Archive of the
Library Information Technology Advisory Committee

Note: This page has the LITAC agendas and related items from 2000-2003. For more recent agendas and materials, see the main LITAC Website.

2000 Meetings

2001 Meetings

2002 Meetings

2003 Meetings

2000 Meetings (top)

Agenda for Meeting on June 23, 2000 (first meeting)

1. Introductions

2. Purpose and scope of committee work

• Review and revise plan for 2001-2004 timeframe
• Provide advice on priorities for technology projects
• Provide advice on new projects
• Provide advice on implementation of ongoing and new projects

3. Committee organization - full committee and subcommittees

4. Ongoing projects

Lunch

5. Group process - identify library technology issues, new projects, changes to ongoing projects, or new activities that need to be considered.

Agenda for Meeting on September 29, 2000

1. Welcome/introductions

2. Wisconsin Library Technology Strategic Plan
   • Review vision - Preface and Introduction
   • Discuss extent of implementation thus far
   • Review plan goals and relationship to committee issues and activities lists

3. Reports
   • DPI Budget request
   • WISCAT product development issues
   • IMLS/LSTA grant for digitization
   • TEACH, E-Rate
   • Copyright
   • Gates Foundation
   • DPI PK-12 technology plan

4. Activities and issues lists from last meeting
   • Clarification of activities and issues
   • Ranking exercise

5. Subcommittee structure
   • Wisconsin Digital Library Information Network (Linked systems)
   • WISCAT current implementation
   • Digitization of library materials grant implementation

6. Wisconsin Digital Library Information Network vision
   • Review of vision as used for past linked system project
   • Relationship to strategic plan and issues and activities lists
   • Consideration of components of vision at future meetings

Agenda for Meeting on December 6, 2000

1) Results of priority Exercise

• Review results, next steps, etc.

• (See enclosed rankings)

2) Results of LSTA November meeting

• Review results related to technology grants and seek input from the committee for any changes in the LSTA grant criteria.

3) WISCAT:

• Update, general RFP review

• (See enclosed RFP outline)

4) Wisconsin Resource Sharing

• Review of previous RFP and process

• Review resource sharing timeline of activities (enclosed)
• (See Lynch article "Building the Infrastructure of Resource Sharing: Union Catalogs, Distributed Search", Library Trends, Winter -97, V. 45 Issue 3. In BadgerLink, enter "lynch" in search window and "Library Trends" in the magazine window)

5) BadgerLink

• Review of Bell and Howell contract for newspapers

• (See enclosed list)

6) Reports

• Gates Foundation, E-rate and filtering legislation, UCITA

7) Other ?

2001 Meetings (top)

Agenda for Meeting on February 21, 2001

1. Review of technology papers
   1. Update on Technology and Resource Sharing paper*
   2. LITAC discussion of the five background papers*
      1. 1) Internet, 2) Automated Systems, 3) Linked Systems, 4) WISCAT, 5) ILL
2. Technology and resource sharing: A review of issues
   1. Future resource sharing: purpose and criteria*
   2. Lynch paper*
   3. A comparison of union and virtual catalogs*
   4. A review of other statewide resource sharing projects*
   5. Summary of school responses
3. Review of Linked Systems project
   1. Creation of a subcommittee
   2. Tentative timeline
   3. Request for LSTA funds
4. Review of LSTA technology grant categories*
   1. LITAC input needed for March LSTA meeting
5. WISCAT:
   1. Update on results of RFP process
   2. Timeline of activities (i.e., evaluating responses, vendor demonstrations, etc.)
6. Other activities and updates
   1. Children's Internet Protection Act (the filtering act)
   2. E-rate and possible changes to the program
   3. Gates Foundation grant
   4. State budget in relation to library technology

* Enclosures sent out with paper agenda and as email attachments

Agenda for Meeting on May 16, 2001

1. Welcome and introductions
2. Review of summary of future purpose and criteria for information access and delivery for Wisconsin libraries and residents
3. Discussion of statewide projects from other states
4. Discussion of vendor demonstrations from May 16
5. Discussion of position paper issues
   • WISCAT
   • Linked systems
6. Authentication background paper
7. Division project updates and discussion
   • TEACH initiative for Internet access
   • State government portal project
   • BadgerLink newspaper package update
   • LSTA Advisory Committee categories
   • E-Rate and Filtering Legislation
8. Future meetings and Technology Plan Update

The following recommendations were made at the May 16 meeting.

• Include a Z39.50 union catalog as part of a future linked system project
• Consider WISCAT and Linked Systems projects together
• Division should proceed with vendor or vendors that will help make the transition towards linked systems

Note: The division held a meeting on June 26 to provide the library community with an update on WISCAT and linked systems. The Power Point slides from this meeting are available.

