April 29, 2002
 
TO:     Deborah Murphy, LAUC President
FROM:   Lucia Snowhill, LAUC Representative, UC Resource Sharing Committee
RE:     UC Resource Sharing Committee Report, Spring Assembly 2002
 
The Resource Sharing Committee (RSC) has held one conference call and one
face to face meeting, and has discussed a number of issues via e-mail
since Fall Assembly.
 
Since Fall Assembly, the following activities and issued have been
addressed:
 
Consortial Borrowing System
 
Fretwell Downing's VDX system was selected for the consortial borrowing
system, and implementation plans have begun. CDL and libraries have been
working through hardware and software issues and configurations.The first
two campuses (UCLA and UCSD)  are testing the new consortial borrowing
system as a pilot phase; other UC libraries will follow in the next
implementation phase, projected to begin the end of May. Campus ILL
personnel are being trained on the system this spring.
 
Desktop Delivery (DTD)
 
Desktop delivery as an option for CDL Request items has just been
implemented in late April by a couple of campuses that have technical
issues resolved, and will be implemented by other campuses as they are
able.  Request screens have been edited and revised to show the option for
desktop delivery.  Policies and procedures for implementing DTD were
reviewed and adopted by RSC.
 
Other issues
 
RSC has reviewed ILL loan periods, and has recommended postponing
consideration of any changes until the consortial borrowing system is
implemented.
 
RSC has reviewed and responded to SOPAG with comments on several
system-wide reports:  Digital Preservation Advisory Committee Report,
Access Integration Task Force Report, Digital Reference Task Force White
Paper, and the Privacy Task Force Report.
 
Other projects and issue that RSC is working on include:
        implementation of the Request feature in the new Melvyl catalog;
 
        conducting a survey to gather data about the potential for loaning
        special collections materials through CDL Request;
 
        planning for a Circulation Advisory Group best practices workshop;
 
        investigating methods of improving access to materials at the
        storage facilities;
 
        reviewing external user policies.
 
Lucia Snowhill
Reference Services
Davidson Library
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA  93106
(805)893-5383
snowhill@library.ucsb.edu