Document Delivery Working Group -- tentative agenda
1) Introduction of participants
2) Review & evaluate experiences to date
a) summary of American test use of GBVdirekt (Sem Sutter)
who has tested & where
problems encountered:
interface & terminology problems
"no supplying library"
referral of orders?
b) interspersed by responses from German colleagues (Reimer Eck et al)
which of the problems result from the testers' inexperience, which show
need for further GBV development?
c) broader issues raised by testing
copyright compliance
mediated vs. unmediated ordering
3) Agree upon accounting & payment procedures
a) cost per article: is $8 for up to 20 pages standard rate? what exceptions,
if any?
b) how much does ARL need to add to the base fee to cover staff time,
bank fees, etc.?
c) payment process to Göttingen
for test orders -- get copy of statement
for future orders
d) ARL deposit account process
4) Define current priorities and assignments
a) refining the English interface itself
design structure, screen content, elements on various pages
who is responsible for this work?
consultation process?
b) developing English information and help screens
who is responsible for this work?
consultation process?
c) timetable and process for "going public" with GBVdirekt/North
America
do we want beta testing by Chicago, Cornell, Penn State, Wisconsin while
we refine the interface and develop help screens?
target date for opening to all GRP libraries?
responsibility for invitations & publicity
5) Articulating possible new initiatives: desiderata on both sides of Atlantic
a) German ordering/American delivery of documents
is there interest?
possibility of using the CIC-VEL (report by Louis Pitschmann)
b) unmediated ordering, especially from IBZ
c) loans of returnables (out-of-print 20th-century)
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Sem C. Sutter
Bibliographer for Modern Literatures
University of Chicago Library
