Minutes of the Second Standing Committee Meeting Section on Document Delivery and Interlending

Boston, MA, Friday August 24, 2001

1. Attendees

(New/continuing members) Calff, Carlsson, Chollampe, Creff, Erlandsen, Fagerli, Hansen, Hanson, Jackson, Martey, Durrett, Paques-Ledant, Redse, Rodriquez, Rosemann, Schwersky, Smale, Street (Retiring members) Abelsnes, Kohl, Lindh, Menil, Neal, Wright

Absent: Mbewa, Santiago, Arora, Eronina, Gourlay, Vattulainen.

2. Reports on Programs/Workshop

The section's program on End-user Involvement in Interlibrary Loans was a major success, with five speakers providing a variety of experiences with systems that communicate directly with users. Approximately 250 people filled the meeting hall and lively discussions occurred after each session.

The workshop, held in a specially equipped meeting room at the Boston Public Library, was extremely popular with significantly more attendees than the 62 spaces assigned. Vendors later told the convenor, Mary Jackson, that this was the best demonstration of the ISO ILL Protocols that had yet been possible. In fact, this was probably the world's first demonstration of messages being sent over the Internet between and among multiple protocol-compliant systems. We hope to reproduce the PowerPoint slides on the section's website.

3. Glasgow Program

The committee decided to concentrate its energies on an open program and not add produce a workshop in Glasgow. Numerous program ideas were offered, including:

Is there a future for large document delivery services such as Boston Spa?
New initiatives that broaden access to information for the developing world.
Global access to information for whom? Issues of technology, economics and regulation.
Lessons learned in bridging the divide: document delivery projects in Ghana and the states of the former USSR.
An unnatural act -- spreading the culture of cooperation.

4. Advance Planning for Berlin

Uwe Schwersky advised the committee that the focus of the Berlin Conference would be on Eastern Europe. Based on this information, the idea of a program on document delivery in times of economic and political change was proposed. Also suggested was a workshop on copyright in the European Union.

5. Budget Request

The committee agreed that no project funds would be requested for the next fiscal year.

6. Other Business

There being no other business the chair turned over the gavel to her successor and adjourned the meeting.

Latest Revision: January 7, 2002