Friday Frags Redesign Subgroup Meeting

8.16.2006

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present:

Gayla Byerly

Mary Durio

Mark Phillips

Starr Hoffman

 

 

Exploring Options

• looked into blogs
  • strong opinions related to blogs
• then looked at e-publication model

 

Issues with New Format

• will it be public or internal?
• if internal: open to all UNT, just faculty/staff, just library...?
  • LDAP issues:
    • if open to all UNT, on-campus it shouldn't flag us
    • if open to library only, authentication will be required
      • this can be an issue with RSS feeds
• where will it be hosted?
• who will be in charge/edit it?
• how much work will it entail?
• how do you authenticate it (if internal)?

 

ETG Recommendations

• should be technologically easy
• use Plone
  • will have good support
  • help LAN/MMDL to start experimenting with Plone
• Wordpress or Moveable Type also okay
• UNT's InHouse is ColdFusion-based blogging software
  • problem: cost-based
  • we should easily be able to re-format FF for free

 

Questions & Actions

• how do we get training?
  • alot will be trying and using it
  • Garret & Will will probably show us how to get started
  • we'd use new packages in Plone
• we'll need to talk to ETG to determine what we want
  • our subgroup will attend their next meeting, 8/22 at 9am
• then in the future, we'll go to LAN/MMDL to talk about setting it up/organizing it
• in the meantime, look at suggestions for FF
  • Library Forum, ETG section, thread on FF
  • also questionnaire by Diane
• some ideas
  • use categories to help organize topics
  • set up auto-publication dates (Friday at noon)
  • authors send articles, which are queued for editor approval (then auto-published after approval)
  • send auto email message to library staff when new FF is available (include link)
• Mark recommends experimenting with using categories
  • new Google blogs through Blogger
  • get a Wordpress account
• what will ETG be asking from us?
  • nothing
  • ETG is there to help flesh out any technological issues, use as a sounding board, get feedback

 

Next...

• need a statement that we've met and are recommending that we make changes to the Friday Frags
• Gayla will read comments on the library forum and will read Strategic Plan
• will use these as justification for meeting with ETG about FF
• looking to implement the new FF around Dec/Jan

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