11:00 a.m. Tuesday,

Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

Attendance:

Elsie Pritchard (Chair), Morehead State University; Arne Almquist, Northern Kentucky University; Sr. Judith Riney, Brescia College (AIKCU); Carrie Cooper, Eastern Kentucky University;  Carol Pitts Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Margaret Hecker, Kentucky State University; Adam Murray, Murray State University; Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville; Sheree Huber Williams, Jefferson Community & Technical College (KCTCS);

Call to Order: 

Elsie Pritchard called the meeting to order at 11:05 a.m.

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

Carol Diedrichs made a motion to approve the minutes from the June 9, 2008 meeting.  The motion was seconded by Arne Almquist and passed unanimously.

Executive Director's Report:

• Anne presented the financial report for April.
• Carrie reported that she met with a potential speaker for the Instruction Symposium at ALA. Anne will contact the speaker and put together the details of the symposium in the next few days.
• Anne met with the representative from Digital Commons at ALA and has an initial quote from them that she shared with the group.
• Anne is working with Miko Pattie to set up the Kentucky Learning Depot demonstration at a SAALCK meeting in the fall.
• Anne met with JSTOR at ALA and determined that we will qualify for the discount off the one time Archive Capital Fee. JSTOR is compiling a list of members and the collections they own so that everyone can determine if they want to purchase additional collections.
• Glen has initiated his work on the website. He asked for a single representative from SAALCK to be his contact. Carrie Cooper volunteered to serve as that contact.

AIKCU Report:

• Judith Riney reported that they are in a holding pattern regarding databases until there is more news from KYVL.

KYVL Database Situation:

• Sheree Huber Williams updated everyone on the progress with cutting the databases based on the budget situation.

SAALCK Collections Committee:

• Elsie contacted Mary Beth Thomson to let her know that the directors would like a representative of that group to attend the SAALCK meetings.
• Arne volunteered to revise the Charge to the Committee and will send it to everyone by email.

Convergence Conference Planning Committee:

• Adam Murray reported that the Planning Committee is meeting by conference call every two weeks. The website will be available soon. There should be several major vendors participating in the conference. The planning group is broadening the scope a bit this year to draw more participation.

Meeting Schedule for 2008-09:

Carrie suggested that SAALCK Directors meet only six times next year, based on the cost of gas and time issues.  The meetings will be September 12, October 10, December 5, January 9, March 27, and April 24.

FoKAL and the Summit:

• Elsie reported that Enid Wohlstein and Wayne Onkst were invited to be guests at the Summit.
• There will be 44 participants at the Summit.

Passing of the Gavel:

• Carrie thanked Elsie for her work as Chair of SAALCK.

Agenda for Next Meeting:

• Collections Committee Charge Review
• Instruction Symposium Arrangements
• Learning Depot Presentation

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                       Staff certification program    

Internet 2

Focused Funding Request to Replace Voyager  

Adjournment: 

The meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Anne K. Abate, Executive Director