11:00 a.m. Friday

University of Louisville Library

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; Sheree Huber Williams, Jefferson Community and Technical College (KCTCS).

Call to Order: 

Elsie Pritchard called the meeting to order at approximately 11:15 a.m.

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

Carrie Cooper made a motion to approve the minutes from the January 25, 2008 meeting.  The motion was seconded by Carol Diedrichs and passed unanimously.

Executive Director's Report:

• Anne reviewed the Financial Report for January.
• The JSTOR presentation will take place on April 21^st in Louisville. Invitations will be sent directly from JSTOR.
• All arrangements for the Shared Storage workshop are complete. Carol Diedrichs will invite Enid Wohlstein to the workshop.
• The Wilson payments are being received and the invoice will be paid as soon as all payments have been received.

Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (FoKAL):

• Elsie attended her first FoKAL meeting on Monday. The group has established a By-Laws Committee, Memorandum of Agreement Committee, and Program Committee.
• John Stemmer is the temporary Chair of FoKAL.
• Carrie talked about the agenda and schedule for the July Summit. The cost per person should be $145. Only directors or their representative will be invited.
• The group discussed some possibilities for the keynote speaker. Anne will check with Mobius and Texas, and call SOLINET for suggestions.

VLAC Update:

• Elsie reported that the VLAC meeting did not take place due to bad weather.
• Elsie will talk to Donna Travillian about rescheduling. She will also ask that the next agenda include a discussion of how to prioritize databases in the event of a budget cut.
• Carol will draft a letter about the current status of the Voyager system and the need for a replacement for review by SAALCK.
• Elsie will invite Al Lind for lunch and an after-lunch update, along with Enid Wohlstein (who has been invited for the entire meeting) at the May 2^nd meeting at KDLA.

Lunch Break and Roundtable Discussion

Lexington Herald Leader eEdition:

• Carrie read her correspondence on behalf of SAALCK to the Lexington Herald Leader regarding the removal of the image edition of the Herald Leader from Newsbank. Everyone agreed to the letter and Carrie will send it to the publisher of the paper, Tim Kelly.

Booklet-Progress Report on Testimonials:

• Elsie passed out a couple of testimonials that she has gathered for the booklet. She encouraged others to locate additional quotations from faculty or students.

Budget Situation in Kentucky:

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

SOLINET / PALINET Merger:

• Carol reported on the status of the potential merger.

Letter on Higher Education Funding:

• Elsie commented on the reaction of the university presidents to the funding issues.  She distributed the draft of a proposed letter to the Budget Review Subcommittee on Education.  The letter will be sent to the Chair of the Subcommittee, the Governor, and copied to the presidents and provosts of all SAALCK institutions, and the head of CPE.

Future Meeting Items:

• Future workshop ideas (Kentucky Instruction Symposium, Assessment, future vendor reviews for a new ILS).
• Debriefing from the Storage Summit.
• Arne, Carrie, and Elsie will prepare a list of statistics that could be included in the booklet.

Next Meeting:  April 4^th at Western Kentucky University.

2008 Meetings:

• May 2^nd will be the annual meeting at KDLA with Wayne Onkst and his top staff for lunch. 
• June 6^th at Northern Kentucky University
• 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 2:57 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Anne K. Abate, Executive Director