Whole lotta moving and shaking going on:
=== today Blackwell’s new CM v.7 is implemented at UF. Last week Paul Lightcap offered training to the Selectors and did an outstanding job. He also has created loads of templates for everybody, including Health who are now part of our ordering workflow. Thanks big time to Paul.
=== Jack has revised his materials budget report to include the nine new Budget Centers, one being Health. The early provisional was sent to Judy & John Ingram for ok; when we are given the go ahead, we’ll announce the loading of the early budget and ordering can commence (officially).
=== Sonia and Jack met with Cecilia to work out the procedures for invoicing and payment workflows – that document will be posted soon. Paul & I met with Cecilia to discuss ordering of books, including e-books in the Blackwell system. E-Resources workflow is already established between Smathers Acq and Health via Serials Solutions and shared resources management. Obviously, we’ll have to fine tune these procedures as we move foreward. Jack & I met with Cecilia a few times to discuss budgets and management of the funds. It’s complicated folks, as someone mentioned to the whiteboard we used to sketch out their PeopleSoft budget system: looks like a chemistry exam!
=== The cancellation project for 09/10 is going forward; Angie & Sonia are busy canceling serials and soon Paul & Chris will move in to cancel standing orders and e-resources. When the smoke clears, we’ll have cut almost 400k in materials, which technically won’t be removed from the budget – just switched over to a holding area to cover shortages during the FY. I know, it doesn’t make much sense when you look at it that way, but what can we say? It’s loss of buying power cuts, which is an estimate only. It’ll be interesting to see how close the estimate is to reality at the end of the FY.

more later, Steve