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Directors' Council Meeting - January 9, 2009

11:00 a.m. Friday,

University of Louisville, University Club

Attendance:

Carrie Cooper (Chair), Eastern Kentucky University; Arne Almquist, Northern Kentucky University; Connie Foster, Western Kentucky University (for Mike Binder); Carol Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Adam Murray, Murray State University; Elsie Pritchard, Morehead State University; Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville; Judith Riney, Brescia University (AIKCU); Sheila Stuckey, Kentucky State University; Sheree Huber Williams, Jefferson Community and Technical College (KCTCS); Anne Abate (Staff).

Collections Committee Representatives:  Margaret Foote, Eastern Kentucky University; James Manasco, University of Louisville; Lois Schultz, Northern Kentucky University; Debbra Tate, Kentucky State University; Mary Beth Thomson, University of Kentucky;  Ryan Weir, Murray State University.

Call to Order: 

Carrie Cooper called the meeting to order at 11:08 a.m.

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

Adam Murray made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 9, 2008 meeting.  The motion was seconded by Arne Almquist and passed unanimously.

Chair's Report:

  • Carrie welcomed the members of the Collections Committee and each Director introduced their Collections Committee representative.
  • Carrie reported on the October AIKCU meeting that she attended on behalf of SAALCK.
  • Carrie reported that the ELUNA Membership Dues invoice arrived and asked if SAALCK wanted to continue their membership. Elsie Pritchard moved to pay the dues for 2009. Carol Diedrichs seconded the motion that passed unanimously.

Executive Director's Report:

  • Anne presented the financial reports from October and November.
  • Anne provided an update on the development of the website. Glen has almost finished moving content into the site. He will next work with Carrie to select the template and teach her how to manipulate the site.
  • Anne told everyone that the Wilson invoices went out, but needed some corrections, so new invoices were sent out the day of the meeting.
  • Anne reported on the new online training options that are available through SWON Libraries and encouraged everyone to advertise these to their staff members.

FoKAL:

  • Elsie, Sheree and Carrie reported that there is an Executive Committee meeting next week.
  • The agreement with SOLINET is moving forward and so far every library who has responded has agreed to participate.
  • The Executive Committee is working on setting up the statewide committees based on the volunteers that have been submitted so far.
  • The FoKAL wiki is available at: http://fokal.pbwiki.com/

VLAC:

  • Carol, Hannelore, Sheree, Elsie and Sheila reported that all recent meetings that had been scheduled have been canceled.
  • The group asked Carrie to draft a letter to Al Lind regarding the status of VLAC.

SOLINET Merger:

  • Carol reported that the vote to merge SOLINET and PALINET is currently underway electronically. The vote will be finalized at a special meeting on February 4th.
  • The new organization is slated to be called Lyrasis.

ICOLC Statement:

  • Carol reported on the statement that was drafted by ICOLC for publishers to explain the financial situation facing libraries today. Carol moved that SAALCK endorse the statement. Adam seconded the motion. After brief discussion, the motion was approved unanimously. Anne will send the information to the ICOLC list.

BREAK

Collections Committee:

  • Carrie distributed the Draft Charge to the committee. Elsie made a motion to approve the new Charge to the Collections Committee. Hannelore seconded the motion that was approved unanimously.
  • The group discussed the priorities for the committee for the next two years (January 2009-December 2010).
  • Mary Beth Thomson asked that SAALCK consider endorsing the SERU Agreement from NISO for E-Resources. Carol made a motion that SAALCK endorse the Agreement. Elsie seconded the motion that passed unanimously.
  • The Collections Committee left the Directors meeting to meet on their own.

Library Instruction Symposium:

  • Carrie reported on the success of the Instruction Symposium that was held on October 23, 2008 at Eastern Kentucky University.
  • Anne provided a report on the budget from the Symposium. SAALCK had a net income of $535.06 on the event.
  • Carrie mentioned that there is now a Wiki devoted to library instruction in Kentucky available at http://instructionfokal.pbwiki.com/

Convergence 2008:

  • Adam reported that the conference has held November 13-14 at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Attendance at the conference was good. There were many library presentations on a variety of topics.
  • Planning has already started for next year, although the dates have not been set.

SAALCK Data Collected in Fall 2008:

  • Carrie reported that she will distribute this information electronically.

NCES Survey for Academic Libraries:

Location of April 24, 2009 Meeting:

  • The group decided to meet in Louisville in April, unless that will be the meeting at the University of Kentucky.

Reception for Dr. Huber at the UK Library:

  • Carrie suggested that we should plan the reception for the spring. Carol would like to move the meeting to March 20th, although this is Spring Break for the University of Kentucky.
  • Carrie will invite Dr. Huber to the March meeting, with the option of moving this to April if he is not available. This will be held at the new Science Library.

Presentation on KCTCS Classes for Library Support Staff:

  • Arne made a presentation on the program and encouraged others to participate.

ILS Open Source Symposium:

  • Carrie suggested that SAALCK sponsor a symposium on Open Source ILS in the Summer or early Fall of 2009.
  • Glen Horton will set up a phone call with Cindi Trainor, Carol Diedrichs, Adam Murray, Carrie, and Anne.
  • Elsie will address this with the FoKAL Executive Committee next week.

Roundtable Discussion

Future Meetings:

March 27; April 24

Future Agenda Items:

Funding Request for ILS Replacement

Salary Survey Format and Options

Preservation of electronic born content

Adjournment: 

The meeting adjourned at 3:20 p.m.      

Respectfully Submitted,

Anne Abate

Executive Director