WST Minutes

Date: October 31, 2000

Location: Helm 05

Members Present: Bryan Carson, Rose Davis, Deana Groves, Rosemary Meszaros, Donna Parker, Haiwang Yuan

1. Haiwang Yuan opened the meeting with a review of the changes made to TIP as suggested in last WST meeting. Several categories in the left vertical column were renamed and one tab at the top was split making 5 tabs total. Two new categories will be added: Freebies and White and Yellow Pages. WST members are
2. to share ideas and collect links for these categories. Suggestions for the Freebies category included Dial Pad, Hot Mail, American Greeting Card, and Blue Mountain.
3. WST discussed the online version of the Faculty Activities Report which was fraught with problems, such as no spell checking, lack of control in formatting, and no way to obtain a copy prior or after sent. Also, if the receiver does not have their computer configured properly some of the text may be cut off.  If we had control of a server one way to help with this problem would be CGI Script which would send the submitter a receipt of whatever was typed. It was decided prior to this meeting that University Libraries would go low tech. Hawing reviewed several documents that faculty could download, fill out and either send as an attachment to e-mail or print out. Because of the incompatibility of software the WST decided to add a RTF version so the department heads could read.
4. Haiwang introduced the idea of expanding the Japan/Bowling Green Sister City site to include both the Japanese and English versions of the signed agreement, maps of the areas, etc.  Deana is going to sketch a design for the site.
5. WST reviewed items pertinent to the University Libraries and Museum Web site as included in the "Recruitment and Retention Report" from a DPLS task force submitted to Dean Binder for approval. The task force is composed of Bryan Carson, Ruth Kinnersley, Charles Smith, Peggy Wright and Haiwang Yuan. As always, the WST looks at ways to improve the site. Discussions on simplification of the UL Homepage will continue. Area librarians will be asked to review content of their pages for simplification as well. WST will continue to accept and review constructive suggestions for improvement of the site and will continue their efforts to solicit student input. WST also discussed ADA compatibility issues and will hear more from Deana who has taken a class in the subject.
6. Team discussed ways to update the Index and thought that the Index needed to be looked at as a whole. Suggestion was put forth that a task force be created to update and maintain the Index. All members agreed.

For WST,

Donna Parker and Haiwang Yuan