§ SAALCK Directors' Council Meeting
11:00 a.m. Friday, November 9, 2007
University of Kentucky
Attendance:
Elsie Pritchard (Chair), Morehead State University; Arne Almquist, Northern Kentucky University; Betina Gardner, Eastern Kentucky University; Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville; Sheila Stuckey, Kentucky State University; Mary Beth Thomson, University of Kentucky; Sheree Huber Williams, Jefferson Community and Technical College (KCTCS). Mike Binder, Western Kentucky University joined meeting at lunch.
Call to Order:
Elsie Pritchard called the meeting to order at 11:10 a.m.
Minutes from Previous Meeting:
Sheila made a motion to approve the minutes from the September 28th meeting. The motion was seconded by Sheree and passed unanimously.
Executive Director’s Report:
- Anne distributed the Financial Report for September.
- Anne continues to work with JSTOR to set up a visit and presentation. They have asked to delay the presentation until 2008.
- Anne provided some statistics on the SAALCK website. The SAALCK site gets about 5% of the traffic that the SWON Libraries site receives. The most popular pages on the site are http://www.saalck.org/council/ and http://www.saalck.org/members/ and they are only being hit a few dozen times per month. Almost all of the traffic on the site is coming from search engines or people going straight to http://www.saalck.org. There are almost zero sites on the web linking to the SAALCK site. Not even the KY academics seem to be linking to the SAALCK site.
- Anne suggested that SAALCK think more about what they actually want from the website. There may be some other solution that would better meet the needs, such as a blog or a wiki.
- Anne will send examples of other blog based sites.
Shared Storage/Last Copy; Storage Summit:
- Elsie mentioned that “last copy” will be included in the Storage Summit. Anne is still in communication with Lizanne Payne (WRLC) regarding the Summit. Anne contacted the CONSORT (Combined Catalogs of Denison University, Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, College of Wooster) and has found a potential speaker.
- Anne has researched some potential speakers on the “last copy” issue and has been investigating University of Wisconsin and Illinet (Carli). Peggy Johnson in Minnesota has been mentioned by Carol as a potential speaker. Mary Beth will contact Peggy to find out her interest.
- Carol has requested that the Summit be held at UK and everyone agreed to that.
Syndetics Solutions:
- Anne reported that several members appear to be taking advantage of the Syndetics Solutions deal. UK is taking advantage of the discount.
- Anne found a link to a study of library catalog enhancements and will send this link to the Directors (https://www.haworthpress.com/store/E-Text/View_EText.asp?a=3&fn=J124v23n02_02&i=2&s=J124&v=23)
Update on Brochure:
- Elsie reported that Carrie and Elsie met in Morehead to discuss the brochure. She distributed a basic outline that they developed.
- She described their difficulty in finding the appropriate focus for the brochure. They decided that the appropriate focus is the academic libraries in Kentucky.
- Elsie asked for volunteers to do some work on the content of the brochure based on the outline. Elsie and Carrie will solicit some content through an email.
Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (Summit Group):
- Sheree reported that the Taskforce solicited feedback from all participants.
- Anne reported that the Cumberland Falls State Park was a good facility from the point of logistics.
- The group asked Anne to investigate other facilities and to report back before the next meeting.
Lunch Break and Roundtable Discussion
VLAC Update (Update on Capital Projects):
- Elsie reported that the Chair of the Committee has suggested that everyone is encouraged to speak directly with Al Lind if they have issues with the way the meetings are currently handled. Elsie reported on the report back on CPE technology projects. Three of the library priorities do appear on the list of 25 approved Information Technology Initiatives to be passed along to the Governor’s Office: Purchase KYVL Integrated Library System (#1); Purchase KYVL Research Data Base Phase I (#6); Purchase KYVL Interlibrary Loan System (#14). Elsie will ask about the status of the Shared Storage Facility capital project, which was the remaining project on SAALCK’s prioritized list.
Collection Committee Update:
- Mary Beth reported on the status of the Wiley deal. Wiley is offering holdings access to UK and U of L titles and is also offering the same financial terms as the ESIG deal.
- Arne requested that the Committee look into contracts for Web of Science and RefWorks. The Committee will look into Web of Science and Anne will investigate RefWorks to see if any consortium deals are available.
- It was also suggested that the Committee investigate Sage Publications as a vendor of interest.
- Hannelore also requested that we investigate a deal for ALUKA. Anne will begin to speak with them about this, in conjunction with the upcoming seminar.
- Arne suggested that Portico may become a responsibility to support. Mary Beth said that a consortium price is already available and we are already recognized as a consortium.
Ken-Applications Subcommittee Report:
- Carol provided some written information on the current status of the Subcommittee.
Update on UK Library School Dean Search:
- There is no update at this time. The search is still in progress.
Convergence Conference:
- Elsie reported that the library market seemed to be underrepresented at the Convergence Conference, in both programming and vendors. However, the library representatives on the Planning Committee did an excellent job.
- The dates for the Convergence Conference next year are November 13-14 in Somerset.
- The group decided to continue to be involved in the planning for the conference.
- Elsie will make sure that SAALCK is involved in the planning process for next year as soon as it is initiated.
ITV and other new ways to have meetings:
- Elsie reported that the new Interim Director at Murray State University, Adam Murray, has suggested the possibility of using videoconference facilities for the meeting.
- The group decided not to make changes to their current way of conducting the meeting.
- Elsie will contact Adam about hosting a meeting at Murray State University.
Next Meeting:
December 7th--University of Louisville.
2007-08 Meetings:
- January 25th at University of Louisville (tentative)
- February 29th at University of Louisville (tentative)
- April 4th at Western Kentucky University
- May 2nd will be the annual meeting at KDLA with Wayne Onkst and his staff
- June 6th at Northern Kentucky University
- July (in conjunction with Kentucky Academic Libraries Summit)
Future Agenda Items:
- Assessment
- Kentucky Virtual Campus
- SAALCK Brochure
- Storage Facility / Summit
- Internships in KY
- Salary Survey Format and Options
- Last copy in state – book
- Last copy in state – print journal
- Last copy in state – media
Adjournment:
The meeting adjourned at 2:05.
Respectfully Submitted,Anne K. Abate Executive Director