Agenda for Meeting on September 21, 2001

1) Welcome and Introductions

2) Review of technology papers

1. BadgerLink (may include a demonstration of new link management)
2. Electronic collection development
3. Digitization of library materials (may include a demonstration of Great Lakes Maritime History project)

3) Review of draft Wisconsin Library Technology Strategic and Implementation Plan

4) WISCAT and Linked System Update

1. Review of survey Information Access and Delivery for Wisconsin Libraries and Residents. Information is organized by the number of votes and annotated to show what items will be part of current contracts with Auto-Graphics and Fretwell-Downing
2. Linked system survey of systems and libraries
3. Review of status of implementation
4. Review of survey and focus group data about school use of WISCAT
5. Potential further evaluation activities

5) LITAC membership and filling vacant positions on the committee

6) Update reports

1. Status of automation in Wisconsin public libraries
2. REACH public library Internet access program
3. Gates Foundation
4. E-Rate and filtering legislation
5. Marco Polo, enGuage, ESEA
6. New publication: A Planning Guide for Library Media and Technology

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2002 Meetings (top)

Agenda for Meeting on January 25, 2002

Note: Please bring your calendars for setting meeting dates for the remainder of 2002.

1. Welcome and housekeeping
   

2. Introduction of new committee members
   

3. Update on status of technology plan sections on:

   1. Goals and objectives (enclosed)

   2. Progress summary and future implementation plan (enclosed)
      

4. Review technology papers

   1. Training (enclosed)

   2. Collecting Statistics on Use of Electronic Resources (enclosed)
      

5. LSTA Evaluation and Plan 2003-2007

   1. Review results of LSTA survey (enclosed)

   2. Recommendations for 2003-2007 (enclosed)

   3. Recommendations for 2003 grant categories (enclosed)
      

6. WISCAT and Linked System Update

   1. Review status of implementation and timeline in coming months

   2. Review charge-backs to libraries

   3. Demonstration of new system: WISCAT and WISCAT Interloan

   4. Linked system survey of systems and libraries
      

7. Update reports

   1. REACH public library Internet access program

   2. E-Rate and filtering legislation

   3. State Government Portal: Topical listing now available

   4. Publication: Information Technology Literacy

   5. Federal legislation: ESEA reauthorization

   6. EnGage

   7. Marco Polo

Agenda for Meeting on May 8, 2002

1) Welcome and housekeeping

2) Update on several projects and activities

• Wisconsin Educational Network Collaboration Committee (WENCC)
• REACH Internet access grant program
• 2003 LSTA Technology Categories
• E-rate
• Gates Library grant program

3) Update and demonstrations on WISCAT and WISCATILL projects

4) WISCAT/WISCATILL fee schedule discussion (paper enclosed)

• The division needs to finalize a fee policy within the next 6-8 weeks

Lunch

5) BadgerLink budget initiative - Vendor demonstrations

• Grolier encyclopedia products (Encyclopedia Americana Online, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Online, New Book of knowledge Online, Nueva Encyclopedia Cumbre en linea)

• SIRS products (Discoverer, Researcher, Renaissance, Government Reporter)

• TeachingBooks

• Discussion of any other products

6) Other ?

Agenda for Meeting on September 20, 2002

1) Welcome and housekeeping

2) Overview and update on K-12 technology programs and projects

• Introduction (Neah Lohr)

• Instructional technology (Steve Sanders)
  • Distance education
  • Wisconsin Educational Networking Collaboration Committee (WENCC)
  • Wisconsin Information Network for Successful Schools (WINSS)

3) Update on K-12 technology programs and projects (cont.)

• Resources for K-12 educators (Jim Klein)
  • Marco Polo, others

4) Technology updates (division staff)

• WISCAT and BadgerLink updates
• REACH Internet access grant program
• E-rate and filtering update
• Review status of Gates library grant program and training opportunities

5) Other ?

Agenda for Meeting on December 13, 2002

1) Welcome and housekeeping.

Bring your calendars so we can review 2003 meeting dates

2) Overview and update on K-12 technology programs and projects (This will be the second half of our focus on K-12 technology)

• Introduction (Neah Lohr)

• Issues in school media centers (Kathy Boguszewski, see enclosed paper)

• Federal Funding for Educational Technology (Rob Roy, see enclosed paper)

• The enGauge Wisconsin Project (Stuart Ciske, see enclosed paper)

3) Update on K-12 technology programs and projects (cont. as needed )

4) Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference (general discussion)

· The division has allocated LSTA funds for a statewide interloan conference next spring. With almost all aspects of interloan and resource sharing impacted by technology, the division wants to get input from LITAC on the issues that need to be addressed at this conference.

5) Committee process and format (general discussion)

· An open discussion on the structure and format of the LITAC meetings.

6) Updates on

• Gates grants

• Recently approved 2003 LSTA technology projects

• WENCC

7) Other?

2003 Meetings (top)

Agenda for Meeting on February 21, 2003

1) Welcome and housekeeping (Bob, Rick)

a) An introduction and welcome for Rick Grobschmidt, the new division administrator.

b) Update on committee membership

2) Budget update (Rick, Larry)

a) With the Governor's budget being announced just before LITAC, we will take a quick look at its impact on the library community, especially in the area of technology.

