Activities Since June 2006

12.04.2006

Regular Duties

• identify and capture CRS Reports
• assign subject headings to CRS Reports; notify for upload
• edit CRS and CC metadata using Metadata Analysis Tool
• identify, capture, link-check, and upload websites for the CyberCemetery
• enter UNT's GovDocs Digital Collections into national registries, etc.
• notify documents community when new digital collections are made available
• regularly read professional literature in the field
• answer reference questions & enter into RefStats db
• act as liaison to Philosophy/Religion Studies Dept.

Service/Professional Activities

• attended FDLP, Fall 2006
• attended NORDOC Fall 2006 meeting
• Library Assembly
  • Committee on Committees
• Denton Reads
  • Graphics Committee
• Publications Committee
  • Friday Frags Redesign Workgroup
    • created example web-posting publication using categories in WordPress
    • drafted Charter Scope Statement
• regularly attend ETG and Metadata Group Meetings
• GovDoc Head Position Search Committee
• member of ALA, LITA, GODORT
• subscribe to a number of relevant list-servs and blogs
• submitted paper to TLA for consideration
• presentation on the use of wikis accepted (to be given in online course, February 2007)
• joined Digital Preservation Network
• attended UNT BI workshops
• attended a number of online training sessions (OPAL, etc.)

Other Activities

• helped create and edit Collection Plan for CC as part of NDIIPP project
• tested Web-at-Risk's WAS
• tested the Web Curator Tool
• helped create a draft of the liaisons' digitization workflow
• discussed options for Gammel's interface
• reviewed/charted CRS workflow
• charted other dept. workflows in which I am involved (for dept. review)
• ran test searches on CRS site to determine metadata and search function problems
• created documents for CRS Metadata Entry Standards and CRS Name Authority, based on edits/reconciliation made using the Metadata Analysis Tool (in order to keep the entry of names standard)
• created work-related space on own wiki
• create icons, thumbnails, and descriptions for GovDoc items and collections in the DLS
• determined what CC metadata to capture, and at what level (site-level)
  • created input rules and guide (on wiki)
• helped determine what epub metadata to capture
• determined what ACIR metadata to capture
  • created input rules and guide (on wiki)
• with student, created and edited ACIR metadata records
• presented notes on Mobile Reference session, with Gayla and Erin, to Ad Council
• attended several GovDoc training sessions (notes on wiki)
• investigated IM reference service
• commented (with rest of dept.) on MMDL web architecture redesign process
• created library blog overview document (for ETG)
• also see Fall 2006 To-Do List

Future Activities

• interim liaison to Political Science Dept.
• Tex-Fed