Academic and Research Libraries Division
Board
Meeting,
Minutes
Present: James Caufield, Kim Clark, Karen Docherty, Julie Kelly (chair), Jane Ann Nelson, Jim Newsome.
Special
Report: Carol Johnson, the private
college representative to the Minnesota Library Council joined us for a report
on the Council. She reminded us that
there are two members appointed by ARLD- the other being Adam Marsnik from
Normandale CC. He represents the public academics.
Johnson distributed a handout reviewing the history of the MN Lib
Council, which was created in response to the position cuts at the Library
Development Services Section of the Learning and Family Services Department.{
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She welcomed our input to the Council, and promised that we would be kept
informed of any germane issues that might arise. Though many of the issues of
the council relate most directly to public libraries, the Council is one of the
few venues where all types of libraries in
Julie Kelly and Karen Docherty agreed to take on a small project of creating a duty list for future officers.
Approval of minutes from November meeting was deferred, due to time constraints.
Old
Business :
1. Discussion of instructional dialogues, the @your library program, the ARLD Brochure, and endorsement of the Sabo Bill were all deferred because of time constraints.
2. Communication Officer vacancy – Julie Kelly was empowered to recruit and appoint a one year replacement for Karen Docherty, who resigned the second year of her two year term to become the ARLD Chair Elect.
3. ARLD Day 2004: A lengthy planning discussion followed. The overall structure of the day will be approximately the following:
10-11 – Keynote presentation
11-11:45 –Poster sessions
Times can be firmed up before a brochure goes out in March.
J Kelly will contact the arboretum library to decide what room arrangements will best facilitate the above times and activities.
Content for the day was discussed. Jim Newsome’s notes from the November discussion were distributed, and then Julie led us in a brainstorming session to develop topics. A possible title and/or theme for the day: Collaborative Collection Development in the User Centered Library.
The results of the brainstorming were the following potential topics:
A keynote speaker to discuss academic library values, especially with some connection to collection development. A potential speaker was identified and J Kelly will contact.
For afternoon breakouts - Two sessions on collaboration and collection development: one emphasizing faculty and students within the institution; the second, other libraries and external institutions (possibly a panel).
Possible additional topics for the other two sessions: 1) library values, database vendor contracts and publisher gouging; 2) collection development: new models, good models?; 3) enhancing the catalog; 4) Google-OCLC collaboration: what do we think of this?; 5) collection development in the virtual library [Secretary’s note: I know we didn’t call it this, but were we thinking along these lines when we talked of electronic collection development?]; and 6) marketing/publicizing collections. The Board will firm up these topics at the January meeting, and begin to identify possible speakers and panelists.
Julie will contact former Board member Joe Mount, who is active in many of these areas, to solicit his opinions as well.
It was suggested that each session have a note-taker who could report to the ARLD web site.
The Board was also asked to think more about these potential topics over the next month, while Julie and Karen send a reminder to ARLD’s membership concerning the date, as well as soliciting their input.
New
Business:
1. 2004
Meeting Times- Fridays
2. the next
meeting date: January 23d, in the MLA office,
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Newsome, Secretary