SIL BHL September 16, 2009

• Other things we're working on (time permitting)
  • Gemini -- I would like to schedule a call to address the following:
    • On the BHL Contact page > "For questions or more information about the Biodiversity Heritage Library, please email bhl@oeb.harvard.edu" > Connie, this is the one that goes to you right?
    • On the BHL About page > “For questions or more information about the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project, please email BHL@si.edu” > who does this go to?
    • On the BHL Feedback page > user fills out the form > information is passed to Gemini [Note: while the language on the form has been modified, the form itself and its connection to Gemini have always existed]
    • NEW feature: When viewing the bibliographic information for any title/when viewing any item > user can click on “Report an Error” icon > information is passed to Gemini [It is hoped that this new icon available at the title/item level will encourage users to provide specific feedback about titles/items with issues]
    • Another, unofficially advertised method is to contact me lipscombb@si.edu with feedback. Generally this is for title requests. I would like all requests for missing volumes of a series to be handled via Gemini – to be discussed during the conference call.
  • What to do?
  1. decide that it is best to eliminate the feedback emails bhl@si.edu and bhl@oeb.harvard.edu, either way we should probably eliminate 1 of the 2 emails
  2. maybe there’s a way to automatically feed the email messages into Gemini
  3. modify the language about the email such that only specific types of feedback go to the email and all other feedback is directed to Gemini

• Stuff
• Early dismissal so we can all go buy Beatles Rock Band, if we forgot to pre-order it.