NCCCLRA DISTRICT V MEETING

Dec. 2, 2004

9:30 am

Stanly Community College

 

 

Present: Sharon Faulkner, Dee Estes, Harry Cooke, Victoria Linder, Libby Stone, Martha Robinson, Pearlie Brown, David Goble, Neal Martin, Marcia Addison, Calvin Craig, Gena Moore, Jennifer Arnold

 

I.                   LRA Report – Harry Cooke

 

·        The upgrade to I-LINC will take place on December 16, 2004.  This will result in a better presentation of the catalog.  The foreign language components have also been added

 

·        OCLC access has been gained for all 58 institutions.  Libraries need to check records in order to prevent the loading of duplicate records.  The Cataloging Committee will be working on merging duplicate records in the future.  The new access also offers an opportunity for weeding.

 

·        Sharing of materials via ILL is also enabled by these developments.  Please note that the ILL Committee recently sent out guidelines.

 

·        Planning for the 2005 Annual Conference is underway. If there is a topic you would like to see presented at the conference, please send your ideas to Harry Cooke, Donald Forbes, or Dave Goble. The conference needs 25 programs, and 30+ vendors.  Last year, the annual conference attracted approximately 150 attendees

 

·        LRA has a new website, http://www.nccclra.org, which lists officers and members of the organization. Calvin Craig would like to complete a directory listing staff members and their responsibilities, so please send updated information to Calvin or Harry Cooke. Each district should be sending a quarterly news update, and the district director is the reporter.  The website also offers helpful links, and the LRA Handbook and Constitution are coming soon.  The old LRA website hosted by Fayetteville will be taken down, and the new website will be listed on the state website.

 

·        LRA needs members to be willing to serve as officers in the organization.

 

·        Harry Cooke would like to see LRA have divisions like NCLA.  Each division could then be responsible for presenting programs at the annual conference.

 

·        The next LRA Executive Board meeting is December 9, 2005. The Board will be discussing raising dues, scholarships and the 2005 annual conference.

 

II. CCCLA Report – Dave Goble

 

  • Last year, CCCLA worked on obtaining additional funding for NC LIVE, and they were able to reach the President’s Council.

 

  • CCCLA is working with Bill Randall (Associate Vice President for Learning Technology at the NC Community College System office) on a possible expansion budget for nest year.  This expansion budget may include more funding for NC LIVE, a million dollars for e-resources (which should go to NC LIVE), and money to study needs.

 

  • CCCLA is also trying to contact the academic advisor to Martin Lancaster to discuss libraries and figure out the politics of lobbying for additional funding.

 

  • CCCLA had a table at the community college instructor’s conference in Greensboro, and made good contacts with faculty and vendors.  The experience at the conference caused CCCLA to realize the importance of working closing with the faculty organization to help us get library issues heard.

 

  • CCCLA will be meeting to discuss priorities for the next year.  In March or April, a half-day conference with all directors will be held. Two important ideas will be discussed:

 

    • Group purchasing of databases:  Dave feels that we owe it our students and the citizens of North Carolina to buy the best products at the best possible price.  The group will be working on more consortial trials and purchases, much like the recent Proquest deal.
    • Cooperative collection development for print resources, with an eye towards developing “centers of excellence” in particular subject areas.  Those centers would then share materials with other libraries.

 

III. Announcements

 

  • Harry Cooke is running for NCLA treasurer.

 

  • There are staff development opportunities through Solinet, many of which can be completed online.  LRA will be looking into supporting these opportunities.

 

  • Montgomery Community College is starting CCLINC circulation in January.

 

  • The libraries at Central Piedmont Community College now report to the Associate Vice President for Technology/Chief Information Officer rather than the Associate Vice President for Instruction.

 

  • Cleveland Community College recently received a grant from their local Rotary for a Global Studies Room.  The room will be housed within the library and offer 30 computers.

 

  • At Gaston College, the Bio-Ed staff is currently temporarily housed in the library.

 

  • Stanly Community College reports an increase in student population and, as a result, the library is pushing for additional space.

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Jennifer Arnold

Central Piedmont Community College