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SCDC Minutes--April 20, 2009 |
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Written by Rose Nelson
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Monday, 11 May 2009 |
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Present:
Carol Dickerson (Chair, CC); Yem Fong (CU Boulder); Cynthia Hashert (Auraria); Rita Hug (UCCS); Joan Lamborn (UNC); Terry Leopold (Alliance); Lisa Lister (CC); Michael Levine-Clark (DU); George Machovec (Alliance); Pat Smith (CSU); Heather Whitehead (Mines); Sara Williams (UW).
Review of charge to
the committee, our organization and meeting plans
Carol led a discussion about the committee's organization
and meeting frequency. There was
discussion that Member Council passes a great deal of work on to this
committee-Carol will try to clarify priorities.
Meeting frequency was discussed, and the group felt
comfortable with the suggestion that we meet every other month instead of every
month. We plan to meet on the months
between the Member Council meetings.
Additional meetings will be scheduled as needed, so committee members
are asked to keep every third Monday of each month available on their
calendars. The idea of setting up a wiki
for the easier sharing of information related to committee business was
positively received.
A review of the charge of the committee will be tabled until
the next meeting.
Shared purchase plan
pilot
As the decision to end the pilot on June 30 has already been
made, we discussed what actions need to be taken to wrap up loose ends. Although both Yankee and Blackwell know the
project will be ending, Carol will write an official letter to these vendors on
behalf of the committee to thank them for their participation and cooperation.
Elsevier update
Pat reported that the statistics collection function is
still not working in Elsevier. She will
let us know when we can run reports.
Terry reported that the Freedom Collection will freeze in January 2010
and not be available until January 2011.
We were not certain exactly what this means, so Terry will investigate
further.
Approval Plan
Coordination Proposal
The committee reviewed a memo from Pat Burns, Dean of CSU
Libraries, proposing an alternative model to the plan authored by Michael
Levine-Clark. Ensuing discussion
prompted the formation of a taskforce charged with the task of analyzing both
proposals and creating a workable draft plan for review by this broader
committee on May 11. Taskforce members
are: Michael Levine-Clark, Pat Smith, Sara Williams and Yem Fong.
The idea of all libraries choosing a single book vendor,
although met with some resistance by this committee at the February meeting, is
still considered a viable option by many Deans and directors. Carol suggested that we gather information
that will illuminate the main obstacles to switching vendors, including a "pain
index." Carol will send out a list of
questions to guide to this information gathering process.
It was noted that participation in this project is
voluntary, and not all libraries are required to participate. A core group of libraries could begin the
project, with other libraries joining in later.
Other factors for the taskforce to consider in developing
this plan:
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Changing Prospector loan periods to facilitate
the shared collection concept and changes in purchasing patterns
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Adding additional renewals in Prospector
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Print on Demand as component
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Consider price in the matrix. Highly used
low-price materials should be more plentiful than low-use high-cost materials.
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Each participating library will need to assess
their collection strengths and decide what constitutes their core curriculum.
E-Books RFI Responses
Terry updated us on the RFI responses she received from
E-book vendors. It was emphasized by those present that the ILL/resource
sharing aspect of any agreement is key.
The hope is that the Alliance
will be able to negotiate a deal to benefit us all, while we would each retain
local control of our profiles.
The decision is to gather more information from EBL,
including more details about resource sharing; the platform fee; individual
profiles; lower costs on a per title basis; and longer browse times before
paying. Terry and George will gather this additional information, based on
input from this committee.
Consortia Purchasing
The FMG discussion is postponed until the next meeting.
Alliance Update
George reported on key issues addressed at the April 10 All Alliance Meeting:
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Open-access electronic titles - the need for one
library to take the lead on cataloguing these titles, and then sharing them
with other libraries (Example: DU cataloguing Hathi Trust titles)
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CRL Marc records for digital sets are now in
Prospector
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Microform high end digital scanner under
consideration if funds can be found
George also reported on the Alliance attempt to procure "Stimulus
Package" funds for the following four projects:
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Prospector expansion $2.5 million
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Alliance Digital repository $1 million
3)
Microform scanner project $150,000
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Print on demand Espresso Book Machines $150,000
In addition, he reported that a taskforce will meet soon to
work out procedures for sharing Springer e-books with Prospector libraries that
do not own them.
Other
EBSCO's Denver
office is closing.
The AIRS budget has been removed from the state budget.
We ended with a brief discussion on the International
Coalition of Library Consortium (ICOLC) "Statement on the Global Economic
Crisis and its Impact on Consortial Licenses," which is urging publishers to
reconsider pricing of products to libraries during this economic crisis. Elsevier said it was preparing a blanket
statement on pricing, but changed its mind and now indicates that libraries are
supposed to negotiate with them individually, and that they will consider
pricing increases on a case-by-case basis.
Other large publishers have followed suit, leaving libraries with the
need for aggressive push-back. On that
cheerful note, we adjourned.
Next Meeting: May 11
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