Oklahoma Library Association
University and College Division
Business Meeting - October 15, 2002 - The University of Tulsa

In Attendance : Cathy Blackman, Cameron (Secretary); Ann Blakely, Univ. of Tulsa, Charles Brooks, Univ. of Tulsa; Mary Evans, Univ. of Tulsa; Melissa Huffman, Rose State (Chair); David Oberhelman, OSU (Vice Chair)

The meeting was called to order by Melissa at 1:35 pm.

Note : Carolyn Warmann is now UCD's C.E. Representative.

I. David pointed out one correction (Boies not Boise) for the minutes of the previous meeting.

II. Nominating Committee

The committee has not had positive responses from the persons contacted about running for UCD offices because of the time commitment involved in traveling to and from meetings. We will be looking into conducting more meetings in a distance education/teleconferencing format. One person from each school represented will report to Melissa if H.323 technology is available on their campus and if they can use the facilities that house the technology. During the meeting we scanned the list of currently paid UCD members to suggest names to the nominating committee to contact about running. David will ask Pat Weaver-Meyers if any junior librarians at OU would like to run.

III. Salary Survey

Mary reported that approximately 18 responses have been received. All the responses were sent via the web page that was set up this year for survey. Mary will send reminder notices to the directors who have not responded. Kay Boies needs the summary by mid-November.

IV. Conference Plans

Paper and poster sessions - One submission has been received. David will remind Barbara Bradley to send out a reminder notice to various lists. The target deadline is November 18 (the absolute last day is November 22). The review committee consists of Barbara, David, and Tom Messner.

Buried Treasures - Melissa will head up this project and will ask Linda Boatwright to help her. In addition to librarians from the terrorism and art libraries, a librarian from the OU Bible collection (or another special collection at OU) will be asked to participate in the session.

Faculty Relations - David reported that Scott Goldie from Wichita State University is willing to speak on the topic for the session. He will drive down for just that session and only requests reimbursement for travel and lunch. David will draw up the contract letter and update the budget section of the planning forms.

Library Interior Design - Melissa will contact Joan Singleton, Barbara King, and Maggie Preiss about presenting during the session. We discussed the pros and cons of conducting this pre-conference in the afternoon instead of in the morning. The general consensus was that people traveling a long way would be able to attend an afternoon session and then stay for the conference the following day. Perhaps a person from the Full Circle bookstore would share ideas about making library space more inviting. Perhaps the architect of the new downtown OKC library would speak during the session. The names of the presenters are due November 15th. Sherry Young from Cameron University is a possible participant for a panel discussion during the session.

Cathy will send e-mail reminders for each meeting one week prior to the meeting date.

V. Adjournment was at 3:00 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Cathy Blackman