OpenKey Agenda:
Manning 304
Dr. Brad Hemminger from the
SILS dept. spoke briefly about the new digital library initiative called
CRADLE. Dr. Hemminger is interested in
harvesting the metadata from both PIC and Openkey.
The OpenKey team is open to sharing, but cannot
devote many resources to this end.
Action item: The
team will revisit this topic at the July meeting.
a.
Faculty salaries and
cost sharing have not been budgeted for July 1 onward. The team does not want
to spend any more money on faculty budgets or cost sharing.
Action item: Sarah
will notify Susan in the SILS office.
b.
Grant extension update:
c.
The question of how to handle Steve’s
mandatory termination in September was discussed. The team considered hiring
Steve as a contractor.
Action item: Sarah and Evelyn will look at the budget and determine how
long Steve and Sarah can continue to be paid at their current rates.
a.
Action item: Sarah will look into
creating a space for anonymous FTP in the current OpenKey
space on ibiblio. She will also draft a set of rules
for naming conventions based on the system UIUC has already employed.
a.
Plant records: OpenKey will code
44 trees. 21 records are complete and have been sent to UIUC. 10 more records
are complete on paper.
b. Images: Steve is
developing a list of structures that are priorities for each tree. Lesley will
begin scanning images from Radford et al and Steve will check out the copyright
to see how we are allowed to use the images. Wendy Zomlefer
did not respond to the 3 emails Sarah sent, so her book was deemed a lost
cause. Steve has talked to Bill in the Botany Library about using
out-of-copyright works. The USDA Web site may have some usable images.
Action item: Sarah and Steve will
look at USDA Web Site.
c. Metadata for
images: There is a need to define more precisely the
image tags.
Action item: Steve will talk to UIUC about definitions.
a.
Comments on new design:
The team generally liked the new design and suggested creating a banner using
some of Steve’s digitized images.
b.
Should we delete
project calendar and remove project notes from Web? The team decided to leave
the notes, but delete the link to the project calendar.
Action item: Sarah will update the
Web site.