University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library
Attendance:
Sheila Stuckey (Chair), Kentucky State University; Mike Binder, Western Kentucky University; Carrie Cooper, Eastern Kentucky University; Carol Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Elsie Pritchard, Morehead State University; Hannelore Rader, University of Louisville; John Stemmer, Bellarmine University (AIKCU); Ryan Weir, Murray State University (Collection Committee Representative); Anne Abate (Staff).
Call to Order:
Sheila Stuckey called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
Minutes from Previous Meeting:
- Hannelore Rader made a motion to approve the minutes from the October 23, 2009 meeting. The motion was seconded by Carol Diedrichs and approved unanimously.
Chair's Report:
- Sheila and the group congratulated Hannelore on her retirement and thanked her for 13 years of involvement in SAALCK.
- Sheila and the group wished Carol well as she departs for her new position as Director of University Libraries at The Ohio State University and thanked her for 6 ½ years of involvement in SAALCK.
Executive Director's Report:
- Anne presented the financial report for September/October.
- Anne has contacted several potential speakers regarding the ILS Open Source Symposium and should be ready to move forward with serious planning soon.
- There has been significant progress on updating the SAALCK website now that it can be done by Anne and her staff. Anne welcomed everyone to check it out and report and serious concerns to her so that they can be corrected quickly.
- Anne has connected with the planning group for the next Convergence Conference.
FoKAL Update:
- John reported on his contact with the TennShare consortium. They would like to work with FoKAL to get a bigger buying group and thus a better discount. This could lead to more cooperation between the states. FoKAL will move forward on this relationship to investigate its value. TennShare has invited FoKAL to have a representative on their collections group that advises the TennShare staff.
- The logo survey is closing soon.
Collections Committee:
- Ryan Weir reported for the Collections Committee. They have not been very busy as a committee since the late meeting.
- The committee is planning a presentation on the ERM Essentials product from Ebsco for their January meeting.
- The committee will elect a vice chair at their January meeting.
- They will start their discussion on last-copy-in-the-state at their January meeting.
VLAC Update:
- There was a general discussion of the KYVL budget and funding structure.
- Carrie reported on the progress of Revisioning @ 10 KYVL Strategic Planning process. They are creating a timeline of how the plan will be moving forward. The group will be meeting again on December 14.
Kentucky Learning Depot:
- Miko Pattie made a presentation to the group, followed by questions.
Adjournment:
Without objection, the meeting adjourned at approximately 5:00 p.m.
Future Meetings:
January 22, February 19, April 16
Future Agenda Items:
Funding Request for ILS Replacement
Last copy in state - book, journal, media
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