IUPUI Library Faculty
Meeting Minutes
November 15, 1995
Kellie Kaneshiro opened the meeting and called for approval of the
Sept. 20 minutes. Minutes were approved. Kellie noted that there
was not a quorum and the group could not officially vote, we could
only make recommendations.
In attendance: Albee, Bailey, Barclay, Brahmi, Fore, Harmon, Hinton,
Hook, Johnting, Kaneshiro, Lewis, London, Long, Orme, Roop, Shin, Su,
Yegerlehner
Announcements:
Strategic Directions Charter can be found on the WWW. The address
is: http://www.iupui.edu/it/stratdir/home.html
Pat Steele has been contacted to speak at the next Faculty meeting.
Kellie called for topics that Pat can address. Forward all topics
directly to kkaneshi@indyvax.
Director Reports:
Dental Library:
Sara Hook reported that the Dental School is
proposing a new curriculum which will have a library component, i.e.,
how to use the library and how to use medline and other dental
literature. There will also be a global view component.
Medical Library:
Fran Brahmi reported that the Medical Library has
applied for a National Library of Medicine contract. They challenged
University of Chicago, who has had the contract for the last 10
years. The Medical library is still in the running and they were
given a site visit which went well. Brahmi thanked the Medical
deans, Dean Plater, and Philip Tompkins for their support. Medical
deans are: Dr. Daly (who recently stepped down) and Dean Holden, who
was recently named new dean of the Medical School.
Law Library:
Jim Bailey reported that the Law Library has made good
use of the grant they received from the Indianapolis Foundation.
They now have a server and working out plans for its use. The
American Association of Law Libraries meets in Indianapolis in July
1996. Chris Long is on the planning committee and will be seeking
volunteers. Law will also have an accreditation visit in March, 1996
by the American Bar Association.
Committee Reports:
Kellie Kaneshiro reported on Committee Charges.
Nominating Committee:
Chris Long, Chair
Charge: To encourage and recruit librarians to participate in our
committees
Standards Committee:
Sara Hook, Chair
Charge: To take a look at the Strategic Direction Charter and comment
on it. Call for all librarians to send comments to sahook@indyvax.
Comments are due to Sara by December 1 to be presented to the IU
Trustees in mid-December.
Bylaws Committee:
CoChairs, Shirley Yegerlehner and Mary
Stanley
Charge: To revise the IUPUI Bylaws to comply with the IULFC
guidelines.
Special Studies Group Report:
Chris Long reported for Minde Browning. Minde took the suggestions
gathered at our special meeting and revised the document. The
members of the committee responded to the amendments. Most of the
continuing questions surround the language which is taken directly
from the Library Faculty Handbook. The Faculty Standards Committee
plans to appoint an ad hoc committee to study the issue of the
outside letter. Minde Browning has volunteered to serve as IUPUI's
representative on that committee and she will bring all issues
discussed to our attention.
IULFC Report:
Chris Long attended the first meeting of the IULFC as an alternate
for Barbara Albee and Tony Stamatoplos. The first IULFC meeting was
held in Kokomo on Oct. 12. The primary task was to complete
committee lists and develop committee charges. As soon as the chair
for the White Award Committee is appointed, the final committee list
will be published in IUL news. The charges developed for the Faculty
Standards Committee were: guidelines for dossiers without annual
reviews or annual reports; outside letters in dossiers; and letters
of reappointment. The charge for the Research Committee was to look
at an overall process for gathering, organizing, maintaining and
distributing information about librarians research activities.
Committee details, when finalized, will also appear in IUL News.
Other major issues addressed by IULFC concerned internal structure
and how to make the committee more effective. For instance: the
organizational meeting needs to be held earlier in the year to give
the committee time to work on charges; the Library Faculty Handbook
needs a section on Librarians Day and needs generally to be revised;
and the committee chairs need some materials about their committees
and tasks.
Update of the search for the Dean of IU Libraries:
Bill Orme reported that the committee has met several times and has
broad representation. The representatives from our campus include:
Bill Orme, Peggy Richwine and Jana Bradley. The committee is working
with a consultant who has helped draft a position conspectus which
includes the overview of IU, desired qualifications, etc. The
position is advertised and we have a good pool of candidates. The
committee plans to bring 6 candidates to Indiana in early Spring,
1996.
Metropolitan Affairs Committee:
Kellie Kaneshiro reported for the Committee and gave some background
of the formation of the group: to promote ideas between IUPUI and the
Star News. Both are in the business of disseminating information and
we want to begin to look at what can be done if we team up with the
newspaper. We can propose projects that can help the newspaper and
IUPUI. Bill Orme proposed a CD-ROM that would index local
newspapers. Any other suggestions can be sent to Kellie.
New Business:
None
Kellie Kaneshiro adjourned the meeting at 2:45 p.m.
Dean Blaise Cronin spoke to the group addressing the new Master of
Information Science degree and course information.
Prepared by: Barbara Albee, Acting Secretary.
Created: 3 September 1996
Last modified: 7 August 1999 (JDM)
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