Library and Archives Committee Meeting Minutes 10/11/02

University Center, Room 215, 3:10p.m.

 

Members Present:  H. Ausland, J. Caruso, R. Chacon, , K. Frantzreb, C. Hoffman, C. Lott, H.O'Loughlin, T. Stanton

 

Members Absent/Excused:  Allendorf, [Feinaur, Rosenleaf]

Ex-Officio Member Present: Dean D'Andraia

 

Chair Ausland welcomed new and returning members.

 

 


Chairs Report

·          Ausland drew attention to (a) the Library and Archives Committee's makeup and charge in the light of (b) the Mission of the University of Montana, (c) the University standard of Faculty, Student, and Staff participation in Governance, and (d) the general function of University Committees.  Ausland noted that the Library and Archives Committee (e) falls under the Faculty Senate's oversight.

Ausland outlined the coming year's plan for completing the committee's charge, noting the importance of keeping good records as a basis for committee and community memory in the future.  He recalled for the current members several problems and hopes for the future cited in an earlier summation of then Chair Melissa Nicoud (Memo to Linda Frey, Faculty Senate Chair, June 26, 2000).

He added that the committee charge also involves communicating Library matters to, and sometimes also interpreting them for, the various campus constituencies represented on the committee.

 

Chair Ausland mentioned that at the last meeting of the previous spring, the committee had received a statement of the Library's current aims ("Library Goals FY 2002") as well as an underlying Regential statement. ("Richard A. Crofts, Commissioner of Higher Education. Library Planning and Action Initiative. Special Library task Force, July, 2001").

 

·          Dean D'Andraia outlined the Library's three-part budget: (1) Personnel, (2) Operations, and (3) Materials, noting that the second and third are grouped together.  Ausland requested detailed budget figures for the three areas.  D'Andraia raised the future question of the fate of the Library's map collection: should all these be kept?  In other matters, he announced a room dedication to take place on Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 2 PM.

 

·          Scheduled (1) to update the committee on library operations and services, and (2) to explain its 2-3 year plan, D'Andraia offered several remarks on a document he simultaneously supplied, "Three Year Planning Document. August 2002" (document 1)  D'Andraia explained that the document was the outcome of a retreat during the summer, and that John Greer had been in charge and would be able to explain the process in greater detail.

 

Comments

·          D'Andraia mentioned as a discussion point of some priority an initiative to put Dissertations into electronic form.  The topic was scheduled for presentation and initial disussion at the next meeting.

·          K. Frantzreb inquired whether the committee would be given a status report on the Library and its efforts to address the needs of new disciplines.

 

The meeting was adjourned shortly before 5:00p.m.