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Maureen shared the information on ALAC Metrics Working Group with all RALOs and the call for comments  Maureen Hilyard is coordinating the works on this WG.  She  is looking for NARALO feedback .  Details  at  ALAC Subcommittee on At-Large Metrics Sub Committee

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NARALO  Monthly Report- September 2013

TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE (From Gordon Chillcott)

REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2013

The Working Group continues to use LUCID (rather than Adobe Connect) for its regular meetings.  Some newly-active members appeared and this provided an opportunity to observe any new-user difficulties with this tool.  There were some, but easily overcome.

Other conferencing tools will be evaluated:

-        an evaluation table is developed to provide some guiding criteria and to present a comparison among the tools that are tested;

-        this table is subsequently reviewed during discussions of the trials

-        attempts to keep table entries in “real” English (technical terms and acronyms minimized),

-        discussions of relevance fo some table rows,

-        trials will be scheduled as separate meetings (that is, not part of the regular monthly sessions);

-        tests were scheduled for “BlueJeans” and “ReadyTalk” for the month of August.

-        During August, the results of the “BlueJeans” trial were reviewed, preparations for “ReadyTalk” trial made – and this was evaluated late in the month.

-        Schedule for other trials in September will be prepared

Social Media Strategy – discussion continues:

-        questions of types and formats of content;

-        some formatting issues about content copied from sources (for example, ALAC Announce),

-        there are a number of standardized templates (such as for ALAC posts, ALAC vote results, meeting notices, etc.) and these should be updated to simplify and enhance their presentation,

-        “acronym help” or similar measure is a strong requirement,

-        responsibilities for content preparation (the idea of a 'curation group”);

-        organization of what appears where and who manages it,

-        suggestion of coordination of social media accounts with At-Large staff;

-        concerns about W3C and WCAG 2.0 compliance

At-Large Wiki Content will be a “place to start”, a foundation for work on the Social Media strategy.

NARALO Monthly Report - August 2013

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