SIL20120307

SIL BHL Taskforce Standing Meeting

March 7, 2012

Agenda:

• New camera status (KT)
  Having some issues with the CPU for the BC100. KT and Joel decided to go with 2 Mac Minis
• New partners status (GB, KT, SP, etc.)
  • USGS. R. Huffine came by and chose some books from Paleobotany; we'll scan at TSP. SIL staff are working with them to get them scanned in time for the BHL IC meeting.
  • Cornell. Working well with the group. Marty S. is the main contact.
• NAL meeting
  Tom and MK met with Chris Cole and Stan Kosecki on March 6 to discuss NAL participation with BHL
• Summon and BHL
  KT will get back to Summon with some kind of answer
• EOL meeting update (MK)
  MK reported on the Council and Executive meetings held in St. Louis Feb 28-March 2. Tom Garnett gave a presentation to the Council and MK gave one for the Exec. Committee
• SIRIS Links (BM)
  Links from 546 serials; 1,395 monograph links (including RB) added to SIRIS; small bonk list (less than 100) that need review). This includes ONLY items that SIL has scanned, not things that we owned but other BHL partners have scanned
• Social Media Update (GB)
  Now 25,000+ images on Flickr and just short of 2,000 FB likes
• BHL-SciELO visit to Washington (April 16-20)
  A team is coming; agenda is a-building; Grace is room-booking;
• BHL Interns and Volunteers
  BC, GB and other members (Christine G., Trish, JJ, etc.) met to plan for volunteers and interns to do pagination and other things
• NH Internactions
  GC working with Sarah Banks to have NH social media; also BHL will be incorporated into into NH print and online calendars