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Instructional Support Committee |
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Attending: Shuchi Kapila, Bill Francis, Roger Vetter, Karen Shuman, David Romano, Chris Davis (STAC), Leslie Gregg-Jolly, Richard Fyffe, John Kalkbrenner, Terri Phipps Minutes of 5 November approved. Fast-track approval:
Discussion of the Library Self-Study The Libraries are preparing a self study, with an external review anticipated in spring 2009. They shared an early draft of the report with Executive Council, Instructional Support Committee, and the Library SEPC. This draft covers 8 broad topics, with specific recommendations under each heading: Organizational structure, staffing levels, and leadership; Information literacy: the Libraries’ teaching program, including for-credit courses, reference services, one-on-one instruction, workshops, etc.; Collection development and collection management, including choice of print vs. electronic resources; Discovery and access, including catalogs, federated searching tools, article linking, interlibrary services, and dissemination services; Special collections and archives; Digital initiatives, including digitization of local collections and digital repositories for scholarly and creative works of faculty, students, and staff; Outreach to and engagement with faculty and students; Partnership and collaboration with other departments and organizations, on and off campus. Based on comments received from these early readers and additional research and discussion, a revised version will be released to the campus community early in the spring semester for comment, in association with the visit of the external review team. ISC discussed a variety of the issues facing the Libraries, including the importance of being part of a consortial network for sharing collections and other resources; rapid turn-around of interlibrary lending and borrowing requests; the challenge of building specialized research collections; and the role of print and electronic formats in future collection development. Respectfully submitted, |