Action- A Cleary

It was again suggested that we should set up a system of volunteer Innopac 'functional specialists' who would try to help with Innopac problems in the first instance, probably via e-mail or conference call. The value of site visits was also emphasised. 
Carol agreed to cover Circulation/ loan rules, Nick would cover Cataloguing and Michael Z39.50. Michael agreed to e-mail the list asking for more volunteers. The list of specialists would then be added to the EIUG web page by Carol Kay-Action M Emly, C Kay


5. Conference 2001

After some discussion it was decided that we should aim to hold the conference in Ireland this year.
It was agreed that Anne would investigate travel and accommodation options and report back to the committee- Action- A Cleary



6. Treasurer's report

Nick reported that he had opened an account with Lloyds/TSB. Carol, Nick and Michael were the signatories

Alison reported that there had been £1996.52 in the old account when it was closed. Nick had received the cheque and would pay it into the new account ASAP

Nick reported that London Guildhall had bought Innopac. He agreed to contact them inviting them to join the EIUG- Action N Roe

Carol Kay agreed to produce a welcome letter for new members- about 1 side of A4, outlining the benefits of membership- Action C Kay

7. Enhancements

Alison reported that she had collated the enhancements discussed at the conference and forwarded them to Aaron Blazer.
It was agreed that at the next conference we would collate the enhancements by Innopac module rather than by institution. They could then be prioritised in the various discussion groups

8. Any other business

There was no other business

9. Date of next meeting

The next meeting would be in Dublin on Monday 26th February 2001