COMMITTEE:    LIBRARIES COMMITTEE

MEETING DATE:  March 19, 3:30 pm

PERSON PRESIDING: Salman Abdulali

REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:   Salman Abdulali (C), Tom Douglass (VC), Jim Wirth, Juan Daneri, John Heilmann, Patrick Valentine (S).    

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:   Larry Boyer, Jeff Coghill for Dorothy Spencer

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Jan Lewis, Mark Taggart

Agenda Item 1: Approval of minutes for February 20, 2008, meeting.

Action: Minutes were approved.

Agenda Item 2:  Discussion of Committee charge with the Faculty Chair, Mark Taggart

Taggart explained the relationship between Committee and Senate.

Action: Committee will decide whether to recommend changes.

Agenda item 3:  Continued discussion on Institutional repository.

Action: Committee voted to support Dean Boyer in reporting about need for an ECU Institutional repository.

Agenda item 4:  Discussion of effective channels of communication between librarians and faculty.

Action:  None.

Agenda item 5: Discussion of Collection Development.

Action: None.

Agenda item 6: Other business.

Action: None.

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

NEXT MEETING:  3:30 p.m., April 16, 2008, in 303 Rawl. 

Respectfully submitted,

Patrick Valentine

Secretary

ECU Library Committee