SAALCKState-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky

University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library

Attendance:

Sheila Stuckey (Chair), Kentucky State University; Mike Binder, Western Kentucky University; Carrie Cooper, Eastern Kentucky University; Carol Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Elsie Pritchard, Morehead State University; Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville; John Stemmer, Bellarmine University (AIKCU); Ryan Weir, Murray State University (Collection Committee Representative); Anne Abate (Staff). 

Call to Order:

Sheila Stuckey called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m. 

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

• Hannelore Rader made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 23, 2009 meeting. The motion was seconded by Carol Diedrichs and approved unanimously.

Chair's Report:

• Sheila and the group congratulated Hannelore on her retirement and thanked her for 13 years of involvement in SAALCK.
• Sheila and the group wished Carol well as she departs for her new position as Director of University Libraries at The Ohio State University and thanked her for 6 ½ years of involvement in SAALCK.

Executive Director's Report:

• Anne presented the financial report for September/October.
• Anne has contacted several potential speakers regarding the ILS Open Source Symposium and should be ready to move forward with serious planning soon.
• There has been significant progress on updating the SAALCK website now that it can be done by Anne and her staff. Anne welcomed everyone to check it out and report and serious concerns to her so that they can be corrected quickly.
• Anne has connected with the planning group for the next Convergence Conference.

FoKAL Update:

• John reported on his contact with the TennShare consortium. They would like to work with FoKAL to get a bigger buying group and thus a better discount. This could lead to more cooperation between the states. FoKAL will move forward on this relationship to investigate its value. TennShare has invited FoKAL to have a representative on their collections group that advises the TennShare staff.
• The logo survey is closing soon.

Collections Committee:

• Ryan Weir reported for the Collections Committee. They have not been very busy as a committee since the late meeting.
• The committee is planning a presentation on the ERM Essentials product from Ebsco for their January meeting.
• The committee will elect a vice chair at their January meeting.
• They will start their discussion on last-copy-in-the-state at their January meeting.

VLAC Update:

• There was a general discussion of the KYVL budget and funding structure.
• Carrie reported on the progress of Revisioning @ 10 KYVL Strategic Planning process. They are creating a timeline of how the plan will be moving forward. The group will be meeting again on December 14.

Kentucky Learning Depot:

• Miko Pattie made a presentation to the group, followed by questions.

Adjournment:

Without objection, the meeting adjourned at approximately 5:00 p.m.

Future Meetings:

January 22, February 19, April 16     

Future Agenda Items:

Funding Request for ILS Replacement

Last copy in state - book, journal, media

MetaLib

At their December meeting, the SAALCK Directors celebrated the accomplishments of two of their own and wished them well in their future endeavors.  Hannelore Rader, Dean of Libraries at the University of Louisville, is retiring in December after a long, successful career.  Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Dean of Library at the University of Kentucky, is leaving that position in December to become the Director of University Libraries at The Ohio State University.  Best of luck to Hannelore and Carol!

Members of FoKAL (Federation of Kentucky Libraries) met once again in June of 2009 at the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park in southern Kentucky.  The meeting featured presentations by Kathy Perry, Executive Director of VIVA (Virtual Libraries of Kentucky) and Wayne Onkst, State Librarian of Kentucky.  There were reports from the Advocacy Committee, the Executive Committee, the Committee on Interlibrary Loan and Reciprocal Borrowing, and the Information Literacy Committee.  Plans are already in the works for the 2010 meeting which will be held June 8-9 at Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.

Kentucky's Statewide Academic Library Summit has been planned this year by the Executive Committee for the Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (FoKAL).

Please join your fellow library directors for this  third annual summit of all academic libraries in Kentucky. Academic library directors from non-profit, SACS-accredited (or in advanced candidacy status), Kentucky institutions of higher education are invited to attend.  It is rare to have the collective library leadership from small and large, private and public institutions in one room.  Our focus this year is on Advocacy and we will hear from Wayne Onkst (State Librarian of Kentucky) and Kathy Perry (The Virtual Library of Virginia).  Also at the conference we will hear reports from the FoKAL committees.

We have heard that the time is right to experience the Moonbow once again!  Another highlight of this year's conference will be a cookout on the first evening where we can spend some time getting to know each other better in a casual environment. 

If you meet the criteria to participate and have not received your registration information, please contact the SAALCK office (513-751-4422).