SIRS Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 
Present: M. Burright, B. Garber, R. Laguerre, A. Mattlage, 
D. Stefany, C. Todd, E. Yacco, M. Zeliff 

Facilitator: C. Todd
Notetaker: M. Burright
Timekeeper: E. Yacco

1.	Review agenda. 

2.	Round Robin. 

. Marian asked if SIRS would be interested in hosting 
Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu to talk about her experience with 
WebCT. The committee agreed to host Barbara N-C. 
. Debbie asked if we should order more dry-eraser marks. 
Cindy will follow up with Mary Dalto. 
.Cindy announced that Service Plus staff started distributing 
the library surveys in McKeldin yesterday, Tuesday, November 9, 
and will continue to do so until Tuesday, November 16th. 
. Cindy mentioned the following about Service Plus scheduling: 
-	December 13-23 will be single coverage for librarians 
-	The month of January will be single coverage for librarians 
-	January weekends will count toward a spring semester 
weekend for librarians
-	Do librarians want to consider single coverage staffing 
for other weeknights besides Thursdays? 
. Cindy gave an update on the status of discussions related to 
the Information Commons: 
-The UM Libraries are discussing the creation of an Information 
Commons space with members from campus OIT. 
- The IC space would combine the MCK WAM lab and the Worcester 
WAM space into one on the 2nd floor of McKeldin. This facility 
would be staffed by student First Aiders hired by OIT. 
- There would be space for faculty on the mezzanine of the 2nd 
floor to meet with OIT staff and subject specialist librarians, 
as needed, and by appointment only. 
- Multimedia closets with multimedia production software would 
be part of the IC planning, but space for them is still being 
negotiated. 
-Eventually, OIT aims to bring a full fledged Help Desk into 
MCK and implement one print account system for both library 
and WAM workstations.
- Questions are ideas about this concept are being solicited 
from the subject team members. 
	. Cindy shared the “Catalog Tip of the Day.” SIRS members 
are asked to share this tip with their groups and bring back 
ideas for other catalog-related tips to be shared in SIRS. 
	. Cindy underscored the importance of observing consistent 
practices about the “In Process Request” for books. Patrons are 
not allowed to be escorted to TSD to find books in process, but 
staff can help them place requests for those items. 

3.	Data Gathering Project. 

SIRS members discussed the proposed survey forms that Michael 
and Bob Garber has prepared, respectively. 
Outcomes: 
-	SIRS decided on using 1 sheet per day 
-	The survey forms will be tied to a particular workstation 
number, as Alan suggested. 
-	The question about WebCT, Blackboard, etc. will be broken 
up to several questions.
-	SIRS members are asked to share the proposed survey 
form with their groups. 

Next SIRS meeting, 12/8 is cancelled.