November 9, 2010

by Gerald Doyle

Academic Assembly of Librarians
General Assembly
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 2:00 PM

Paley Library, Lecture Hall

Attending: Larry Alford, Carla Davis Cunningham, Mark Darby, Kristina DeVoe (chair), Carol Lang, Krystal Lewis (recorder), David Murray, Penelope Myers, Fred Rowland, Brian Schoolar, Adam Shambaugh, Gretchen Sneff, Sandi Thompson.

Minutes

Meeting called to order at 2:09 PM.

  • Approval of minutes from the September 21, 2010 meeting.
    • Minutes not available; will be distributed before the January General Assembly meeting.
  • Special Elections (F. Rowland, S. Thompson)
    • Fred Rowland and Sandi Thompson collected ballots for special elections held for one vacancy on the Continuing Education Committee and two representatives to the Temple University Faculty Senate.
  • Remarks by the Dean of Libraries (L. Alford)
    • Larry described his recent travels to speak at a symposium on the inauguration of  Saudi Digital Library in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  He also visited the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and King Saud University while in Saudi Arabia.
    • Temple University Japan’s library holdings will be moved into Diamond by June 2011.  The dean of the TUJ campus will be visiting Philadelphia in December. .
    • There is no new news about the proposed new library building. Fred Rowland suggested a project to collect oral histories of long-time library employees.
    • The Library will pay for librarians to attend the ACRL 2011 Conference; the money will not be deducted from librarians’ individual travel funds. Temple University Libraries, in conjunction with the libraries of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, and Penn State University, will host the opening keynote address and reception at the ACRL 2011 Conference.
    • Larry discussed his relationship with OCLC and took questions from staff. Larry is OCLC’s Chair of the Board of Trustees and as such he is compensated by OCLC. He, however, keeps his OCLC and Temple University Library responsibilities separate under a written agreement with Temple.  Larry recuses himself from any TUL decisions regarding OCLC products and services, deferring to Senior Associate University Librarian Jonathan LeBreton with sign-off by the Office of the Provost.
  • Sustainability Library Prize (G. Sneff)
    • Gretchen talked about the new Library Prize for Undergraduate Research on Sustainability and the Environment.  Gale Cengage is funding the Sustainability Prize in the amount of $1,500 per year for three years. Students may submit papers/projects to both the traditional Library Prize and the Sustainability Prize, but they may not submit the same paper/project to both prizes.  Submissions to the Sustainability Prize will require an additional essay describing how papers/projects meet the sustainability project. Submissions are due by March 30, 2011 and will be judged by a separate (from the traditional Library Prize) panel of judges. Publicity and promotional materials for the Sustainability Prize will be available soon.
  • Old Business
    • There was no old business.
  • New business/announcements
    • There was no new business/announcements.
  • Special Election Results
    • Fred and Sandi announced the special election results: Rick Lezenby was elected to the Continuing Education Committee to finish Carol Brigham’s term for the remainder of the year; and, Brian Schoolar and Carla Davis Cunningham were elected Faculty Senate representatives. Brian will finish Carol Brigham’s two-year term, and Carla will serve in the new second position for the remainder of the year.
  • Adjournment
    • Meeting adjourned at 3:38 PM.
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