Oklahoma Library Association, University and College Division
Executive Board Meeting/Membership Meeting
Tuesday, December 5, 2000, 1:30 p.m.
Stillwater Public Library

I. Call to order by Chair, Retha Robertson

II. Introduction of Attendees

Ann Blakely

Barbara Bradley

Pat McCall

Retha Robertson

David Scott

Rhonda Harris Taylor

Jon Woltz

III. Minutes of the October 31, 2000 Meeting

There was a motion and a second for accepting the minutes, which were accepted by consensus.

IV. Committee Reports

A. Salary Survey.

Report by Barbara Bradley.

The two-year comparison of salaries was postponed until a later meeting date.

B. Report on UCD Web Pages

Report by Jon Woltz.

Jon distributed a paper copy of the draft version of the UCD web site, introduced the components, and asked for input on revisions. The major sections of information on the page include:

 

--activities

call for papers and presentations

upcoming workshops

past workshops

OLA conference

salary survey

UCDOLA-L listserv

--minutes and reports

current year

minutes archive

annual reports

--leadership

officers

committee chairs

--Oklahoma Libraries

web sites

OK-share

employment

--about UCD

joining UCD

mission and goals

bylaws

There was discussion about adding:

site map

search engine

contact information

a counter

Jon reported that there will probably be some consideration of a commercial site for hosting the OLA web site, including other units, and the UCD pages should be included (he is on OLA committee to examine possible options).

JON will temporarily mount the draft site so people can look at it and suggest changes.

At the current time, UCD minutes should be sent to Jon for placement on the web site.

C. Nominating Committee

Report by Ann Blakely.

There is now a full slate of officers:

Chair-Elect

Barbara Bradley, Oklahoma State University

Melissa Huffman, Rose State College

Secretary

David Oberhelman, Oklahoma State University

Rozanne Veeser, University of Tulsa

Ann reported that the slate of officers has been sent to Kay Boies, at OLA, to go out in the bulk mailing.

D. Conference Program A - Buried Treasures II

Report by Barbara Bradley.

Scheduled at OLA Conference for Friday, 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Barbara said that at the current time there are no equipment requests from participants.

She noted that there is a change needed on the speaker information form: Bettye Black’s name has an "e" at the end.

E. Statistics Program

Scheduled at the OLA Conference for 3:45 to 5:15 on Thursday.

Report by Ann Blakely.

Ann has met several times with Lynette Earhardt and Jan Keene, who are working on the public library component of the program.

Sandra Austin reported to Ann that OSLAMS is not interested in co-sponsorship of the statistics program (thus, this program has no co-sponsors).

The equipment request has been submitted.

NOTE for both conference programs: If the conference grid is firm after the next OLA planning meeting, RETHA will notify Barbara and Ann so that they can notify conference program participants.

F. Posters and Papers Sessions

At OLA conference, the posters and papers sessions are scheduled on Thursday and Friday.

Report by David Scott.

David reported that the Posters and Papers Sessions Committee is meeting tomorrow. There has been a last-minute run of submissions (yesterday was the deadline).

A full report will be made next month.

G. Spring Workshop

The topic is distance learners and it is May 15, 2001 at OSU Tulsa.

Schedule for the Workshop

9:00 - 9:30 Registration

9:30 -10:15 Keynote speaker: Phil Moss from the State Regents ("Distance Education in Oklahoma: Present Status and Future Confirmed Trends")

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 to noon Panel:

Tom Thorish, OSU Tulsa

Charles Shannon, TCCL

Paul Walker, Weatherford public schools (not yet confirmed)

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch on site

1:00 - 1:30 Carol Fox, ODL ("Resources Available in Oklahoma")

1:30 - 2:25 Concurrent sessions:

--interlibrary cooperation and distance education

--creating user friendly web sites for distance learners

--free web resources for distance learners

2:15 - 2:30

2:30 - 3:15 Concurrent sessions:

--promoting services with faculty and students

--repeat of creating user friendly web sites for distance learners

--repeat of free web resources for distance learners

3:15 - 3:30 Wrap Up

 

Jon reported that the January UCD meeting in Tulsa will allow time to look over the facilities for the workshop.

PAT will call Beth Freeman at OSU Tulsa to check on potential caterers

This workshop will be presented to the OLA Board in January (by Retha or Carolyn Warmann). Carolyn is working on flyers.

DAVID Scott will e-mail Carolyn to offer assistance on the evaluation form for the workshop.

Other Business/Announcements:

There are several academic positions open in the state:

Rhonda said that SLIS has 2 faculty positions at assistant level.

Retha noted that there is still a systems vacancy at OKCU, and that Northeastern still has a vacancy.

Next meeting: January 30 at the University of Tulsa. ANN will provide information about parking and room location.

The March meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 (Conference is in mid-April). The next meeting will be in the Oklahoma City area, and RETHA will make arrangements.

Adjournment at 2:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Rhonda Harris Taylor