SCOPA Meeting Minutes

September 27, 2004

Attending: Nancy Kuhl, Daniel Dollar (recording), Rowena Griem, Huei-Ju (Polly) Chang, and Carla Heister

Absent: Abdul Hannawi, (Shawn Steidinger is on leave)

Membership

With regret, we noted Soraya’s departure from our committee. Nancy will discuss with Diana the early appointment of someone to fill the vacancy. Daniel will take over updating the Publications page.

Our best wishes to Soraya and her family in their new endeavors in Maryland!

New Librarians Orientation (20 minutes)

Carla is coordinating the orientation scheduled for October 14^th from 11:30 to 1 pm in the Sterling Spoon. There are 10 potential invitees. Committee members divided the list to invite them individually. Carla will pick up information packets in Shawn’s office for use at the orientation. She will also post an agenda with speaking assignments.

Forums

Medical Historical Library Snapshot forum scheduled for October 19^th has been canceled. The forum may or may not be rescheduled for the Spring. Toby and Rowena will talk in a few months to see what Toby and SCOPA's schedules look like.

Professional Development Panel. Danuta proposed a forum with Joan Swanekamp and Ed Kairiss, who participated in the Frye Leadership Institute. The committee discussed a panel session including our CLIR fellow, Daphnee Rentfrow. Carla volunteered to organize this event for the Spring.

Additional ideas from Danuta. She proposed two other forums that SCOPA could cosponsor with SQIC. The committee decided to decline these opportunities, owing to our full schedule and limited resources. Nancy will reply to Danuta.

Anna Amalia Bibliothek Fire

We discussed the tragic fire at the historic Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Germany earlier this year, and how SCOPA could respond.

SCOPA is barred from making a donation to the restoration efforts out of our funds. We can post a message to YULIB about the event and point concerned staff to the site set up by librarian at Vassar, who is coordinating the US response to the tragedy and taking personal donations.

Forum ideas include a presentation on the fire and materials damaged or lost, or a session on digital preservation as a means to protect cultural history. The Vassar librarian could be ideal for the former idea. Rowena would contact the speaker and be the organizer for the forum. Discussion was then tabled for a later meeting.

Next Meeting

October 11, 2004, 1:30pm, SML 410. Please note room change.