Task Forces and Committees
Email addresses on this page are closed lists, to which any member of each list may post questions or topics of interest to their task force or committee members.
Access Services Task Force
Marmot & Prospector Project 2011; Meeting notes 2009; email astf-at-marmot.org
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This task force reviews resource sharing, circulation, and ILL policies and procedures at the consortium level and makes recommendations to the Executive Director. Its focus thru September 2011 is the Marmot & Prospector Project, during which ASTF members are the Prospector project coordinators for their libraries.
- Barb Brattin, Wilkinson, Telluride, Chair
- David Goetzman, Adams State College
- Chris Cook, Basalt
- Michelle Dover, Bud Werner/Steamboat Springs
- Gayle Gunderson & Karen Neville, Colorado Christian University
- Becky Bernal & Janet Nelson, Colorado Mesa University
- Becky Kramer, Colorado Mountain College
- Anne Johnson, Eagle Valley
- Janine Rose, Garfield County
- Karen Jensen & Bob Puglisi, Gunnison County
- Laurie Gomez & Shana Wade, Mesa County
- Nathalie Crick & Martha Durgy, Pitkin County
- TBD, Summit County
- Lori Barnes, Town of Vail
- Tiffanie Wick & Eric Escalante, Western State College
- Oak Smith, Wilkinson/Telluride
- Don Moeny, Mary Katherine Katzer, Keith Dedman, Marmot
Database Task Force
Meeting notes 2009; email dbtf-at-marmot.org or acquisitions-at-marmot.org
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The Database Task Force reviews and sets policies and procedures to maintain a high-quality union catalog. Its scope includes cataloging, acquisitions, and serials activities by member libraries; indexing specifications; rules for bib record match & overlay; local variants of MARC standards; and authority control processing. In 2012 the DBTF is concentrating on a de-duplication project, and tightening up cataloging practices for a growing variety of e-resources.
- Amy Shipley, Garfield County, Chair
- Glenda Geu, Adams State College
- Alysa Selby, Bud Werner/Steamboat Springs
- Karen Neville, Colorado Christian University
- Jamie Walker, Colorado Mesa University
- Anne Johnson, Eagle Valley
- Linda Newman, Garfield County
- Marilynn Huff & Kathy Mikol, Grand County
- Penny Shiel, Mesa County
- Shelly Fratzke, MCVSD#51
- Carol McArdell, Pitkin County
- Jo Norris, Town of Vail
- Shannon Eagles, Western State College
- Amy Sieving, Wilkinson Public Library
- Mary Katherine Katzer, Marmot
Ebook Task Force
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The Ebook Task Force was formed in 2011 to evaluate ebook vendors and purchase plans offered to public libraries; to look at platforms for downloading ebooks from the various vendors; to discuss options for lending ebooks and ebook readers; and to test ebook enhancements in the Marmot VuFind catalog.
- Jocelyn Durrance, Pitkin County, Chair
- Chris Painter, Alysa Selby, & Jaclyn Kuusinen, Bud Werner/Steamboat Springs
- Yuliya Lef, Colorado Mountain College
- Diane Levin, Eagle Valley
- Malia Burton & Amy Shipley, Garfield County
- Larry Meredith & Debra Reich, Gunnison County
- Jennifer Murrell, Mesa County
- Drew Brookhart, Nathalie Crick, Susan Keenan, & Audrey Tolle, Pitkin County
- Lori Barnes & Jo Norris, Town of Vail
- Alison Farnham, Sarah Landeryou, & Amy Sieving, Wilkinson/Telluride
- Jimmy Thomas, Marmot
Finance Advisory Committee
Marmot Policies & Procedures; Meeting notes 2009
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This Committee is appointed by the Marmot Board President to review the Marmot Budget, Price Schedule, Investment Policy, and other financial decisions ultimately approved by the Board.
- Eve Tallman, Mesa County, Chair
- Sarah Cron, Colorado Mesa University
- Drew Brookhart, Pitkin County
- Joyce Dierauer, Summit County
- Don Moeny & Jimmy Thomas, Marmot
- Barb Brattin, Marmot Executive Board
Journal Discovery Task Force
Journal Discovery RFP and Product Evaluation 2010-11; email jdtf-at-marmot.org
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The Journal Discovery Task Force is evaluating products designed to solve the federated search problem inherent in WebFeat and 360 Search. Summon by Serials Solutions, EBSCO Discovery Service, and Primo Central by Ex Libris are for now the obvious candidates. Beginning January 2011, Marmot will either renew 360 Search for another year, or upgrade to something better.
