Items of Interest from the HUGM (Hawaii User's Group Meeting) August 14, 2006

Here are some items of interest concerning the HUGM held August 14, 2006 at UH Manoa Hamilton Library.

1.) Demos of a new product called Analyzer were given. It will not be part of a scheduled upgrade, but will be sold as an additional module. This product allows for people to create reports without having to use the MS Access software. It is amazing and really easy to use.

2) A new WebVoyage interface will be released in 2007. It will be a separate release from Voyager 6. It has many new features and provides a much cleaner screen which should prove appealing to our patrons.

3) Both Richard and I attended a session by Ralph Toyama from Leeward Community College with tips for library renovations. I have extra copies of his tip sheet to distribute at a future Renoavation Task Force Meeting. Ralph is also sending me a copy of his preventing, notes, links to photographs, and links to campus emails about the renovation.

4.) Although I could not attend, I did get the notes from Gwen Sinclair's presentation's label printing. Once Kathleen is on board she, Avis, and Kristin may want to review this handout.

5.) Both Richard and Ruth Marie Quirk gave a presentation of the highlights of this year's EndUser 2006 meeting. It was very informative and helpful.

Handouts from the meeting will be circulated to all staff.

It was a very productive day, with the information learned from Ralph the most critical.

Items of Interest from the UH Library Council Meeting, August 11, 2006

The following items were discussed at the UH Library Council Meeting on Friday, August 11, 2006 and may be of interest to some.

1.) Due to renovation, KapCC will not be doing intra system loans this semester.
2.) I reported that Mookini Library will also not be doing intra system loans this semester.
3.) Progress is being made on the Library Management System request and UH Library Council has agreed upon sending a memorandum to Bob S at Manoa with three specific charges to pursue.
4.) The Annual UH Library Council statistics must be completed in September 2006 and sent to Paula no later than early October.
5.) Very little interest was expressed in the Wilson databases. A few of the community college libraries will work with the Hawaii State Library Consortia to see what pricing options would be available.

Items of Interest from VCAA Academic Administrative Council Meeting 8/9/2006

At the VCAA Academic Administrative Council Meeting on August 9, 2006 the following items of interest were discussed:

1) Library Renovation (Linda Golian-Lui)
2) 2006 New Journal Request Process (Linda Golian-Lui)
3) Need to create a repository for assessment Reports (Kenith Simmons)
4) Review of UH Hilo Strategic Plan (Kenith Simmons)

If anyone in the Mookini Library would like more details, please see me.

Student Athlete's Study Hall

The athlete's department has called and requested that we once again allow them to hold a study hall for their student athletes. I have had a long discussion with Tim Eakins, who will be with the students for each study hall. He understands that due to renovation I might have to revoke the study hall privilege with less than 24 hours notice. Athletics understands and is willing to support this condition.

If there are ANY problems with students attending the study hall, we are to find Tim immediately. If for some reason we cannot:

1) fill out an incident form
2) email tim at eakins@hawaii.edu with a cc to me

Thank you for helping to support our student athletes