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Directors' Council Meeting - December 7, 2007

11:00 a.m. Friday, December 7, 2007
University of Louisville, University Club

Attendance:

Elsie Pritchard (Chair), Morehead State University; Mike Binder, Western Kentucky University; Lois Schultz, Northern Kentucky University; Carrie Cooper, Eastern Kentucky University; Diane Nichols, University of Louisville; Sheila Stuckey, Kentucky State University; Carol Diedrichs, University of Kentucky; Adam Murray, Murray State University; Sheree Huber Williams, Jefferson Community and Technical College (KCTCS); Sr. Judith Riney, Brescia College (AIKCU).

Call to Order:

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

Minutes from Previous Meeting:

Carrie made a motion to approve the minutes from the November 9th meeting. The motion was seconded by Sheila and passed unanimously.

Executive Director’s Report:

  • Anne distributed the Financial Reports for October and November.
  • Anne continues to work with JSTOR to set up a visit and presentation. She has also asked Aluka to provide more information on possible offers made to consortia.
  • Anne distributed examples of blogs that SWON Libraries has been using to communicate information to their members.
  • Anne has been in communication with RefWorks regarding a consortium deal. They are willing to work with SAALCK. Anne asked who would be initially interested in participating.
  • Anne reminded everyone that the Portico discount is still in effect. The discount is approximately 15%. Anyone who wants to work with Portico should mention that they are members of SAALCK are eligible for this discount.
  • The ELUNA membership renewal is now due. Mike moved that SAALCK renew the membership. Lois seconded the motion that passed unanimously.

Lunch Break and Roundtable Discussion

AIKCU:

  • Elsie attended the Fall AIKCU Meeting to represent SAALCK.
  • Sr. Judith reported that the Spring Meeting will be April 18th in Owensboro.

Federation of Kentucky Academic Libraries (Summit Group):

  • Carol, Carrie, and Sheree reported that the next meeting of the Taskforce is January 3rd in Lexington.
  • Anne has made arrangements for the Summit to take place at the Cumberland Falls State Park on July 15 and 16, 2008.

VLAC Update:

  • Elsie reported on the VLAC meeting that took place earlier in the week. There were a number of workgroup reports. There are now master agreements with eleven vendors at the state level.
  • There will be a user satisfaction survey to evaluate the courier service.
  • There will be a Second Life workgroup established by KYVL.
  • Enid is going to start working on a strategic plan for KYVL.

Meeting in Murray:

  • The meeting at Murray State University will be postponed until next year.

Shared Storage/Last Copy; Storage Summit:

  • Carol and Anne will get together and have more plans for the Summit at the next meeting.

Update on Brochure:

  • Elsie has been working with someone at her campus on a draft for the brochure and will have something to show the group at the next meeting.

Discussion of Digital Collections and IR:

  • Carrie asked that this be added to the agenda for the next meeting.
  • [CAROL—clarify the connection with the new servers and how you want that to be reported here]

Library System:

  • Elsie reported that the new library system is at the top of the list of capital projects from CPE that were sent to the governor with the budget.
  • When this funding is approved, SAALCK should be prepared to have a planning and decision making process in place that will be more inclusive.

Update on UK Library School Dean Search:

  • Carol reported that there has been no public announcement but the process is near completion.

RUSA Business Reference 101 Course:

  • Elsie mentioned that one of her staff is going to attend the course.
  • Anne is negotiating with RUSA on a discount and will announce it through email.

Next Meeting:

January 25th--University of Louisville.

2008 Meetings:

  • February 29th at University of Louisville (tentative)
  • April 4th at Western Kentucky University
  • May 2nd will be the annual meeting at KDLA with Wayne Onkst and his top staff for lunch
  • June 6th at Northern Kentucky University
  • July 16th in conjunction with Kentucky Academic Libraries Summit

Future Agenda Items:

  • Assessment Workshop?
  • Kentucky Virtual Campus
  • Internships in KY
  • Salary Survey Format and Options
  • Last copy in state – book
  • Last copy in state – print journal
  • Last copy in state – media

Adjournment:

The meeting adjourned at 2:35 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,
Anne K. Abate
Executive Director