Minutes of the Library Subcommittee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 2743

Members Present: Robert Dundas (chair), Mark Arvanigian, Melissa Gibson, Kimberley Robles-Smith, Steve Rocca, Andreas Stratemeyer, Albert Valencia.

Members Absent: Thomas Attard, Mary Barakzai, Peter McDonald (ex officio), Jamie San Andres.

The meeting was called to order by Chair R. Dundas at 2:05 p.m. in the Madden Library Lecture Hall Room #3212.

  1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 11/6/09.

  2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.

  3. Communications and Announcements.

    1. Subcommittee member Glenn Gray has left the University for a position in Hawaii. The Academic Senate office soon will distribute a committee vacancy announcement, at which time Jane Magee from the Madden Library will apply for the open seat on the subcommittee vacated by Gray.
    2. Our proposed changes to the subcommittee charge went to the Executive Committee in January. This should be scheduled soon on the Executive Committee’s agenda.

  4. Library Report

    1. New furniture has been arriving for the Library, as you can see from the tables, chairs, etc. out on the floors.
    2. The Library is gearing up to do a strategic plan.
    3. If you want to schedule classroom space in the Library for meetings, classes, etc. please contact Susan Christensen in the Dean’s office.

  5. Discussion Item:

    Updating/acquiring prioritized library resource “wish lists” from academic departments. The Library would like each department on campus to provide a prioritized “wish list” of major items for purchase; e.g. journals, databases, etc. Such items must be specifically placed in the Library budget, versus one-time purchase requests, such as books. Having a wish list from each department would assist Kimberley Robles-Smith in making purchasing decisions, and result in programs getting items they most want. Each member of the Library subcommittee will take this request back their respective college (funnel down from Dean to Dept. Chairs, etc.). Departments can send their wish lists to Kimberley. Note that small, one-time items such as books can be requested at any time by a faculty member; an email to Kimberley would suffice. The wish lists, however, are to be prioritized lists from each department as a whole and be for larger commitment items such as journals and databases.

MSC to adjourn at 2:55 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the Library Subcommittee is Friday, March 5, 2010 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the Madden Library Conference Room #2108. An agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.

Agenda

  1. Approval of the Minutes 2/5/10.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. Library Report.

  5. Discussion Items:

    1. One-time monies available for “Student Success” and “Improved Graduation Rates” — What can the library do to facilitate these?
    2. Changes with “Electronic Reserves”
    3. Funding for exhibits — What sort of exhibits might benefit the campus most?

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