Minutes September 2002
Arkansas Innovative Users Group
Central Arkansas Library System—Darragh Center
Little Rock, Arkansas
September 24, 2002
Susan Goldner opened the meeting at 2:00pm.
Minutes: Minutes of the May 24, 2002 inaugural meeting were accepted.
Listserv: Susan Goldner promoted the AIUG listserv and encouraged everyone to join. The listserv is open to anyone with an interest in Innovative Interfaces, Inc. products in Arkansas institutions. Information on joining can be found at http://library1.ualr.edu/aiug/listserv.htm.
Website: Lynnette Jack reported that the new AIUG website will be up shortly and available at http://library1.ualr.edu/aiug. [The website is now available.]
INN-Reach: Susan Goldner reported on discussions with Sandy Westall, INN-Reach contact at Innovative Interfaces, Inc., regarding a possible presentation on INN-Reach in December. Possible dates were discussed with a general consensus that Wednesday, December 4, 2002, would be best. Possible locations were discussed with consensus that the UALR-Law School would be the best venue. Box lunches will be available. Susan pointed out that some questions and decisions that need to be addressed include: what we want; does it work with Endeavor; and we need to be able to show the benefits to our institutions and organizations. Directors are encouraged to attend the meeting so that it can be a productive as possible. A lively discussion regarding the need to create a plan for INN-Reach that will enable us to make it a reality ensued.
[Susan Goldner reported to the list on October 11, 2002, that the meeting will be at the UALR-Law School from 10:00am-3:00pm on Wednesday, December 4, 2002. The full email can be found on the listserv archives http://listserv.ualr.edu/archives/arkiug-l.html.]
New Business: Susan Goldner called for program proposals for future meetings.
The general meeting broke up into smaller groups focused on System Administration (lead by Lynnette Jack), Cataloging /OPAC (lead by Dennis Van Arsdale), Acquisition/Serials (lead by Mary Hawks) and Circulation/Interlibrary Loan (lead by Jessie Cranford) . Each group submitted at least one program idea as follows:
Care of the Adolescent System (Lynnette Jack)
Tips and Tricks in Millennium Circulation (Jessie Cranford)
Migrating to Millennium Acquisitions and Serials (Sandy Olson)
Fort Smith's Local Database (Dennis Van Arsdale )
My Millennium (no speaker)
