LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LAC) REPORT TO UAA FACULTY SENATE

MARCH 2010

·  ATTENDANCE. Alberta Harder, Carl Hild, Carole Lund, Daria Carle, Elizabeth James, Gabe Garcia, Gina Boisclair, Sally Bremner (UAA Co-chair), Steve Godfrey, Steve Rollins.

·  SUBCOMMITTEES REPORT OUT

LIBRARY AS PLACE (LP):

-- Floor plan maps final draft still being fine-tuned. Final placement is also being decided. The Estimate for 10 frames is $1250 with mounting extra. Maps should be in place next month.

-- Arc Gallery sign and installation estimate is $1165.

-- Arc Gallery. Mohr exhibition is coming down; Gonzales is next to be set up. 2010-2011 schedule of exhibitions is being drawn up. There are still two openings.

-- Library landscaping. Professor Tobin (Botany – APU) is doing preliminary research and planning on soil type, moisture content etc. The APU farm may be able to supply native plants. Will coordinate with UAA Landscaping Dept.

LIBRARY RESOURCES (LR):

-- The graduate student focus group, led by Carole Lund is set for today. Alberta and Daria will take notes.

-- LR met with Advancement (Ivy and Christina) last Friday regarding the family campaign fundraising. Their major recommendation is LAC members need to provide seed money, i.e. donate to start the process.
-- LR also wants to focus on Alumni. Steve suggested giving alumni fee-based online library access. Carl suggested selling “visiting scholar access.” Database licensing constraints will play into doing either.

LIBRARY SERVICES (LS)

-- The Faculty Senate has struck an Ad Hoc Committee on Plagiarism (FSACP) to review Don Mohr’s recommendations and move some of them forward. Chris Becks, Instructional Program Consultant at UAF says SafeAssign is working well there.

-- Due to the Alaska Library Association conference in progress right now, investigating trialing a Facebook page for Library news with key library staff has been postponed.

-- LS is planning a new faculty and library liaison reception for the fall semester in late September or October. A late afternoon wine and cheese with library tour, show and tell, and wine and cheese is favored.

·  LIBRARY’S BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY11. Steve Rollins, Library Dean, discussed his proposed budget request. The three main items are 1. Fixed costs – an inflationary adjustment of 7%. Requesting $126,000
2. Base budget funding for non-base resources and tools such as ILLiad, JSTOR, VILDA, Rosetta Stone, LibGuides and QuickSearch (presently funded by grants). Requesting $90,000 3. Funding to support academic programs (LibQUAL identified lack of resources). Ideally would add same databases as UAF have. Requesting $210,000. Additional capital requests of lesser priority: UA institutional library planning, A glass partition at circulation desk to reduce drafts, the library north entrance, compact shelving for Archives, and a second Book Eye scanner. Deans will also be asked to plan how they would cope with a 5%-7% reduction to general funds, if imposed. The library is already keeping costs down by delaying recruitment for vacant positions by 90 days. Steve told members that library staffing would be maintained at the expense of journals and books, since people can provide more creative service to compensate for lack of information resources.

·  24- HOUR STUDY SPACE. Students are pushing for the university to provide a 24-hour study space for the period of final exams. The Library would be a prime space. USUAA is voting today on whether to direct the administration to provide this as a trial. Staffing and security issues would need to be addressed.

·  DRAFT LETTER TO CHANCELLOR AND PROVOST RE. INCREASE IN LIBRARY BASE FUNDING. This was tabled till the next meeting due to lack of time.

·  NEXT MEETING: April 2, 2010 in CL 302A, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm.

Submitted by: Sally Bremner, UAA Co-Chair and Carl Hild, APU Co-Chair, 2010-3-24