COMMITTEE:    LIBRARIES COMMITTEE MINUTES        

MEETING DATE:  April 16, 2008, 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:   Beth Winstead, Kathy Cable, Dorothy Spencer, Larry Boyer

 

OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:  Jan Lewis, Jeff Coghill

 

 Agenda Item 1: Approval of minutes for March 19, 2008, meeting.

Action: Minutes were approved.

 

Agenda Item 2:  Discussion of proposed changes to relevant parts of the Undergraduate Catalog.

Action:  Committee approved minor changes proposed by Dorothy Spencer.

 

Agenda item 3:  Discussion of effective channels of communication between librarians and faculty. 

Committee had a discussion of various means of communications including e-mails and various types of meetings.

Action:  None.

 

Agenda item 4:  Continued discussion of Collection Development.

Action:  The Libraries Committee approved the following resolution by acclamation:

The Libraries Committee expresses its gratitude to all the members of the library staff who have acted as resource persons.  Special thanks are extended to Lisa Barricella, Jeff Coghill, Jan Lewis, and Maury York for their contributions.

 

Agenda item 5:  Committee’s Annual Report.

Action:  Chair will report on committee’s behalf. 

 

Committee thanked the Chair for his leadership this year.

 

Agenda item 6:  Other business.

Action:  Dorothy Spencer and Larry Boyer made announcements about library programs.

 

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

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Patrick Valentine, Secretary

ECU Library Committee