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LIBRARY MEDIA DIRECTOR'S COUNCIL
Minutes
February 5-6, 2001
Lake Washington Technical College
Kirkland, WA

Present: Myra Van Vactor, Bellevue; Jane Blume, Bellingham; Tim Fuhrman, Big Bend; Leonoor Ingraham-Swet, Clark; Buff Hirko, Clover Park; Dale Burke, Edmonds Community College; Jeanne Leader, Everett; Stan Horton, Grays Harbor; Kim Nakano, Green River; Marie Zimmerman, Highline; Jeffrey Keuss, Paula Palmer, Lake Washington Technical College; Judith Cunneen, Olympic; Paula Doherty, Peninsula; Deb Gilchrist, Sue Kennedy, Pierce; Eric Palo, Renton; Wai-Fong Lee, Seattle Central; John Backes, Shoreline; Mindy McCormick Coslor, Skagit Valley; Mary Carr, Spokane; Mary Ann Goodwin, Spokane Falls; Tess Hartwell, Tacoma; Ann Daly, Walla Walla; Linda Lambert, Whatcom; Joan Weber, Yakima. Also attending: Nancy Peterson, Greg Zickuhr, CIS; Loretta Seppanon, SBCTC; Jeanne Crisp, Jan Walsh, State Library; Dorna Bullpit, Clover Park, Instruction Commission, Mariko Navin, Anne Zald, University of Washington.

Kim Nakano, chairperson, called the meeting to order at 8:45 AM.

MINUTES
Minutes of the October 9-10, 2000, meeting were reviewed and amended. The members of the LMDC Professional Development Committee should read-Eric, Ann, Linda, Joan (not John). Stan Horton did not attend the meeting. Minutes were approved as amended.

TREASURER'S REPORT
There is $2,248.58 in the treasury. The report was approved.

CLAMS
Paula Palmer reported that the May 10-11 CLAMS meeting at Olympic College will focus on grant writing. In the upcoming elections, CLAMS is interested in more representation from the east side. Board meetings are conducted by e-mail.

LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON
John Backes distributed a packet of information about grants. The LCW is interested in 1) multi-type library cooperative projects and 2) projects that can become locally funded eventually. Continuing education grants now only require 25% matching funds; $1000 is the maximum per individual. The Information Literacy Initiative is working on ''train the trainer" sessions. This initiative is focusing on training and marketing information literacy for public and special libraries. The State Library's Statewide Plan Revision will come out in three months.

Tacoma Community College and Lake Washington Technical College both received Connectivity Grants. Tacoma Community College will construct and wire an information literacy teaching classroom. Lake Washington Technical College will purchase a cart with notebook computers and a wireless network for instruction.

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT'S WELCOME
Dr. Judy Dresser welcomed LMDC to the college. She discussed the impact of traffic on Lake Washington Technical College students. The college is offering more evening, early morning, and weekend programs. The college offers a guarantee: if a student is not trained in a skill they need, they can come back to be trained free of charge.

INSTRUCTION COMMISSION
Dorna Bulpit, Vice-President, Clover Park Technical College, reported that the LMDC's request for a one-hour presentation before the Instruction Commission was moving forward. A long discussion ensued concerning the most effective format for the presentation. The White Paper written in 1993-94 will be distributed to the Instruction Commission and posted on LMDC's web page.

There will be a seminar for new faculty at Everett Community College in September.

There is a new initiative to require articulation between the K-12 system and the 4-year system.

STATEWIDE DATABASE LICENSING PROJECT/STATE LIBRARY
Jeanne Crisp, project director, reported that a bill for state funding of the database project will be introduced this session. It will receive a bill number, but will not be considered until next session. (HB 2253 and SB6125)

Deb Gilchrist is putting together a community college package with netLibrary.

OCLC/FirstSearch will be available for under $1000.

Jan Walsh reported that the state has joined BCR for all the libraries in Washington. BCR offers training, discounts on library supplies, computer software and is just starting to enter the database business.

A group exploring Virtual Reference Service (24 x 7) is forming. The first meeting is February 15, 2001.
Jan also quoted from a study written by someone whose husband works for Elsevier and feels that online content is the only thing important or necessary in any library. "Librarians may add value, but it is questionable how much value.." The report suggested the state library building be used for the legislature while the capitol is renovated. http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/government/stategov.html

THE INFORMATION SCHOOL-UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Mariko Navin, Student Services Coordinator of the iSchool, reported on the new developments of the Information School. Since 1996, the faculty has grown from 5 to 20. A BS in Informatics started to be offered in Fall 2000. A MSIM, Masters of Science in Information Management will be offered starting Fall 2001. Undergraduate certificates will be offered for non-majors within the context of the individual major. A MLIS will be offered through distance learning in Fall 2002.

Anne Zald, Information Literacy Coordinator, University of Washington Libraries, spoke about their Information 100 class, Be FIT (Fluency, Information, Technology). They are also offering major specific classes. Only 40 out of 25,000 students are taking these classes.

CENTER FOR INFORMATION SERVICES (CIS)
Greg Zichuhr reported that HP3000 Replacement report is available on CIS's website. The UPS is working so that there is no longer a 15 second power lag. Securing student and financial information is being worked on.

SBCTC
Loretta Seppanen, Assistant Director in Educational Services, is the new SBCTC liaison for LMDC. She passed out an organizational chart for SBCTC. She also works with the four-year colleges. They have invited the community college and technical colleges to join Cascade Information Systems. The meeting with the library directors of the Cooperative Library Project is March 5th at the University of Washington-Tacoma. Committee formed to determine how to meet with CLP: Leonoor, Mindy, Mary Ann, Jeff, Marie, Kim, Eric and John.

The State Board is concerned with articulation, especially with technical degrees.

Loretta recommended that we meet in Olympia in the winter. Scott Morgan would be able to come and talk about money and how it is distributed. She also recommended that LMDC needs to connect with Bill Moore about assessment and information literacy.

VIRTUAL COLLEGE UPDATE
Jeanne, Mary and Tess attended the November meeting the Virtual Campus at Highline Community College. The business model is one of shared enrollment. There is no way to pay for itself or generate money for more course development. No library service is planned. The Virtual Campus is only going to pay for ProQuest for its students. Loretta suggested that LMDC put together a gap analysis and send it through the normal channels-DLC, IC, etc. She felt that legislators might find it politically intriguing to fund the library gap for Distance Learning students.

Mary, Jeanne, Tess and John will work on a gap analysis. There needs to a liaison between LMDC and DLC to bring this forward to the IC. The new section on distance learning in the Accreditation Handbook will present this problem in a different light.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

DATABASE
The database committee will report to the council every meeting. The committee will determine what the gap is between the general, multi-purpose databases and the more subject specific databases for the needs of community and technical students.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Accreditation Workshop-July 2001, Renton Technical College
Copyright Workshop-July 2002, Yakima Valley Community College

DISTANCE LEARNING
Rewrote the "Providing Library/Media Services for Distance Learning Students and Faculty." Marie moved, Jeff seconded to adopt the new version.

PRESIDENT'S ACADEMY
The Academy will first be presented to the Instruction Commission and maybe some of the other Councils to provide buy-in. Statewide database funding, cooperation between two and four-year colleges and information literacy will be the main focus.

WORKSHOP
Deb Gilchrist presented a workshop on "Information Literacy Learning Outcomes."

MEETINGS
May 7-8, 2001-Clark College
July 19-20, 2001-Renton Technical College