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Attending: Jon Chenette, Cecilia Knight, Richard Fyffe, Keri Kornelson, Kara Lycke, Chris Johnson, John Whittaker, Terri Phipps Minutes of April 25 approved. No Fast Track approvals to report. Copyright policy: Jon distributed a draft resolution supporting the adoption of the copyright policy with final approval pending discussion with the faculty this fall. In the meantime, after discussion with the College attorney, President Osgood approved adoption of the policy, making the resolution moot. The new copyright policy has replaced the previous version on the web. The URL linking to the policy has not changed. Richard will check to see if additional links are needed from other pages. ISC agreed that faculty still need to have the opportunity to discuss the policy this fall. This discussion could occur at faculty meetings, panel discussions, workshops, through guest speakers, or some other means. The question of ISC’s involvement in making the policy operational was discussed. Much of the policy will fall outside of ISC’s purview, but ISC will provide loose coordination for efforts to educate faculty, students, and staff about the policy. ISC will focus on the faculty and instructional side of the policy. SGA will be involved in commenting on and educating about copyright policies of greatest relevance to students. The SSRC will focus on staff issues. Faculty, students (SGA and SACC) and staff are represented on ISC. The responsibility of the Copyright Taskforce has been completed. ISC thanks them for their efforts. FERPA: The Library is working with ITS to separate P-Card numbers from access to library records. They are currently investigating software which will allow access to library records through the central password system. Faculty/Staff Loan Policy for Library Materials: The loan policy currently in place was established in May 2000 and limits the number of items loaned to 75 per individual. This policy was initiated by the Instructional Support Committee. If a large number of books are continually renewed by the same person, those books are basically out of circulation. A recall system is available but not widely used. This issue will be readdressed in the fall to allow adequate discussion with faculty to determine how widespread are the concerns about the 75-item limit. Members of ISC present at today’s meeting consider this a reasonable limit, but there may be disciplines where such a limit is too restrictive. In the meantime, the “physical renewal” language will be clarified and the book recall system will be better advertised. The Library will investigate web-based book recall systems for possible implementation. Faculty may consult with Richard Fyffe if the loan limit creates hardship in their teaching or research. The limit can be temporarily waived under special circumstances. EKI Guidelines: Special funding guidelines for EKI-related curricular development have not been included yet on the ISC Web page. They were advertised to the faculty via an email in March. Proposed guidelines to include on the ISC curricular development funding Web page will list travel and student assistant funding (up to $3000) to develop and offer a new course or a new unit in an existing course; and summer stipends ($3000 for a new course, $1500 for a significant new course unit or substantial course revision). The total award may not exceed $4500 (stipend plus travel/student assistant) per faculty member per project. The Committee approved these guidelines for next year. EKI Proposal: ENG 323: $3000 approved pending advice from the OIS Advisory Board that the proposed project fits with the emphases of the EKI. Jon will contact all parties. * * * ISC Organizational Meeting: Non-returning members were discharged. Monty Roper, Erin Hurley, David Romano and Roger Vetter joined at 12:45. Shuchi Kapila was unable to attend. Committee members introduced themselves. Jon provided a brief history of the committee, a summary of the roles of ex officio members, and an explanation of Fast Track procedures. Shuchi Kapila was elected Chair for the coming year. The Committee will continue to meet every other Wednesday at noon at Faculty House. Terri will send a list of the exact dates prior to the start of the fall semester. Respectfully submitted, |