3) Priorities for LSTA 2004 grant categories (Peg Branson, all)

a) The LSTA Advisory Committee will meet on March 26-27 to set categories and guidelines for the 2004 grants. This is LITAC's opportunity for input into the categories for 2004. (Two attached documents)

4) Overview of key topics and future topics (Bob, Sally, all)

a) At several of the initial LITAC meetings in 2000 we had group sessions to identify topics for review at follow-up meetings. This part of the agenda will provide an opportunity to comment on what still needs to be covered on four of these topics. (Two attached documents)

b) Identify topics for future meetings (group process)

i) Similar to the first LITAC meetings, we will go through a group exercise to identify key technology topics and issues to be placed on the agendas of future meetings. Please start to think about any technology-related issues that impact your library and the broader library community.

5) Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference (general discussion)

a) For various reasons, the division has decided to move this conference from May to late September or early October 2003. However, we want to get some LITAC input on the process and topics to be covered at this February meeting.

6) Updates on

a) Gates grants

b) WENCC (rebid of BadgerNet network)

Agenda for Meeting on May 14, 2003

Note: Minutes of the May meeting are available.

1. Welcome and housekeeping (Bob)

Update on committee membership

2. Minutes from February 21, 2003 meeting

3. Review of issues and activities from group process

BadgerLink
WISCAT
Interlibrary Loan

4. BadgerLink update and discussion items

RFP Process
Training topics and methods

5. WISCAT update and discussion items

Schedule of activities (May, 2003-December 2005)
Mediated patron-initiated requests (test plan)
Z39.50 implementation report
WISCAT statistics report

6. Authentication of users for BadgerLink and WISCAT

Discussion of vision or authentication access
Update on technical options

7. Other technology reports

Gates grants
WENCC

8. Brainstorming topics

Electronic collections
Local/Shared Systems

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Agenda for Meeting on September 22, 2003

Note: Minutes of the September meeting are available.

1) Welcome and housekeeping (Bob Bocher - 5 minutes)

2) Brainstorming on issues (Sally Drew - 60 minutes)

• Local shared systems

• Electronic collections

3) LITAC Website update - Discussion (Bob Bocher, Sally Drew - 30 minutes)

• Use for documenting LITAC work on issues

• Use for sharing information on library technology

• Use for obtaining comments on issues and proposals

4) Statistics for WISCAT and WISCAT ILL - Discussion (Sally Drew, Mary Clark - 45 minutes)

• Review potential additional statistics needed (Attachment #1)

• Definitions (Attachment #1)

• WISCAT website (See http://www.wiscat.lib.wi.us/stats.html)

5) Defining options for automated resource sharing systems - Discussion (Sally Drew, Mary Clark - 30 minutes)

• Future Scenarios for Resource Sharing Automation Technologies, Cost Analyses, Issue Papers (Attachment #2, Attachment #3)

6) WISCAT Implementation and Testing Update - Discussion
(Mary Clark and Sally Drew - 45 minutes)

• Summary of Z39.50 Standard Implementation: WISCAT and WISCATILL (Attachment #4)

• Patron generated requests (mediated): results of August experiment

7) Status of technology in the state's public libraries (Bob Bocher - 15 minutes)

8) Other technology updates (DLTCL staff - 30 minutes)

• State budget update

• BadgerLink bid process update (Attachment #5)

• Gates technology training grants

• WENCC and status of the BadgerNet rebid

• Supreme Court's CIPA (filtering) decision

The following papers were made available after the September meeting.

Agenda for Meeting on December 12, 2003

Note: Minutes of the December meeting are available.

1) Welcome and housekeeping (Bob Bocher - 5 minutes)

2) Review and approval of meeting notes from Sept 22

3) Terms expiring and new member nominations

4) Status of technology in the state's public libraries (Bob Bocher)

5) Review of brainstorming issues summaries (Sally Drew) (Word)

• Local and shared automation systems and

• Electronic collections

Review of other issue areas for future meetings

6) WISCAT needs assessment (Sally Drew and Mary Clark)

Group processes ranking:

• Information Access and Delivery for Wisconsin Libraries and Residents: Future Purpose and Criteria (Word)

Note: Prior to the meeting, committee members should review the above document and send Sally Drew any additional criteria that you think should be added to this document. Time will be allotted during this meeting to fill out this form.

For committee information:

• WISCAT purposes and uses made by libraries - taken from past planning documents (Word)

• WISCAT Statistical Summary (Word)

• WISCAT/WISCATILL Implementation Plan (PDF)

LSTA proposal for Interlibrary Loan Needs Assessment and Planning Activities (Word)

7) Gates Grant for public library technology training

8) WENCC Update (Bob Bocher)

9) BadgerLink Update (Sally Drew)

Bob Bocher, Library Technology Consultant
State Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
Public Library Development
125 S. Webster St., P.O. Box 7841, Madison WI 53707-7841
608-266-2127, fax 608-266-2529
robert.bocher@dpi.state.wi.us

Main LITAC Website

January 2005

For questions about this information, contact Robert F. Bocher (608) 266-2127

Last updated on 8/24/2005 9:46:16 AM