CONSER Publication Pattern Task Force and
Participants Meeting
ALA Midwinter Philadelphia, PA
4:00-6:00 Saturday, January 25, 2003
OCLC Red Suite, Philadelphia Marriott

Welcome, introductions, and opening remarks (Carlen Ruschoff)

Status of the program: new members, statistics, etc. (Jean Hirons)

OCLC and holdings (Rich Greene and Cathy Kellum)

Review of the CONSER Plan

Task 1. Database
Long-term storage of pattern data (Linda Miller)
Universal holdings record and report from MFIG (Diane Hillmann)

Task 2. Mentoring and workflow
Mentoring update (Wen-ying Lu)
Electronic journals and patterns (Yumin Jiang)

Task 3. MFH, vendors, technical issues
Member/vendor liaisons (all)
Reports of new or upcoming functionality regarding patterns (all)

Task 4. Documents and training
Future of the publication pattern 'workshop' (Carlen Ruschoff)

Task 5. Roles of utilities and subscription vendors
Subscription agents and patterns (Jennifer O'Connell)
Swets (Carlen Ruschoff)
The future of the macro with connexion (Robert Bremer or Rich Green)

Task 6. Publicizing the initiative
Invitation to speak in New York (Carlen Ruschoff)
Other possibilities
NASIG (Jean Hirons)

Recognition (Carlen Ruschoff)