§ SAALCK Directors' Council Meeting
6:00 p.m., Thursday, August 3, 2006
University Club, University of Louisville
Attendance:
Laurene Zaporozhetz (Chair), Murray State University; Arne Almquist, Northern Kentucky University; Cherry Berges, Madisonville Community College (KCTCS); Mike Binder, Western Kentucky University; Carrie Cooper; Eastern Kentucky University; Carol Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Diane Nichols, University of Louisville; Elsie Pritchard, Morehead State University; Sheila Stuckey, Kentucky State University; Anne Abate, SWON Libraries.
Call to Order:
Laurene Zaporozhetz called the meeting to order at 6:18 p.m.
Introductions and exchange of business cards
Minutes from Previous Meeting:
- Arne Almquist moved to approve the minutes as corrected from the June 2nd meeting. The motion was seconded by Sheila Stuckey and unanimously approved.
Executive Director’s Report:
- Anne distributed a financial update. Invoices were sent out last week. Prompt payment would be appreciated. Institutions can pay their dues by credit card, but a fee will have to be added to the dues to make up for the processing fees.
- Anne has interviewed an intern who will be working at the SWON Libraries office in the fall. If everything goes well, she will be collecting data and interviewing SAALCK representatives in order to prepare some marketing materials.
- Anne and Laurene submitted a proposal for the KHECC Conference. Everyone is asked to contact their vendors about exhibiting at the Conference. There are quite a few library presentations and it would be nice to have enough exhibitors to interest the library attendees. Glen had a couple of questions for the group: 1. Would SAALCK like to hold some type of “birds of a feather session; if so, on what topic? No. 2. Does SAALCK want to meet during the Conference this year? No.
- The LITA workshop on Institutional Repositories will be presented on November 1st at a location very close to the KHECC Conference. Anne asked how many people to expect from each institution. Registration information will be sent out soon.
- Subscription renewals have been going very well. The Collections Committee is extremely organized and has been processing the renewals in a timely fashion. The NAXOS renewal is the next one to be processed.
- A discount offer was completed with 3M in June for RFID supplies. The offer has been extended to all libraries in SAALCK, AIKCU, and SWON Libraries. Northern Kentucky University was the first institution to take advantage of the discount.
- A NetLibrary training session was held on August 1. Another one is scheduled for August 14.
- Anne will be attending a national conference in September in Denver on the subject of delivery services called Moving Mountains. Anne asked that SAALCK pay for part of the expenses. Carol moved that SAALCK underwrite Anne’s attendance with $250. Arne seconded the motion that passed unanimously. Anne will provide a full report on the conference for SAALCK. Enid Wohlstein has also requested funding from her organization to attend the conference. Laurene will write a letter of support for Enid to receive funding to attend the conference.
DINNER
Preparing for September Meeting:
- The next meeting will be September 15th in Lexington along with a reception for the UK SLIS Faculty. The meeting will take place from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The reception will be from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the Young Library Gallery. Carrie distributed a draft invitation for the event. She will print the final and send to Carol.
- Carol reviewed her ideas for the event. Anne will take care of refreshments for the event.
Next Steps after CCAO July Meeting:
- Laurene reported on a discussion with her Provost about the meeting. There were no actions from the meeting at this time, but Laurene will report back after the minutes from the meeting are available.
Next Steps with VLAC:
- Laurene will correspond with Enid Wohlstein requesting more information and inviting her to the September SAALCK meeting.
- SAALCK will continue to explore options for their needs in a next generation ILS on their own so they can provide additional information to KYVL. SAALCK will also develop an advocacy strategy to secure funding in the next budget cycle.
- At the next meeting, SAALCK will create a new committee to explore the next generation ILS.
Charge to Collections Committee regarding ERM’s:
- The Demo Day raised many questions. Laurene will ask the Committee to make a list of questions that need to be considered on the implementation of an ERM. The Committee should also explore pricing options as much as possible.
Update on collecting SAALCK Data and Statistics:
- Carrie and Arne are still working on their report.
Update on Next Gen ILS Committee:
- Elsie reported that the ILS Task Force will be presenting recommendations to VLAC at their August 25th meeting: Server sites prepare regular cost accounting; The consortium should be prepared to pay a fair market price for server operation; Centralized funding should be provided for server operation; Gather information about potential cost savings of moving to a single server site and gather information about a variety of service providers.
Liaison to Internet 2 Group:
- Arne is on the statewide Internet 2 Task Force. He requested that SAALCK suggest a person to serve as the Liaison to the Internet 2 Day Planning Group for the Internet 2 day scheduled for November 17th. Many names were discussed and someone will be selected before the next SAALCK meeting.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting date will be September 15 including the SLIS Reception in Lexington.
Future Agenda Items:
- Storage Facility
- Salary Survey Format and Options
- Respond to ACRL request for “what is important” (email forwarded 7/18/06)
Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Anne K. Abate
Executive Director