Upgrades in service and performance are needed. Libraries are often the first and most vocal users of new network applications, so they are perceived as the ones who should pay for service improvements. All agree that the network is important but funding support is not always there. Reorganization in SUNY Central has clouded the situation somewhat. Ask the libraries for range of operating hours.
Networks are quite reliable with little downtime.
LASG could survey the libraries as well as computer centers and have a subcommittee look at the results. This committee is composed of Glyn Evans, Carey Hatch, Eleanor Carter, Nancy VanDeusen and Raney Ellis. Correspondence was exchanged, and several meetings were held to devise solutions. Agreements were reached about what multiLIS can provide and a schedule for the four remaining of payments, which are now tied to product delivery, was established. There were some compromises on both sides, but the committee feels that the major program needs will be met.