SAALCK Directors’ Council Meeting
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Cumberland Fall State Resort Park
Attendance:
Sheila Stuckey (Chair), Kentucky State University; Arne Almquist, Northern Kentucky University; Terry Birdwhistell, University of Kentucky; Carrie Cooper, Eastern Kentucky University; Charlene McGrath, Gateway Community and Technical College (KCTCS); Adam Murray, Murray State University; Diane Nichols, University of Louisville; Elsie Pritchard, Morehead State University; Anne Abate (Staff).
Call to Order:
Sheila Stuckey called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m.
Minutes from Previous Meeting:
Arne Almquist made a motion to approve the minutes from the April 2, 2010 meeting with one minor correction. The motion was seconded by Elsie Pritchard and approved.
Chair’s Report:
Sheila thanked everyone for a great year.
There was a discussion regarding the new OCLC web-scale library management product. Anne agreed to meet with OCLC at ALA to ask about Kentucky being used as an initial implementation site.
Executive Director’s Report:
· There was not financial report as there has been little recent activity.
· Anne asked for further guidance on the Open Source ILS Symposium. All agreed that this should be converted to an ILS Options Symposium. We will ask OCLC, ExLibris, Innovative, and someone to represent Open Source options (perhaps Nicole Engard). Anne will make initial contact with the vendors at ALA in order to explain the symposium and find the appropriate presenters at each company. Date will be pending the availability of the vendors. Each vendor will be given two hours to present their current ILS offering. This will be followed by general discussion by the attendees.
· Plans for the Leadership Workshop are going well. It will be held October 21-22, 2010 at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. Anne has a tentative booking at the location and has done a site visit and approved the facilities to be used. It was agreed that SAALCK would underwrite $2,000 as part of the cost of the event in order to keep the cost as low as possible for SAALCK members. The total cost for SAALCK member participants will be $200. Anne will contact all SAALCK Directors and ask for a serious estimate of the number of people (with names) that each will send to the event. If there are places open, the event will be advertised to others at a higher rate, approximately $250, or whatever would be necessary to cover the costs.
FoKAL Update:
· The new SAALCK representative to the FoKAL Executive Committee for 2010-2012 will be Carrie Cooper.
VLAC Update:
· Carrie Cooper reported that Mike Binder has been very engaged with the Funding Subcommittee. The Steering Committee for the Virtual Library is meeting jointly with the Funding Subcommittee this summer.
New Business:
· Adam Murray presented a token gift to Sheila Stuckey and thanked her for the leadership over the past year. The gavel was then handed over to Adam to conclude the meeting.
Adjournment:
Without objection, the meeting adjourned at approximately 10:15 a.m.
Future Meetings:
· The next meeting will be September 10, 2010 at the University of Louisville.
· Future meetings are tentatively set for October 8, 2010, December 10, 2010, January 14, 2011, February 18, 2011, and April 8, 2011