Projects, etc. done 2006

• Techpro 2005/2006 foreign language, etc. project. RFP to boxes shipped (9/2005-6/2006).
• CBB Mellon grant-writing meetings/work (8/2005-4/2006).
• Archivist Search Committee (9/2005-6/2006).
• LDR/Connexion tutorial. Learned new system for creating/maintaining LDRs when dos-based system was phased out (2/9/2006-2/10/2006).
• NExpress Non-returnables consortium conference calls. Weekly (2/2006-4/2006). Every 4-6 weeks (6/2006)-
• Wrote new procedures for Checkin Cards. Cleaned up newspaper records holdings statements (5/2006). Updated lists of Current newspapers and Current foreign-language newspapers and periodicals (9/2006).
• Updated procedures for sending OCLC via Millennium Data Exchange. Trained Library Assistant in new procedure (7/2006).
• With this years offsite storage updates, changed procedures for recording gifts in item records from icode2=g and note to note in newly-defined Gift of field (g). This solves problem of icode2 g being replaced by s when items are being considered for storage (7/2/2006-7/11/2006).
• Serials Solutions print/microfilm holdings project. Created excel file of print and microfilm journal holdings. Added items from stacks that are indexed; created a new code to identify these in catalog records. Checked and corrected holdings statements when needed. Wrote procedures for updating the file. (1/2006-8/2006).
• Revised workforms. Prompted by addition of Print/Microfilm holdings to the Serials Solutions A-Z list and by the new Serials Assistant. Combined some workforms and annotated workforms page to make it easier for staff to determine which form to use. Moved electronic access up in workflow, added staff initials, etc. (6/2006-8/2006).
• Updated navigation in catalog and navigation and text in catalog help pages to change Maine Info Net to MaineCat and add NExpress (8/23/2006-8/24/2006).
• Loaded Naxos and Ebrary records (8/2006-9/2006). Included:
  • Determining quality of authority control for record sets.
  • Determining if records would or would not have attached items.
  • Ordering more records from Innovative.
  • Writing load tables.
  • Creating new locations.
  • Modifying scopes.
  • Determining how we will be notified of new records.
• JSTOR weed, titles added 2005-2006 (9/2006).
• Attended Nelinet training on Local Holdings Records with Serials Assistant. Doing actual updating with Rufen as follow-up to training (9/2006-10/2006).
• Millennium login manager training for Muskie staff (10/19/2006). Prepared staff and catalog for Muskie Papers item level cataloging (Christie Peterson's grant project) (10/2006-11/2006).
• Presentation on ArticleReach at the New England IUG meeting in Durham, N.H. (11/9/2006).
• Telnet to SSH. Held open staff session to make sure staff still needing character-based access are configured correctly. Updated system tables. Determined status of public access to character-based catalog (11/2006).
• Bib student workstation reconfiguration. Only B321 station will have character-based catalog. Moved student assistant work in catalog (on A5491) to Millennium. Started the transition to making labels in Millennium (11/2006).
• Implemented changes from Technical Bulletin 252, including code for integrating resources, updates to marc validity tables, and updates to language and country codes (11/2006-12/2006).