OLA Universities & Colleges Division
Program Planning Meeting
March 6, 2007

Minutes

Attending:
Linda Taylor, OSU
Jo Daniels, TU
Clair Powers, Phillips Theological Seminary
Cathy Blackman, Cameron University
David Oberhelman, OSU
Melissa Huffman, Rose State
Marc Carlson, TU
Michele Seikel, OSU

There were no minutes of the December meeting to approve, because there were technical difficulties during the videoconference for the Stillwater site. Linda Taylor, Vice-Chair, chaired the meeting.

Conference baskets

Linda took charge of basket items to transport them to conference in OKC. She will tell Cokie what has been donated. Linda also suggested that we include Depression-era recipes, books such as Giant or the Grapes of Wrath, and videos of Oklahoma movies. The group also decided to look for Oklahoma wines and winery tours.

Paper and practical demonstration sessions.

Jo Daniels volunteered to moderate the paper sessions and Centennial Resource Ideas. Cathy Blackman will moderate the demonstration session at 7:30 a.m. and Michele Seikel will do the one at 8:45.

Possible workshop topics

Free government literature, known as “gray” literature on all subjects, such as technical reports, disseminated now on websites & open source journals. OU-SLIS has a class in its curriculum on this subject, and we might look at a speaker from the library school

OU-SLIS – does it adequately supply Oklahoma’s librarian needs? Is library education adequate? Panel discussion of recent graduates talking about their career experiences and what they wish they had learned. Match job descriptions with SLIS course. Also, we could ask personnel directors from the major library systems and large academic libraries. We could ask LED to co-sponsor. Offer SLIS students a student rate for workshops and market to the students.

Possible 2008 Conference Programs

Library coffee shops – is this what library users today want? Is it a generational thing. Issues about pests and furniture

How to write job descriptions and/or resumes

Next Meeting

       We’ll get together again April 24^th at 2:00.  Melissa Huffman offered Rose State, Rm. 116 as our meeting room, and invited us to lunch first at Golden Palace.