JANUARY 25, 2011

by Gerald Doyle

ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY OF LIBRARIANS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011
2:00PM
PALEY LIBRARY, LECTURE HALL 

Minutes

Attending: Larry Alford, Jenifer Lee Baldwin, Steven Bell, Jim Bongiovanni, Carla Davis Cunningham, Mark Darby, Kristina DeVoe (chair), Andrea Goldstein, Anne Harlow, Delphine Khanna, Carol Lang, Molly Larkin, Jonathan LeBreton, Krystal Lewis (recorder), Jill Luedke, Rick Lezenby, Byron Mayes, Greg McKinney, David Murray, Fred Rowland, Brian Schoolar, Margery Sly, Gretchen Sneff.

Meeting called to order at 2:05.

  • Approval of minutes from the September 21, 2010 and November 9, 2010 meetings
    • Minutes approved with no corrections.
  • New staff introductions
    • Delphine Khanna (J. LeBreton)
    • Margery Sly (L. Alford)
    • Jonathan introduced Delphine Khanna, Head of Digital Library Initiatives, and Larry introduced Margery Sly, Director of Special Collections
  • Remarks by the Dean of Libraries (L. Alford)
    • Larry remains optimistic about a new library building, but the funding package is still not in place.
    • Larry discussed the $4 billion shortfall in the state budget and its effect on the University and the Libraries.  The University is expecting a cut in state appropriations.  The Library is preparing scenarios for a cut, any level of which will be problematic for Temple.  Larry suggested, and the group agreed that to the extent possible the library  prioritize materials budget cuts over cuts to the compensation and operating budget.  Larry will seek permission to use reserves as a bridge to stave off cuts until July 2012 if there is a cut and/or the library does not receive inflation funding on the library materials budget. He welcomes thoughts from the General Assembly on the budget.  He noted that we will know more about cuts and the potential impact on Temple after March 8th, when Governor Corbett presents the state budget.
  •  Summon Implementation (B. Schoolar & D. Khanna)
    • Brian and Delphine outlined the Libraries’ implementation of Serials Solutions Summon web-scale discovery service.  Summon creates a searchable, “unified index” of catalog and database content.  The initial index will include our catalog records, LibGuides, and digital collections.  The initial index will be available for testing in 4-5 weeks; the testing period will last 2-3 weeks; and Summon will be available to the public in late March.  A task force is overseeing the implementation and will schedule training, coordinate testing, and collect feedback.
  • Report on performing ethnographic research in libraries conference (J. Baldwin)
    • Jenifer reported on the Council on Library and Information Resources workshop on faculty research behavior that she recently attended at MIT.  The workshop was led by Nancy Fried Foster, director of anthropological research at the University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries, and included instruction on ethnographic techniques.
  • Project Information Literacy (PIL) and Temple update (K. Lewis et al.)
    • Krystal described Temple’s participation in the Project Information Literacy Spring 2010 survey.  The results were reported in  “Truth Be Told: How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age,” Alison J. Head and Michael B. Eisenberg, Project Information Literacy Progress Report, University of Washington’s Information School, November 1, 2010.
  • Old Business
    • None.
  • New business/announcements
    • Steven announced that the Library’s Technology Day will be held April 18 and that the Teaching and Learning Center’s Spring Workshop schedule is now available.
    • Jenifer announced that the ACRL Local Arrangements Committee, of which she is a member, is looking for volunteers to be “local librarians” at the conference.
    • David Murray announced that he’s planning the SALAM Conference and is seeking faculty to serve on a panel about historical memory.
  • Adjournment
    • Meeting adjourned at 3:39.
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