SCOPA

January 5, 2004

Present: Nancy Kuhl (chair), Daniel Dollar (recording), Shawn Steidinger, Polly Chang Rowena Griem, Michael Strom, Soraya Magalhaes-Willson, Carla Heister

Absent: Diane Turner  (Ex Officio)

NEWS AND NOTES:

Introductions were made welcoming the new committee members, and Shawn shared the joyful news of her pregnancy.

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

The committee organized itself into the following sub-committee/program areas for the coming year: Grants Sub-Committee: Mike Strom (chair), Polly Chang, Rowena Griem, and Nancy Kuhl; New Librarian Orientation Sub-Committee: Shawn Steidinger, Rowena Griem, and Carla Heister; Mentor Program: Polly Chang and Carla Heister; Yale Librarians Publication List: Soraya Magalhaes-Willson; Webmaster: Daniel Dollar

UPCOMING FORUMS:

January 20, 2004

Mark Rosenzweig, Editor of the Progressive Librarian, 2-3 pm

January 27, 2004

Jay Jordan, President and CEO, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. 1-2 pm

“OCLC Organizational Structure and Strategic Directions”

Nancy noted the committee can not provide an honorarium to forum speakers, however we have limited budget to cover travel expenses. Non-YUL forum speaker are taken out for a meal usually lunch. Nancy wants to encourage others both on and outside the committee to attend if they have an interest in meeting with the forum speaker. Please note the committee is only able to cover the expense of the speaker’s meal.

SCOPA FORUMS BRAINSTORMING IDEAS:

• Image of Librarian (Nancy Pearl, Shushing Librarian Action Figure!)
• Diversity Issues
• Reference Interview: Has it changed in the virtual world
• State of Information Access: PATROIT Act
• Digital Divide Issues
• Update on User Interface Design and Natural Language Searching
• Unlocking the Collections: Progress Report
• Proposed CCL Knowledge Commons
• Medical/Clinical/Law Librarianship Presentations [C. Greenberg from Medical is a possible Fall 04 speaker.]
• Aging Librarian Issue/Recruiting new generation of Librarians
• Dealing with International or Difficult Customers [STOD presentation on this topic may be planned; Soraya will investigate.]
• Marketing the Library
• Education Technology for Librarians [Partner with SQI Instruction Group]
• Communication Committee: Progress Report [Mike will ask Communication Cmt Chair, Mary Caldera]
• Archives & Manuscript’s Architectural Collections
• Unicode Version of Orbis: Implementation and Implications [Shawn will investigate]
• Building ties with Southern CT Library Sci. School: Student interns. [Committee discussed several possibilities, including a forum geared for C&T or M&P employees interested in earning an MLS or additional study, and the possibility of inviting the Chair for Southern to speak.]
• Non-print Material Cataloging Rules [YUL group is formulating rules, Rowana will investigate.]
• Shapshots of Unique YUL Collections: Ben Franklin collection, etc. [Nancy suggested starting with the Western Americana Collections]
• IFLA Conference Update
• Librarians without Borders
• Ellen Hammond, East Asian Curator
• ALA Rare Book and Manuscript Pre-Conference: Potential source for speakers/topics
• Will Manley, columnist for American Libraries
• Provost’s Digital Landscape Survey AND/OR CDC Digital Collections Committee [Daniel will talk with Jennifer W. about combined or separate presentations.]
• Economic Growth Center Digital Library project [Soraya will talk to Sandy P. about presentation and scheduling]
• Forum on CLIR project to recruit Ph.Ds into Librarianship [April forum that Nancy will begin working on with additional assistance from the committee if necessary.]

Next Meeting: Nancy will notify the committee concerning date and time of next meeting