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COMMITTEE:    LIBRARIES COMMITTEE

MEETING DATE:  October 17, 2007, 3:30 pm

PERSON PRESIDING: Salman Abdulali

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:   Salman Abdulali (C), Jim Wirth, Juan Daneri, Patrick Valentine (S).    

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:   Kathy Cable, Dorothy Spencer, Larry Boyer, Beth Winstead

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Jeff Coghill

Agenda Item 1: Approval of September 19, 2007 meeting minutes.

Action: The minutes were approved with changes.

Agenda Item 2: Library budgets.

Discussion: Copies of the library budgets were distributed by the library directors.

Action: The committee requested that more detailed information about the materials portions of the budget be provided at the next meeting.

Agenda item 3: Library policies regarding circulation and other access issues.

Discussion: Considerable discussion was held regarding circulation polices, particularly on loan periods and due dates.

Action: No formal action was taken by the committee.

Agenda item 4: Discussion of topics to be considered at future meetings.

Action: It was agreed that Collection Development would be the main topic of discussion at the next meeting. There was a request to discuss the Special Collections.

Agenda item 5: Other business if time permits.

Time did not permit.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

NEXT MEETING:  3:30 p.m., January 16, 2008.  Meeting subsequently moved to 132 in Rawl Annex.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED:

Abdulali requested that the committee decide on collection areas to be discussed and that committee be ready to look more closely at library budgets.

Respectfully submitted,

Patrick Valentine

Secretary

ECU Library Committee

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/lb/libraries.cfm