From: brians@UNLLIB.UNL.EDU (Brian Striman)
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Subject: INNOPAC Law Libraries Users Group stuff.
Date: 6 Nov 92 23:21:26 GMT
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Hello everybody.  This message is specifically for Law Librarians who are
using Innovative Interfaces, Inc. software; be it INNOPAC or INNOVACQ or
other combinations of active or upcoming modules.

		INTRODUCTIONS AND OTHER GENERAL STUFF
I should introduce myself for folks who don't know who the current III Law
Users Group Chair is.  I'm Brian Striman (see my email signature below).  Our
Vice-Chair, Chair Elect is Terry Toy, Head of Acquisitions at U. of
California-Berkeley.  The past Chair is Anne Myers, Head of Tech Services
at Boston U.  We are involved with the III Law Library Users Group.

I will be working early next week on membership surveys and hope to have
them sent out by mid-week (Nov. 12th).  Minutes of our San Fransisco
meeting will be included with this mailing.   These surveys are important
and I will send one (1) out to each III law library.  If you don't get a
survey by Nov. 19th, contact me by phone or email.  We *have* the 1st ed.
directories available if anyone needs a copy.  It's dated April, 1992 and
Anne Myers did a fantastic job creating it.  Info in the directory comes
from the surveys folks return, as well as ideas concerning how folks want
the Users Group meeting to cover at the annual AALL meeting (this year in
Boston).  Please fill it out and return as directed in the survey.
One final note about the survey... I have a few volunteers to help me
draft up this year's survey.  I will be contacting them by Nov. 8th so
they can add their ideas.  If anyone else wants to add ideas, email to me
in the next few days.

		BOSTON AALL III USERS GROUP MEETING
I have scheduled this year's UG meeting for July 10th, Saturday, from
2-5pm, like last year.  Saturday worked out good especially because it
doesn't conflict with the multitude of SIS meetings that rev up on Sunday.
It will be a large room, theatre style, with seats for 125.  Like last
year, there will be head table for the business portion of the meeting and
we have a free standing podium w/microphone for the III updates.  We have
also reserved an overhead for presentation possibilities.

		OTHER III USERS GROUP INFORMATION
Anita Cook, Director of the OhioLINK project, is Chair of the Innovative
Users Group this year.  She recently sent out a mailing about their Users
Group.  Up to this point, there are the two Innovative Interfaces Users
Groups.  The Innovative Users Group (IUG) is more formally structured,
with by-laws and dues.  The Law Libraries UG does not have bylaws or dues.
Anyone currently contracting with Innovative Interfaces, Inc. for any of
their products or services is invited to join the IUG.  Contact Anita Cook for
more information on the IUG.  Anita's contact points are: phone:
614-292-0069; or email: anita@ohiolink.edu

The IUG Chair has begun coordinating enhancement suggestions process.  They
have a group of "functional experts" and a timetable on how the process will
proceed.   [I will in contact with Anita and Jamie Hurly at Innovative to
see how this works.... it's an idea that I'm very interested in as well...
I want to be sure we don't start a second enhancement process and reinvent
any wheels; more on all this later]

			   THE END - FOR NOW -
That's all for now, I wanted to tell INNOPAC subscribers who are in the
Law Libraries UG about the July 10th meeting and to update them on the IUG
and to alert them to fill out the upcoming survey.

More later.
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 Brian D. Striman, Chair of Law UG		Head of Technical Services
 U. of Nebraska-Lincoln 			Schmid Law Library
 Internet: brians@unllib.unl.edu		402-472-8286
 Bitnet:   brians%unllib@unlvax1.bitnet         fax: 402-472-5185
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