§ SAALCK Directors' Council Meeting
12:00 noon, December 17, 2002
Northern Kentucky University, Steely Library
Highland Heights, KY
- Present:
- Lee Van Orsdel, EKU (Chair); Arne Almquist, NKU; Larry Besant, Morehead; Mike Binder, WKU; Janet Brewer, Murray; Mary Molinaro, UK; Hannelore Rader, U of L; Larry Besant, Morehead
- Absent:
- Karen McDaniel, KSU; Larry Rees, KCTCS
- Minutes of the November 1st meeting were approved as submitted.
- Lunch was served from noon to 1:00 p.m.
- Tour of NKU's W. Frank Steely Library (Arne):
- The group was shown the new Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Technology, Media Collection, and media-equipped small group study rooms. A tour was then given of the Library, discussing some of the projects currently underway.
- New KYVL Director:
- Lee announced that the new director of KYVL is Enid Wohlstein. The pool was reportedly strong. Lee understands that Enid will report directly to Daniel Rabuzzi.
- KYVU Coordinators' Council Representative:
- SAALCK has been invited to designate a representative to the KYVU Coordinators' Council. Lee asked whether the task of representing SAALCK on external boards and committees should be shared among the SAALCK members or if it should be done by the Chair alone? It was the consensus of the group that discussion on this issue should take place at a future meeting.
- HarpWeek Update:
- Arne reported that he has been contacted by the President of HarpWeek and told that our chances of receiving a grant from the foundation that we are currently approaching would be greatly enhanced if we were to send letters of support from our presidents. Arne was charged to create a draft letter that would be sent to SAALCK members to be used as models for letters from their presidents.
- Discussion ensued about the private institutions that are being contacted to work with us on the grant. The institutions chosen, along with the SAALCK contact who will cultivate them are: Bellarmine (Hannelore), Transylvania (Lee), Centre and Berea (Karen), and Cumberland (Lee).
- New Discussion Items:
- KYVL Surplus from Database Purchases: This was a continuation of a discussion from earlier meetings concerning a reported "surplus" of $42,000 ostensibly from an assessment that KYVL made to pay for increases in database licenses. Members suggested that SAALCK's VLAC representatives determine if such a surplus exists, and if so, try to recover that part paid by our institutions for use in SAALCK consortial initiatives.
- February Meeting: It was decided to invite Daniel Rabuzzi and the new KYVL Director to the February meeting. Discussion will center on SAALCK and KYVL and how their missions intersect and diverge. The meeting with a facilitator will be pushed off to March.
- Report from the Task Force on Virtual Reference: Tabled until the February meeting.
- Continuing Discussion Items:
- Shared Storage Facility: Holding for the UK white paper. We'll discuss this at the next meeting.
- Last Copy Collecting Agreement: To be discussed at the next meeting.
- Reciprocal Lending:
- Larry Besant asked about reciprocal lending policies among the SAALCK members. It was requested that we send these policies to Larry Besant.
Next Meeting: The next meeting will be in the usual place (U of L University Club) at noon on January 7, 2002. Murray State will be hosting.
Respectfully submitted by Arne J. Almquist