SUNYConnect Advisory Council
September 14,
2006
Present: Walter
Asonevich, Mary Beth Bell, Carey Hatch, Cerise Oberman, Nancy Van Deusen, Rick
Winant, Maureen Zajkowski, Connie Perrin (Staff)
Excused: Don
Boyce, John Homburger, Lynne King, Walter Lukhaup, Dave Ritchie, Stephen
Roberts
Review of Agenda
There
were no changes to the agenda distributed by Rick.
Approval of Minutes
Approval
of the minutes for
Status Reports
SUNY Dissertations
Carey
reported that the major issue holding up the UUP proposal is the purchase of
digital dissertations. He said that UMI
is asking $79.00 (to $59.00 per additional dissertation) with no rights to use
them. Without the dissertations, the
grant total is approximately $35,000. The
group discussed how to proceed with the proposal. It was decided that Carey will add some money
for art images.
Campus Implementation of Syndetics
Maureen
said that all campuses will be implementing Syndetics within the next month with
completion by mid-October.
The
members discussed full screen vs. brief screen for the local campus Web OPACs. They agreed that the OLIS can provide a
statement with basic instructions for the brief screen, but anything additional
is beyond the OLIS’ ability to support.
Maureen offered to work on the recommended language for an announcement
to SUNYLMS.
Borrowing Task Force
Carey
explained that the Borrowing Task Force has been holding conference calls and
have met once in
E-Resources
Carey
said he plans to look at costs across SUNY and mentioned the possibility of
presenting a proposal to OCLC. If he
pursues this, the e-resources team may be a part of the process.
University Centers Collection Selection
Carey
explained that he will be unable to attend the Collections Council meeting on Monday,
September 18 in
Academic Plan
Members
discussed the draft prepared by Cerise, Dave and Carey. Everyone agreed that Curriculum and Research
should not be handled separately but rather together, i.e., Curriculum/Research.
The
SAC talked about fee structure at some length.
Carey stressed the idea that the Chancellor is interested in looking at
options to fees, especially with state funding and partnering.
Carey
and Cerise agreed to develop a broader, more general statement and will focus
on the options more. The group agreed to
call the revised plan the “Digital Collection Initiative.”
Other
recommendations regarding the plan include asking the Operations Committee of
the Faculty Senate what kind of resolution would interest them.
In
addition, Carey will be meeting with Wendy Gilman of the Finance Office next
week and will discuss some ideas with her.
LMS Update
Maureen
provided the following LMS update:
Work Completed
Implementations
o 1999 August Recommendation
for Aleph submitted to Provost Salins
o 2000 May Ex
Libris/SUNY Contract signed
o 2000 October Ex
Libris/SUNY Contract approved by State Comptroller
o 2000 October Campus
implementations began
o 2005 May Contract
Renewal
o 2006 July Campus
implementations completed
Version 16 Upgrade Activities
Union Catalog Activities
Work Underway
Union Catalog
Authorities
OLIS/ITEC input
to the SAC Task Force on Aleph Shared
Services
SUNYConnect Shared Services Task Force
Maureen
reported on the Shared Services Task Force whose charge was approved at the last
SAC meeting.
The
group will be working closely with OLIS and ITEC in developing recommendations
on policy change.
One
important consideration is the OLIS’ role in facilitating initiatives that
benefit the SUNY library community. Maureen
stressed the idea that Aleph should not be the sole issue that the OLIS
addresses.
Next Meeting
The
next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 10 in