VRWG Meeting Agenda & Notes: 4-10-07
2-3:30, Olin 703

Project Updates

• Lab of O  
  • Collection is in the final development stage. 
  • New metadata should be in by 17 April. 
  • Elane finalizing details of maintenance contract. 
  • Susette, Lance, & Rhea will meet to discuss user testing and promotion of collection.
• KVRF       
  • 13,000 images currently in test mode.  Still issues regarding image data mapping. 
  • Lance & Susette will work with Margaret on collection description and background image. 
  • Still questions regarding public access and integration. 
  • Estimated time of completion?  
• HFJ
  • Still questions from HFJ staff regarding database integrity.  Danielle will provide examples
    to Luna dev team and set meeting to determine course of action
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• MacDougall
  • Metadata team meeting with Margaret to determine metadata scheme for new material.

• • Danielle will call larger team meeting in mid-May to develop plan to complete project.
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§        Promoting Collection

§        User testing

o       KVRF

o       HFJ

o       MacDougall - Metadata meeting?

-        Webfeat/Luna---Rick's Gateway Solution

-        Luna 6.0

-        Storing IPTC metadata in the images

-        Sub-Group Reports-Action Items & Next Steps

-        Contracts/User Expectations (Elaine Westbrooks & Lab of O details?)

-        User Group Meeting

VRWG Meeting Notes: 2-1-07

• We have agreed to break into sub-groups, which will meet monthly, and meet as a larger group quarterly.
• During quarterly meetings, we will share sub-committees work/findings with larger VRWG group
• During our quarterly meetings, we will also invite key stakeholders to give us feedback on their Visual Resources Collections
• We will notifiy the group of our sub-group meetings, in the event that anyone ourside of subgroup should feel compelled to attend
• We will utilize Confluence site to document our work.

Action Items:

• Usability Group:
  • Gale will set up meetings to discuss testing documentation, PSEC's role, and follow up on Taj/Andean Collection Usability Tests
• Technology Group:
  • Group will continue to work on KVRF & HFJ/TMS projects
  • Gale will contact WebFeat team to determine what is causing problems with "hanging" Luna Collections
• Metadata Group:
  • Group will meet to discuss MacDougall metadata
  • Elaine will continue to work on contract for Lab of O
• Promotion & Access
  • Lance will set meetings to review current promotion documentation (Fiona's)
  • Group will begin to determine roles of VRWG & VRAG