NCIP Implementers Group Conference Call
Dec. 13, 2004
Attendees:
The Agenda for the call was discussed and was determined to be:
LITA Program Proposal
Koppel reported that the proposal for a NCIP program at the 2005 LITA meeting was delivered to LITA on Friday, December 10. The primary authors of the proposal have been Ted Koppel, Candy Zemon, Mark Needleman, and Gail Wanner. The timeframe for an official decision and announcement by LITA will be mid-February. If accepted, the program will need to be finalized and presenters assigned. The 2005 LITA meeting is September 29 – Oct 1, 2005 in San Jose, CA.
It was clarified that all NCIP IG participants are considered potential participants for the program.
E-Book Update
Koppel reported conversations and contact with a number of E-Book vendors on the possibility of using NCIP to report back usage statistics to the local ILS.
Conversations have been held with
A conference call is scheduled with netLibrary and others are invited to attend if interested.
Additional E-Book vendors to be contacted are
At this point, the feedback from the E-Book vendors has been positive.
NCIP Promotion
Wanner reported that the NCIP 101 article is currently being edited by Library Journal, and is scheduled for publication in the January
issue of Library Journal netconnect. This is the issue that will be distributed at the ALA mid-winter meeting.
Bailey-Hainer noted that NCIP was included in the most recent NISO newsletter.
Koppel noted that in the next year to year and half that there will be increased interest in NCIP from the public library groups. Spring of ’05 will be the time to seriously consider proposals for future ALA meetings.
Wanner noted that the RUSA/STARS program planning meeting is the Monday of ALA mid-winter for 2005. She will forward the email announcement.
Updates from Other Standards
Koppel reported on the Washington D.C. International Standards meeting in November. Although the latest ILL standard –ISO 10160- was technically approved at this meeting, it was officially noted that most of the countries implementing the current standard voted against approval. An independent third party will be assigned to assess the new standard and its implications for compatibility with the current standard. This third party has not yet been assigned and the timeframe for their report would be 12 months after their assignment.
Serious discussions on the ISSN changes continue, but nothing is determined at this point.
Review of Action Items from October Meetings
The Policies Directory meeting held on October 20, in Ottawa was discussed. At the time of this call, the minutes to this meeting had not yet been distributed to the whole listserv. Some of the original participants of this group were not able to attend the October 20, meeting, and several first time participants did attend. A Policy Directory meeting will be included in the March agenda and hopefully both set of attendees will be available. The consensus is that a NCIP Policies Directory is not essential to NCIP implementation, but would greatly enhance implementation. A re-examination of ILL and circulation policies, schemas, and backgrounds is needed to determine the most effective direction.
The list of possible consultants to contact concerning NCIP was discussed and Jim Barrentine was added to the list. The goal of the initial contact is to make them aware of NCIP and its progress, the RFP Guidelines revised by the NCIP IG, and to determine the best forum to inform the consultant community.
All action items from the October meeting were acknowledged by the assigned parties available during the call.
Future Dates
Next conference call will be either February 8 or 9, with the final date/time to be determined via the listserv.
The next NCIP meeting will be held on March 7-9, 2005 in Denver. The general meeting will be on March 7 and 8, with the 9th reserved for the NCIP Policies Directory meeting. The exact location will be announced soon.
- 3M - Sue Boettcher
- Colorado State Library – Steve Wrede and Steve Gregory
- Colorado State Library – Brenda Bailey-Hainer (Chair)
- ExLibris – Randy Menakes
- Fretwell-Downing – John Bodfish
- GIS Information Systems – Robert Gray and Candy Zemon
- III – Jason Boland
- OCLC- Tony O’Brien
- Relais – Kevin Stewart
- TLC- Ted Koppel
The Agenda for the call was discussed and was determined to be:
- LITA Program Proposal
- E-Book Update
- NCIP promotion
- Updates from Other Standards
- Review of Action Items from October Meetings
- Set future dates
LITA Program Proposal
Koppel reported that the proposal for a NCIP program at the 2005 LITA meeting was delivered to LITA on Friday, December 10. The primary authors of the proposal have been Ted Koppel, Candy Zemon, Mark Needleman, and Gail Wanner. The timeframe for an official decision and announcement by LITA will be mid-February. If accepted, the program will need to be finalized and presenters assigned. The 2005 LITA meeting is September 29 – Oct 1, 2005 in San Jose, CA.
It was clarified that all NCIP IG participants are considered potential participants for the program.
E-Book Update
Koppel reported conversations and contact with a number of E-Book vendors on the possibility of using NCIP to report back usage statistics to the local ILS.
Conversations have been held with
- North American E Book Library (Australia)
- Overdrive
- netLibrary
A conference call is scheduled with netLibrary and others are invited to attend if interested.
Additional E-Book vendors to be contacted are
- Baker and Taylor
- Follett
At this point, the feedback from the E-Book vendors has been positive.
NCIP Promotion
Wanner reported that the NCIP 101 article is currently being edited by Library Journal, and is scheduled for publication in the January
issue of Library Journal netconnect. This is the issue that will be distributed at the ALA mid-winter meeting.
Bailey-Hainer noted that NCIP was included in the most recent NISO newsletter.
Koppel noted that in the next year to year and half that there will be increased interest in NCIP from the public library groups. Spring of ’05 will be the time to seriously consider proposals for future ALA meetings.
Wanner noted that the RUSA/STARS program planning meeting is the Monday of ALA mid-winter for 2005. She will forward the email announcement.
Updates from Other Standards
Koppel reported on the Washington D.C. International Standards meeting in November. Although the latest ILL standard –ISO 10160- was technically approved at this meeting, it was officially noted that most of the countries implementing the current standard voted against approval. An independent third party will be assigned to assess the new standard and its implications for compatibility with the current standard. This third party has not yet been assigned and the timeframe for their report would be 12 months after their assignment.
Serious discussions on the ISSN changes continue, but nothing is determined at this point.
Review of Action Items from October Meetings
The Policies Directory meeting held on October 20, in Ottawa was discussed. At the time of this call, the minutes to this meeting had not yet been distributed to the whole listserv. Some of the original participants of this group were not able to attend the October 20, meeting, and several first time participants did attend. A Policy Directory meeting will be included in the March agenda and hopefully both set of attendees will be available. The consensus is that a NCIP Policies Directory is not essential to NCIP implementation, but would greatly enhance implementation. A re-examination of ILL and circulation policies, schemas, and backgrounds is needed to determine the most effective direction.
The list of possible consultants to contact concerning NCIP was discussed and Jim Barrentine was added to the list. The goal of the initial contact is to make them aware of NCIP and its progress, the RFP Guidelines revised by the NCIP IG, and to determine the best forum to inform the consultant community.
All action items from the October meeting were acknowledged by the assigned parties available during the call.
Future Dates
Next conference call will be either February 8 or 9, with the final date/time to be determined via the listserv.
The next NCIP meeting will be held on March 7-9, 2005 in Denver. The general meeting will be on March 7 and 8, with the 9th reserved for the NCIP Policies Directory meeting. The exact location will be announced soon.