John attended a demonstration of GOBI by YBP which emphasized the ease with which bibliographers could select books, and also how this streamlined the ordering process and the exporting of bib records back to the library. One idea that intrigued him was placing micro chips in books instead of barcodes, which would seem tosimplify book checkin and checkout, shelf reading, inventorying, etc. Innovative Millenium System Upgrade 1. Bruce announced that he had only today sent off paperwork for full commitment to the Innovative Millenium system upgrade. The Acquisitions and Serials modules are still under development.
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Karen reported that she and Bruce attended the Heads of Technical Services meeting last week, and that the discussion there centered mainly on cataloging issues. . An Electronic Resources Cataloging Task Force has been formed, with Crystal Graham as a member the Chair will be chosen during the first conference call. It has a short turn around time and its work should result in a decision regarding who and how we will be cataloging CDL resources. Cindy reported that our decision to stop PromptCat has been delayed because YBP is automating their electronic transmission process and cannot switch us back until mid-December. In the meantime, OCLC had already turned PromptCat off.