The E-resources in the catalog forum was held on Thursday, June 3rd, 2004, see below for the announcment.

View the powerpoint presented at the forum. The ERIC Task Force is working on reviewing the results of the forum discussions, using this work to inform the 1st draft of our white paper.

The following is the original information about the forum:

The ERIC Task Force has created this web site with information concerning the work of the Task Force and related information. This information will be discussed at the forum. Please review the documents on this site as "pre-work" for the forum.

• What: ERIC forum
• Who: Any USMAI Libraries' staff interested in the topic of e-resources in the catalog (with your supervisor's permission)
• When: June 3rd, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• Where: College Park, McKeldin Library Building, Special Events Room 6137

• RSVP: Please RSVP to Jean Phillips (jeanp@umd.edu) or Betty Day (bday@umd.edu) by June 2nd.

Forum Agenda

June 3, 2004

McKeldin Special Events Room

College Park

Welcome and Introduction. Jean Phillips, Task Force Co-chair.

Presentation on the work of the Task Force (25 minutes) Members of the Task Force.

Break out into Small Groups. (45 minutes) PREWORK:Attendees should read and consider documentation provided on this ERIC Website.

We will break into small groups to discuss issues raised by the Task Force and to provide feedback that will inform the group’s work. Please consider and present comments on these questions:

• Based on your reading of the Cataloging Policy Committee’s reports on the single versus separate record issue, how would you evaluate each option?


• A phased approach beginning with e-resources that are currently SFX-enabled includes e-journals and e-books.  Please identify those e-resources that would be your next priorities for integration into the catalog.

Return to Large Group (45 minutes) Small groups will report on issues raised by their discussions.

Wrap-up. Betty Day, Task Force Co-chair.