Re: RE: IUG Clearinghouse -- Call for Interest

[lmueller@xxxxxxxxxx]

We woudl be interested as well.

Lori Mueller 
Director of Student IT Systems Services 
City Colleges of Chicago 
312-553-3381 (w) 
312-933-2918 (mobile)




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From
: "Gowing, Cheryl A." <cgowing@xxxxxxxxxx>


Date
: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:26 pm


Subject
: RE: IUG Clearinghouse -- Call for Interest



> Hi Corey: 
> 
> I just wanted to officially record my interest in participating in the 
> Clearinghouse Committee. Have you gotten any offline comments? I'm 
> surprised there hasn't been anything on the list so far. 
> 
> Cheryl 
> 
> Cheryl A. Gowing 
> ILS System Coordinator 
> Richter Library 
> University of Miami 
> Coral Gables, FL 33124 
> 
> Ph: (305) 284-6018 
> Fax: (305) 284-4027 
> cgowing@xxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> 
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> From: Seeman, Corey Glenn [CSeeman@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:53 PM 
> To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: IUG Clearinghouse -- Call for Interest 
> 
> Folks -- 
> 
> The recent discussion on the Innovative e-mail list about training 
> manuals and shared scripts has reminded me of the interest 

> expressed by 
> a number of people in getting an IUG Clearinghouse off the ground. 
> A 
> clearinghouse would be an ideal way to help Innovative users share 
> resources that we develop with other IUG members. 
> 
> There are many different ways to manage a resource like this. 
> Ideally,a clearinghouse would be hosted on the IUG website and 
> would allow the 
> IUG members to share local documentation (especially training and 
> orientation manuals & websites), scripts, web forms, etc. that other 
> members could use or serve as examples. This feature would be a 
> benefitof the IUG members and require users to authenticate to get 
> to the 
> resource. I see this as a complement to the tremendous NOBLE Swapshop 
> run by Elizabeth Thomsen (http://www.noblenet.org/swapshop/). Users 
> would post material to the Clearinghouse that they would be 
> willing to 

> share with others and possibly state up front their ability to support 
> (especially as people try to adapt WAM entries or scripts to their own 
> system). 
> 
> My initial thought is that the resources would not be stored on 
> the IUG 
> website, but listed (in some manner) as a series of links that would 
> point back to the author's/library's website. The Clearinghouse would 
> then be maintained centrally as new links are added and old ones are 
> removed. Material available on the clearinghouse would include 
> the name 
> of the contact person or author at the Library, the release associated 
> with the material, a description of what it is or does, and other 
> information that will help users utilize these resources. We 
> would also 
> need to add a general liability statement that would state that 
> the IUG 

> should be held clear from harm should someone incorrectly use a script 
> on their system. As we pull together a committee to start looking at 
> this, we will create a mechanism for sharing this information to the 
> users. 
> 
> Speaking of which...if you are interested in participating, please 
> e-mail Corey Seeman (IUG Steering Committee Member) at 
> corey.seeman@xxxxxxxxxx. I hope to have a small committee of IUG 
> members to help craft and fine tune these ideas into a workable 
> project.This work would be in concert with the IUG Steering 
> Committee and the 
> IUG Webmaster. The goal should be to have something to show in Boston 
> next year for IUG. 
> 
> I look forward from hearing from you 
> 
> Thanks -- Corey 
> 
> Corey Seeman 
> Assistant Dean for Resource & Systems Management 
> Assistant Professor, University Libraries 

> Carlson Library 
> Mailstop #509 
> University of Toledo 
> 2801 W. Bancroft 
> Toledo, OH 43606 
> 
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