12:00 p.m. c.s.t. Friday,

Kentucky Library & Museum, Western Kentucky University

Attendance:

Elsie Pritchard (Chair), Morehead State University; Arne Almquist, Northern Kentucky University; Mike Binder, Western Kentucky University; Carrie Cooper, Eastern Kentucky University; Carol Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Diane Nichols, University of Louisville; Janice Gabbard, Bowling Green Technical College (KCTCS), Sr. Judith Riney, Brescia College (AIKCU).

Lunch and Roundtable Discussion

Call to Order: 

Elsie Pritchard called the meeting to order at approximately 1:10 p.m.

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

Carrie Cooper made a motion to approve the minutes from the February 29, 2008 meeting.  The motion was seconded by Arne Almquist and passed unanimously.

Executive Director's Report:

• Anne reviewed the Financial Report for March.
• The JSTOR presentation will take place on April 21^st in Louisville. Registration is going well. About 20 people are currently registered.
• The Shared Storage workshop went very well. 53 people attended. Anne sent the summary of the evaluations to everyone this week.
• All of the Wilson payments have been received and the invoice will be paid this week.
• Carrie will begin working with her staff on developing an information literacy and student learning assessment workshop.
• SWON Libraries now has a discount for the ACLS Humanities e-Book collection. She will work with the sales representative to expand the discount to SAALCK.

Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (FoKAL):

• Elsie and Carrie reported that FoKAL met by phone last month.
• FoKAL has secured Kate Nevins from SOLINET to speak at the event in July. She will also be asked to speak about consortial purchasing.
• The registration will be done in May.
• Only eligible FoKAL members will be invited to attend. The Executive Committee may decide to invite guests from other affiliated organizations to attend.

VLAC Update:

• Elsie reported that the last scheduled VLAC meeting took place by conference call and was scheduled without much advance notice so representatives from SAALCK institutions were not able to participate.

Booklet-Progress Report on Testimonials, List of Statistics for Review:

• Elsie reported that more testimonials have been collected.
• Elsie, Carrie, and Arne are working on statistics.

Budget Situation in Kentucky:

• There was a general discussion of what's happening at each institution.

SAALCK  Web Page:

• Elsie asked the group about what should be included on the SAALCK web page.
• Future directions for the web page were discussed.
• Carrie will distribute an example of a Wiki for everyone to review.

Debriefing from Storage Summit:

• Elsie asked the group if there are any next steps for SAALCK as a result of the workshop.
• Carol mentioned that she has been working with Kentucky Underground Storage on new options for storing some materials in their facility.
• SAALCK will accept presentations from storage vendors at a future meeting.

VOYAGER ILS Status and Future Possibilities:

• Carol brought up the suitability of WorldCat Local as a solution to group access to the SAALCK collections.  OCLC will be invited to a future meeting to demonstrate that solution.

• Carol provided copies of a letter she drafted to Al Lind at CPE regarding the status of the ILS.  Based on suggestions, Carol will revise the letter.

Letter on Higher Education Funding:

• Elsie distributed the letter she received from the Governor in response to the SAALCK letter sent last month.

Update on Local ILS Installations:

• Elsie asked for an update on ILS installations and add-ons in each institution.

Next Meeting:  May 2^nd will be the annual meeting at KDLA with Wayne Onkst and his top staff for lunch.  Anne will ask Wayne to give a report about issues he has had over the last year and how he is going to deal with his storage issues.  Elsie will ask Al Lind for a budget update.

2008 Meetings:

• The June 6^th meeting will be rescheduled to June 9^th.  Elsie will send an email reminder.  We will include a discussion on the nonprofit status of SAALCK on the June agenda. 
• July 15^th in conjunction with Kentucky Academic Libraries Summit

Future Agenda Items:

Assessment Workshop                                          Last copy in state - book

Kentucky Virtual Campus                                                Last copy in state - print journal

Internships in KY                                                 Last copy in state - media                 

Salary Survey Format and Options                                                                                  

Adjournment: 

The meeting adjourned at approximately 3:55 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Anne K. Abate, Executive Director