IUPUI Library Faculty Meeting

Minutes (corrected)

September 21, 2005

In attendance: Jim Baldwin, Randall Halverson, Jennifer Hehman, Robert Hinton, Karen Janke, Ann O’Bryan, Mary Stanley, Judith Anspach, Debra Denslaw, Richard Humphrey, Chris Long, Mahnaz Moshfegh, Miriam Murphy, Elaine Skopelja

President Elaine Skopelja called the meeting to order at 9:20 a.m.

Attendees introduced themselves.

Elaine announced Library Faculty officers for 2005-2006 – President-elect Karen Janke; Treasurer Jan Cox; Secretary Debra Denslaw; and Past-president Ann O’Bryan.

Agenda and Old Minutes

Both were circulated. Minutes were approved.

From 9:30-10 a.m., the group was given a tour of the new IUPUI Herron School of Art & Design.

Directors’ Reports

University Library

University Library now has an academic information commons on the second floor near the reference areas. The area, a collaboration with the University College writing center, it should be completed in October or November. The library would like to get additional funding to extend around the reference areas. Karen Janke currently is the team leader for the access team. A grand opening will be held in the fall.

Law Library

The library copiers no longer take cash; JagTags and copy cards can be used. The legal research course for LLM students is now required. The Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries’ Annual Meeting will be held in Indianapolis October 12-14. Local speakers include: Sarah Hook (using computers for access); Robin Crumrin (managing library resources); Carolyn Walters (Bloomington Information Commons); and James Nehf (internet privacy and security). The $120 registration fee includes all meals. Due to the shortened medical library hours, the law library is seeing more medical students.

Dentistry Library

No report.

Medical Library

“After hours” access is now fixed. There are video cameras at the front desk to facilitate. The library had problems with computers usage. The second and third floors are for IU logins, and there is a 24-hour guest password system on the main floor. The cut in hours resulted in five staff positions being eliminated (= 100 circ hours). The library is now closed on weekends, except Sunday evenings (by student vote), and is open only until 9:00 p.m. during the week. There are alternative study areas. In Health Connection, the database is up, offering health services in geographic area. Peggy is working on a number of grants to pay for magnets and brochures to publicize the new service.

Committee Reports

None.

Old Business

InULA Book Sale – the Indianapolis Book Sale has been dropped. Libraries will now send books to Bloomington. A question was raised about sending books for victims of Katrina. Music textbooks? To public libraries? Someone will post on InULA’s web site. Ann O’Bryan mentioned Better World Books, which will accept unwanted books and sell on web site. The donating library gets a percentage, a literacy partner gets a percentage, and the books not sold are sent around the world. Our literacy partner is the Minde Browning Foundation. Ann O’Bryan will send the URL around. They do not want old encyclopedias, mass market paperbacks, or journals.

In the context of library orientation, questions were raised about working with faculty on distance education initiatives. The example was a music class which involved both an online chat-line and in-class sessions. The question is: How can we package library services for distance education students? Judy Anspach mentioned a new ALI taskforce on distance education which will address issues including providing access to materials. E-books may answer some of the need.

Elaine Skopelja is on INSPIRE’s advisory committee. WorldCat is available for free. A group will be set up at the end of the year so users can see the libraries you want them to see. Will do announcement of bids for Ebsco, etc. selection process. The committee’s next meeting is October 3.

Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

Respectively submitted,

Debra Denslaw, Secretary