Notes: Conference call 9-18-09

Vendor subgroup minutes

Attendees:

Dean Woodbeck, Internet2
Foster Zhang, JHU
Andy Ingham, UNC
Fred Zhang, Michigan State
David Kennedy, Duke

notes - kennedy

AGENDA

Vendor conference calls
  - call last week with jstor
  - upcoming call with elsevier 10/2
  - trying to schedule oclc

Review goals and charge
  - Progress

Next steps
  - Best practices - how to circulate
  - Upcoming presentations

Registry
  - What do we want the registry to be?
  - Do any of us want an ongoing role in maintaining the registry?

Action Items:
[AI]  Foster will send vendor-specific implementation questions back to the list for inclusion in discussions with vendors.
[AI]  Kennedy and Woodbeck will follow up with OCLC to try to schedule meeting.

Notes:

Review goals and charges:

  • have completed most of our stated goals
  • an eye towards our subgroup's completion?

Next steps:

  • upcoming presentation at internet2
  • upcoming presentation at eduCause
  • we made edits in best practices based on jstor feedback, will probably do the same with elsevier, and oclc, so hold off on circulating until further feedback
  • will likely want to circulate to a small circle first, maybe prioritized vendor list and larger collaboration group

Registry:

  • it is the feeling of this group that this registry will best be maintained, at least in the near term, by a small group. Members of this group are interested in continuing that task

Foster's suggestion that InCommon should consider a standing committee to aid in implementation of Shibboleth, similar to the way the UK federation does - oversee the process, assist individual libraries. Discussed what capabilities InCommon has (how they are staffed), this will likely be a volunteer-based group. Should discuss this idea with Steven Carmody, maybe with larger group.

Vendor conference calls - should we include vendor-specific implementation questions with these vendors? Elsevier's URL structure is rather complicated. OCLC still using OCLC-specific entitlement. [AI] Foster will send some questions back to the group for inclusion in discussion with vendors.

[AI] Kennedy and Woodbeck will follow up with OCLC to try to schedule meeting.

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