Subject: SAC Minutes
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 13:24:58 -0400
From: Frank Mols <fmols@BINGHAMTON.EDU>
Reply-To: SUNY Librarians Association <SUNYLA-L@BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SUNYLA-L <SUNYLA-L@BINGVMB.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>

SAC Meeting

May 25, 1999

Summary

Peter Genovese who is representing the community colleges was welcomed
to the Council.

1.  Minutes: The minutes of the April 20, 1999 meeting were approved.

2.  Bylaws:  Pam Peters, MacDonald Holmes and Laura Cohen were appointed
to the Bylaws Committee.  Pam Peters will be asked to serve as Chair.

3.  SCLD Recommendations: Dan has not received recommendations from the
Community Colleges, and Ag and Techs.  Peter will follow up.

4.  LMS Announcement: Regional meetings will be used to announce the
decision and will provide an opportunity for face-to-face interaction
with the members of SLAM about the system selected and the
implementation process.

5.  SLAM Update: The finalists are presenting demonstrations to the
members of the evaluation team of SLAM.  Carey will be meeting with SUN
to discuss hardware configurations and costs.

6.  LMS Update: The charge drafted by SLAM was accepted in principle and
Larry Randall will become the project leader for planning the system
implementation.

7.  SUNYConnect Update: Larry Randall reported that he has notified the
various lists of changes in dates for submittal, etc. for development of
the web based information literacy course.  The search to fill the
Library Systems Implementation Specialist is proceeding and there are
qualified candidates.

8.  SUNYNet Update: Tom Neiss indicated he had not heard comments from
SAC about the Network plan.  He has hired a fourth analyst.  Cortland
and Oswego will move to a direct Internet connection.

9.  Old Business: Carey announced that TCCC  will be a test site for
using the internet to access the LAIP system.   The latest versions of
WEB 2 and the Multilis software have been received and Carey hopes to
have them in production by the beginning of the fall semester.  Issues
related to the selection of databases and the short time frame for
making decisions were discussed.  Larry Randall will put this on the
agenda for the next SLICAT meeting.

10.  New Business: Peter Genovese, Eleanor Heishman and Carey Hatch will
work on specifics of a financial plan for SUNYConnect.

11.  Next meeting is June 29, 1999 in Utica.

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Frank Mols
Assistant Director for Technical Services
Binghamton University Libraries
P.O. Box 6012  Vestal Parkway East
Binghamton, New York 13902-6012
Voice (607)777-2368  Fax (607)777-4848