SCOPA Minutes: 3/5/98 Meeting
Present: Bridget Burke, Suzanne Eggleston, Diane Goldenberg-Hart, Gillian Goldsmith, Xin Li, James Shetler (recorder), Diane Turner, Chris Weideman.
1. Website additions
Additions to the SCOPA website were discussed. Minutes from the Jan. 16th meeting (with pointers to Nicole Bouche's summary of her meeting with LMC) and minutes from the Feb. 19th meeting are to be added. Also, files exist for last year's calendar but are not yet linked to.
2. Reports on Forums
Diane reported on developments with the Faculty Support Program and ITS. Diane announced that she would e-mail an outline of the program to SCOPA members.
Suzanne discussed the last BI meeting and announced that interest was expressed in a forum on distance learning.
Jim discussed a possible forum examining the restructuring of SSLIS and Government Documents.
Bridget is initiating discussions with the head of the Connecticut Center for the Book about a forum on the work of the Center.
Xin Li reported that she has been in contact with Max Marmor about setting up a forum at which Dean Benson will discuss initiatives underway at the School of Art. The forum may take place in May.
Chris Weideman reported that she has begun exploring a forum on the Tercentennial and will contact the Secretary's office about a possible speaker. Because plans are still in the early stages, it may be better to wait a year before holding the forum.
3. Meeting with M&PSA
Ideas were discussed and it was agreed to co-sponsor two forums:
a. A forum on Yale's initiatives with the City of New Haven to provide staff with an idea of just what the University is doing in this respect.
b. The dean of SCSU's Library School will be asked to speak about the past, present, and future directions of the school.
The possiblity of a library "open house" was discussed, followed by a discussion of public access to the library's holdings of the New Haven Register.
4. Grants program
Gillian reported on the Grants Program. She noted the importance of finding improved ways of advertising and explaining the program to the library community. The committee agreed that equipment purchased with grant monies should remain with the purchasing unit once the project is finished. Grant recipients who purchase equipment, however, need to explain in their final report how the equipment will continue to be used in the unit; if it isn't going to be used, recipients need to explore ways of placing the equipment in other units who can make use of it. Gillian is going to review the policy on granting extensions and report back to the committee at the next meeting.
5. Next meeting
The next meeting will take place on March 19th.