The Heads of Public Services (HOPS) met on March 8th in Oakland.  A major
portion of the meeting was spent discussing the future of HOPS and its
role as an advisory group to SOPAG.  As stated in the meeting minutes,
"There was consensus that HOPS' future efforts should focus on its role as
a forum for in-depth discussion of major public services issues affecting
the UC libraries and its role as an agent for advancing the understanding
of, and progress on, those same issues."  Several of these issues
included 24x7 reference services, information literacy, and the
evaluation of public services.
 
Following the discussion of HOPS role, Isabel Stirling volunteered to
become the next HOPS Chair.  Additionally George Bynon agreed to be the
recorder and an Agenda Committee was created consisting of Cheryl Gomez,
Marilyn Moody, and Laine Farley.
 
In response to SOPAG's feedback on the report of the Digital Reference
Task Force, a charge will be drafted to create a Digital Reference
Services Group that will serve as a Common Interest Group reporting
through HOPS with representatives from all UC campuses and the CDL.
 
After discussing Steve Toub's summary regarding his recent visits with UC
campus Web teams, HOPS recognized the value of this informal collaboration
and will urge the group to continue this collaboration.  On another topic,
it was decided that it is valuable for the UC community to continue to
include non-UC holdings in Melvyl-T.
 
More details about these and other topics discussed at the HOPS meeting
are available at the following URL:
 
http://www.slp.ucop.edu/sopag/hopsmin030802.html

Submitted by Catherine Soehner, LAUC Representative to HOPS.