- Paul Rolland, Colorado Mesa University, Chair
- Karen Neville, Colorado Christian University
- Yuliya Lef, Colorado Mountain College
- Anne Johnson, Eagle Valley
- Janine Rose, Garfield County
- Nathalie Crick & Jocelyn Durrance, Pitkin County
- Jo Norris, Town of Vail
- Sarah Landeryou, Wilkinson/Telluride
- Don Moeny, Marmot
Maintenance Task Force
Meeting notes 2009; email maint-at-marmot.org
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This task force reviews work station, hardware, software, and network requirements; evaluates new technologies; and makes recommendations to the Executive Director.
- Sean Hanson, Marmot, Chair
- Carolyn Peters, Bud Werner/Steamboat Springs
- Anne Johnson, Eagle Valley
- Amelia Shelley and Malia Burton, Garfield County
- Shelly Kilgas & Michelle Gardner, Grand County
- Larry Meredith, Gunnison County
- Shana Wade, Mesa County
- Karen Haywood, Pitkin County
- Jo Norris, Town of Vail
- Jason Stow, Mary Pickens, & Roger Landauer, Marmot
MUG Planning Task Force
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This group plans the annual Marmot User Group workshop.
- Janet Nelson, Colorado Mesa University
- Marilyn Murphy, Garfield County
- Shawna Bird & Wynell Webster, Mesa County
- Lori Barnes, Town of Vail
- Amy Sieving, Wilkinson/Telluride
- Mary Vernon & Mary Katherine Katzer, Marmot
OPAC Task Force
Sprint demos 2010-11; Next-Gen OPAC Search 2009-10; Meeting notes 2009; email opac-at-marmot.org
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The Online Public Access Catalog Task Force reviews and determines shared OPAC parameters, OPAC display, and general OPAC options, and makes recommendations to the Executive Director.
- Shana Wade, Mesa County, Chair
- Alysa Selby, Bud Werner/Steamboat Springs
- Janine Rose, Garfield County
- Sue Luton, Grand County
- Becky Johnson, MCVSD#51
- Shannon Eagles, Western State College
- Sarah Landeryou, Wilkinson/Telluride
- Keith Dedman, Marmot
OverDrive Collection Development Team
Collection development policy; email overdrive-at-marmot.org
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This special interest group oversees the budget and purchases for the downloadables collection
- Joyce Dierauer, Summit County, Chair
- Alysa Selby and Sarah Kostin, Bud Werner
- Gayle Gunderson, Colorado Christian University
- Yuliya Lef, Colorado Mountain College
- Diane Levin, Eagle Valley
- Amy Shipley, Garfield County
- Marilynn Huff and Kathy Mikol, Grand County
- Jennifer Murrell and Barbara Burr, Mesa County
- Jennifer Wodlinger, MCVSD#51
- Audrey Tolle, Pitkin County
- Amy Sieving and Sarah Landeryou, Wilkinson Public
- Mary Katherine Katzer, Marmot
Policy Advisory Committee
Marmot Policies & Procedures; Meeting notes 2009
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This Committee is appointed by the Marmot Board President to review and update Marmot Bylaws, Employee Handbook, and other Policy documents of Marmot.
- Sherry Holland, Chair
- Mindy White, Colorado Mountain College
- Jaci Spuhler, Eagle Valley
- Mary Vernon & Jimmy Thomas, Marmot
- Barb Brattin, Marmot Executive Board
Technology Advisory Committee
ILS Evaluation 2011; email tac-at-marmot.org
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This Committee is appointed by the Marmot Board President to investigate ILS upgrade or migration options. After 10 years on Millennium, this Committee will become more active in 2010-11 with RFI, demo, and RFP activities toward improving ILS feature sets and reducing costs.
- Gayle Gunderson, Colorado Christian University, Chair
- Eve Tallman, Mesa County
- Yuliya Lef, Colorado Mountain College
- Anne Johnson, Eagle Valley
- Amelia Shelley, Garfield County
- Kathy Mikol, Grand County
- Shana Wade, Mesa County
- Jo Norris, Town of Vail
- Shelly Fratzke, MCVSD#51
- Jimmy Thomas, Marmot
- Barb Brattin, Marmot Executive Board
