VLAC Minutes
Friday, May 10, 2002
1:04pm - 3:15pm
CPE Conference Room A
1. Virtual Library Advisory Committee
2. Friday, May 10, 2002, 1:04 - 3:15 P.M.
3. CPE Conference Room A
4. Present: Michael Binder, Kathleen Bryson, Diane Culbertson , Norma Northern, William Hansen , Barby Hardy , Wayne Onkst, Larry Rees, Dennis Taulbee, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Paul Willis, Miko Pattie, Hannelore Rader, Janet Stith.
5. Absent: James A Nelson, Kathy Hamperian.
6. Also present: Susan Brown, Tari Keller, Charlene Davis, Daniel Rabuzzi, Dwayne Butler
7. Meeting called to order 1:09 PM Hannelore Rader presiding.
8. Rader introduced Dwayne Butler, UofL. -remarks
9. Binder announces his replacement on the VLAC due to SAALK elections.
10. KYVU Update- Daniel Rabuzzi
10.1 Selected 2 course management systems Web CT and Angel (Cyberlearning Labs)
10.2 Announces collaboration with WV Higher Education Policy Commission.
10.2.1 While students remain enrolled in their home colleges for credit purposes, they are considered KCTCS students as far as our database vendors are concerned.
10.3 Students will pay 120% of tuition.
10.4 KYVU working closely with other state agencies.
11. KYVL Update- Miko Pattie
11.1 Replacement of outgoing VLAC members. (Binder, Bryson, Hansen, Stith, Hardy.) Reminders to be sent out.
11.1.1 Binder replaced by Arne Almquist
11.1.2 Bryson to be replaced by Reilander
11.1.3 Stith is being returned by SLA.
11.1.4 Hansen- KLN is practically defunct- suggest KYVL pursue users' group separately. Will not be replaced on VLAC. Suggest calling an organizational meeting for a UG.
11.1.4.1 Rader-Do we need a User Group
11.1.4.1.1 Hansen- Need a grass roots users group rather than the heads of the institutions.
11.1.4.1.2 Stith supports concept
11.1.4.1.3 Onkst- points out training support possibilities.
11.1.4.2 Miko- create an at-large position on the VLAC for Hansen.
11.1.4.3 Hansen- suggests a user group work group as an alternative and volunteers to chair.
11.1.4.4 Rader- moves to create work group with Hansen as chair.
11.1.5 Diane Culbertson will be returning to Fayette county- replacement is up to KDE.
11.1.6 Barby Hardy- KSMA to select replacement.
11.1.7 Kathy Hamperian- her term is uncertain.
11.1.8 New member orientation to take place prior to next meeting
11.1.9 Need a vice-chair for new year.
11.2 New tutorials on-line - demonstration.
11.2.1 Hansen- question about "Ask a Librarian" and trade marks.
11.3 Contribution scheme Norma Northern
11.3.1 Distribution of several hand-outs( Contributions, Budget plan, Usage statistics.)
11.3.2 Discussion concerning minimum charges for private schools @$1000 per level. Stith moves to remove these schools from Special library category and form a separate category for them.
11.3.3 Diane Culbertson moves to charge $1 per FTE ,1-12 with $100 minimum per school, excluding pre- school and K.
11.4 Lanter contract- Norma -Contract for document delivery- under negotiation - will most likely be renewed but next year may have to adjust pick-up schedules.
11.5 Discussion of grandfathering of institutional charges.
11.5.1 Rader- Questions Sullivan charges-
11.5.1.1 Miko- Printed amounts are incorrect.
11.5.2 Van Orsdel- Need to pull out other colleges from the special category.
11.5.3 Miko- need to revamp the specials category.
11.5.3.1 Stith- with pre-planing for budgets, specials could pay more.
11.5.4 Northern- why not pull out the private colleges while creating a new category for the private schools?
11.5.5 Rader- calls for a small group to re-look at issue- Stith to work with this group.
12. Work Group Reports
12.1 Keller- Next meeting of the Endeavor work group will be May 30th at CPE. They will be continuing discussions on the upgrade scheduling and additional products. Also the Kentucky Voyager User Group Meeting will be on May 31st at EKU.
12.2 Davis- Collections work group- decision to renew the current slate of databases. Expressed need for improved qualitative assessment tools. Proposed Gay Perkins to work with a small work group on an assessment plan for next year.
13. Next meeting to be Friday, July, 12, 2002.
13.1 Miko- Election of vice chair, new member orientation, list of replacements to be e-mailed.
13.2 Miko -calls for volunteer for state-wide coordinator for ALA Academic Library survey.
14. Adjournment @ 3:15
