LIBRARY COMMITTEE MEETING

September 3, 1997

The UTM Library Committee met on September 3, 1997, in the Seminar Room of the library with the following members present: Lisa LeBleu, Aubrey Keller, Nola Hobbs, Mike Applequist, Carel Wolk, Arnold Redman, Ernie Gibson, John Collins, Jefferson Rogers (representing Mike Gibson), Christina Powers, Jim Fieser, Vaughn May, Tom Greer, Nancy A. Warren (representing Jo Aden), Wayne Keene, Ingrid Padial, Rochelle Larkin, Jim Clark, Joel Stowers, Donna Graves (guest).

Dr. Lisa LeBleu, Committee Chair, opened the meeting by announcing the agenda for the meeting. The two main items were discussion of the periodical evaluation from last year and the allocation of the library materials budget. She called on Joel Stowers, Library Director, to give a report on the results of the periodical evaluation project. He stated that the evaluation had three parts: a periodical use study throughout the year, faculty input on titles needed, and student bibliographies. When it was determined that the library budget had to be cut $30,000, it was decided that $25,000 of that should come from the periodicals budget and $5,000 from the book budget. The periodicals deleted were not listed as needed by any faculty and they had not more than one use during the entire year. In addition, 81 of the 188 titles deleted are now available online full text.

Stowers also stated that the new online full text service provides access to over 1300 periodicals plus abstracts for thousands more.

In turning to the departmental allocations, Stowers explained how he developed the proposed allocations. LeBleu opened the meeting for discussion of the proposal. Dr. Tom Greer moved, with a second from Dr. Vaughn May, that the proposal as submitted be accepted. The committee voted approval.

Discussion followed on how to distribute the $1000 set aside for special collection development needs as requested by the committee last year. Following several recommendations from the members, Dr. Christina Powers moved, with a second from Greer, that the $1000 be distributed evenly among the following departments: History (for Women's Studies materials), Nursing, Biology, and Psychology/Philosophy. The committee voted approval.

Ms. Rochelle Larkin recommended that a separate accounting of the $1000 be kept so that confirmation can be made that the funds were expended for the purposes intended.

The committee adjourned at 3:50 p.m.